LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Eleth
TEN LANDED Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 9.10 on the night of the 7th of January, 1948, the coastguard reported that a small vessel off Salt Island had signalled SOS with a torch, and the motor life- boat A.E.D. was launched at 9.37. A...
Hephzi-Bah and The John
Amble, Northumberland. — In the morning of the 5th of July, 1948, the local fishing cobles, Hephzi-Bah, and The John, were at sea. At 9.30, although the breeze from the north- north-west was moderate, a rough sea was running, and at...
Yap
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. —• At 10.44 in the morning of the 15th of September, 1948, the Rhyl coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel in Penrhyn Bay was driving ashore, and the motor life-boat Thomas and Annie Wade Richards was...
Courage
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 7th of November, 1948, the local fishing boat Courage, with a crew of five, was overtaken by bad •weather. The sea was rough in the bay and at the harbour entrance, and when, just before noon...
Saltburn
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 9.43 on the morning of the 18th of October, 1949, the coastguard reported a small vessel in distress. Twelve minutes later the life-boat The Princess Royal—- Civil Service No. 7, was launched. A moderate gale was...
Annie
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.--Shortly before 9 P.M. on the 8th January the motor life-boat Langham was launched in a moderate S.W. gale, with a rough sea, as information had been received from Stokes Bay that a fishing boat needed help. The...
Carmela
Plymouth, Devon.—On the night of the 18th July flares were reported from the eastern end of the breakwater. A moderate S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The motor life-boat Robert and Marcella Beck put off at 11.50...
Two Fishing Boats
Sheringham, Norfolk. — Two local fishing boats put to sea at 3 A.M. on the 7th August. At 9 A.M. the sea became rough, a fog settled, and a strong N.
breeze sprang up. The new motor lifeboat Foresters Centenary was launched...
A Small Fishing Boat
Weymouth, Dorset.—On the morning of the 31st October it was learned that a man in a small fishing boat was trying, unsuccessfully, to make harbour.
A whole north-easterly gale was blowing, with a very rough...
Two Vessels (1)
Lowestoft, Suffolk, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—13th September, 1939. Early in the morning information was received that two vessels had been in collision off Lowestoft.
A N.E. gale was blowing with a rough...