LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Daramis
On the morning of the 18th July the small yacht Damaris, of Lowestoft, left Southwold, with two men aboard, intending to run to Lowestoft, but found the wind and sea too much for her. She tried twice to return to Southwold but failed, and...
Vivid
The fish- ing boat Vivid, belonging to Wexford, struck on the Dogger Bank when re- turning from the fishing grounds on the llth January. Signals of distress were made, and with great promptness the crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 15...
The S.S. Harriet
At 8 P.M. on the 5th January, a steamer was seen aground on the Barber Sands, and the crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden were mustered and the boat launched. She proceeded to the sands and there found the s.s. Harriet of Middlesbrough...
Roe Cliff
TROON.—A terrific gale of wind from W. to N.W. suddenly sprung] up on the morning of the 1st November, and while the storm was at its height the schooner Roe Cliff, of Skene, bound from Porsgrund, Norway, for Troon, with a cargo of deals and...
Therese Emile Yuon
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 23rd of February, 1955, the trawler Therese Emile Yuon, of Concarneau, France, whose engine had broken down, was seen to break adrift from a Howth fishing boat, which was towing her towards...
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Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 5.26 on the evening of the llth of April, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the light- keepers at the Breakwater lighthouse had signalled that they had recovered the body of a twelve-year-old girl from the sea at...
Albatross
Walmer, Kent.—At 5.10 on the morning of the 26th of August, 1951, the Deal Coastguard telephoned he had seen two red flares four miles south-by- east of the coastguard station. At 5.30 the life-boat Charles Dibdin, Civil Service No. 2, was...
The S.S. Hilda
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 3.10 A.M.
on the 29th August, 1939, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on May Island. The weather was very thick, with a light easterly breeze and a smooth sea. The motor life-boat Nellie and...
Montbretia
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of November, 1952, the coastguard reported a mes- sage from the motor fishing vessel Montbretia, of Hull, asking for help as her engines had failed whilst on passage from...
David
TOW FOR CABIN CRUISER WITH ANGLERS ABOARD Plymouth, Devon. At 8.45 on the evening of the 13th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht needed help near Draystone buoy. There was a moderate breeze...