LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Colonel Crompton
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At 1.50 in the morning of the 25th of April, 1952, the harbour office reported that the S.S. Colonel Crompton, of London, was making for Bridlington Bay with an injured man and asked that a doctor be sent out to her....
Arielle
Filey, Yorkshire. —At 10.57 on the morning of the 17th of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the motor cruiser Arielle, of Leith, had broken down five miles east-north-east of Filey Brigg, and at 11.10 the life- boat The Cuttle was...
Maggie Deas
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 18th of October, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing coble had burnt flares two miles north of Heugh lighthouse. At 5.55 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7...
Emlyn
At about 10 P.M. on the 12th November Coxswain Howells observed the steamer Emlyn, of • Cardiff, burning flares for assistance, and he at once assembled the crew of the Motor Life-boat Charterhouse. The boat proceeded to the vessel, which...
A Fishing Boat (2)
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 10.10 on the morning of the 4th of September, 1958, a message was re- ceived from Ballymacaw harbour that a fishing boat had broken down with engine trouble a quarter of a mile off shore. At 10.15 the life...
Angela May and Northern Star
At 9 a.m. on 29th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two cobles were still about eight miles north-east of the Brig and in view of the deteriorating weather they might need help. At 11.20 the life-boat The Isa &...
None (9)
MATERNITY CALL Galway Bay. At 11.30 a.m. on 8th April, 1964, the nurse on Middle Island told the honorary secretary that a maternity patient needed hospital treatment on the mainland. As no other boat was available the honorary secretary...
Marion (1)
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 10th of November, 1960, a south-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was rough. There was heavy rain. The local fishing boat Marion wasat sea, and conditions at the harbour entrance...
A Fishing Boat (1)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 9.38 on the morning of the 19th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat had broken down east of Hopton and needed help. At 9.43 the life-boat Louise Stephens...
A Motor Cruiser
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 3.45 on the after- noon of the 28th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that he had a white object under observation, which might be a capsized yacht, and advised the launching of the life-boat...