LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Brazilian
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—The Life-boat Thora Zelma was launched at 3.50 P.M., on the 7th April, information having been received that a three-masted schooner had stranded on the outer bank. A N.E. by N. wind was blowing; the sea was smooth and...
Resolute
A fierce W.N.W. gale sprang up shortly before midnight on the 6-7th January and increased as the night advanced. At about 1 A.M. the ketch Resolute, of New- castle, which was at anchor in the roads, made signals of distress as the three men...
Jo
At 10.18 A.M. on the.29th, July a message was received from the Coastguard that a small yacht had been dismasted near Orfordness, and wanted help. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea and rain squalls. The Motor Life-boat A...
Brothers
On the 17th February the local fishing coble Brothers did not return to port with the other boats, and a look-out was kept for her. A strong N. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and snow showers. Eventually she was seen about three miles...
Fishing Cobles
The No. 1 motor life-boat Margaret Harker Smith was launched at 10.30 A.M., on the 4th November, as conditions were bad and some of the local boats and cobles were at sea. A moderate east breeze was blowing, a rough sea was rolling into the...
Eagle
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—The motor fishing boat Eagle put out at 1 P.M. on the 16th May to haul crab and lobster pots. After she had been gone for about an hour the sea got very rough, and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at...
Pilot Me (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire. — In the early morning of the 15th of November, 1947, several fishing vessels had put to sea in moderate weather, but wind and sea increased, the boats returned, and by 7.30 all had got safely into har- bour except the...
Rosa
FISHING BOAT ON FIRE Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—At 5.30 in the evening of the 18th of January, 1948, the coastguard reported distress signals and at 5.55 the motor life-boat Margaret Dawson was launched. A strong west-south-west breeze was...
Nellie and Rachel
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 5th of September, 1952, the weather worsened, and anxiety was felt for the safety of the local cobles Nellie and Rachel, which had been at sea since daybreak. At 8.30 the life- boat E.C.J.R....
The No. 1 Pilot Boat
Workington, Cumberland.—At 9.55 on the evening of the 29th of September, 1952, the Walney Island coastguard telephoned that the No. 1 pilot boat, of Workington, with two men on board, had broken down off Workington, and at ten o'clock...