LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gweyneth
At 2.35 P.M. on the 19th May a telephone message was received stating a yacht was in distress on the Buxey Sands.
The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 was promptly summoned, and the Life-boat, under motor power...
Obituary
WE regret to report the death of Mr. ROBERT BIRKBECK, which took place on the 19th November, 1920, at the age of eighty-three after a loug illness.
Mr. Birkbeck had been a Member of the Committee of Management since ability...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Dominion (1)
NEW BRIGHTON AND FOBMBY.—Messages by telephone were received at these Life-boat stations on the evening of the 7th March stating that a steamer had stranded and was in need of assistance.
At 6.17 the New Brighton Steam Life...
Eugenie
On the 12th October a vessel was reported to have ran on the Eamon roots.
The crew of the Life-boat Norbury were at once summoned, and at 6 A.M. the boat was on her way to the vessel, which was found to be the Norwegian...
The Motor Fishing Coble Mayflower
Whitby, Yorkshire.—-During the morning of the 4th December the motor fishing coble Mayflower, at sea north of Whitby, appeared to be in difficulties, and a watch was kept on her. A strong, squally N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea....
Barracuda
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 20th of August, 1950, the life-boat Elsie, on temporary duty at the station, was launched to help the motor yacht Barra- cuda, of Belfast. With a crew of four aboard, shs had...
Paddy Moya
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 7.0 on the night of the 3rd of April, 1951, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that a small vessel two miles east-south-east of Portland Bill was burning red flares.
At 7.15 the life-boat...
Moby Dick
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 5.23 on the evening of the 25th of June, 1951, the coastguard sent a message that a Brighton resident had reported a fishing boat broken down east of West Pier, Brighton. Another boat tried to tow her,...
The Converted Ship's Boat Permit
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.0 in the afternoon on the 7th of August, 1951, the Formby coastguard reported that a cutter rigged yacht was off Formby Point. Twenty minutes later he said conditions were bad and her sails had been damaged. At 1...
Malabar 13
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 6.25 on the evening of the llth of August, 1951, a member of the local life-boat committee telephoned that a yacht taking part in the Fastnet Race had been dismasted west of the North East Shingles Buoy. She was...