LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hereward
EAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—At 9 A.M. on the 27th September a mounted messenger brought information that a dismasted vessel was showing signals of distress about a mile from the shore. The Lifeboat Two Sisters was promptly launched and proceeded to...
Lyra
PORT ERIN.—The schooner Lyra, of Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, bound from Liverpool for Dublin with a cargo of salt, missed stays, and was driven ashore on the Carrick Kock in Port St. Mary Bay during a terrific gale from the S.W. and a high...
Vesta and Ripple
ALDEBURGH.—Signal rockets were fired from the Coastguard Station at 9.10 A.M., on the 25th August, denoting a vessel in need of assistance. A moderate gale was blowing from the S.W., with rain, and there was a rough sea. The...
Guiding Star
HOLY ISLAND.—Great anxiety was felt here on the 16th February regarding one of the fishing-cobles, the Guiding Star, with four men on board, which had not returned to the harbour. Night was drawing near, the wind, which had sprung up...
Margaret Murray
— On the 23rd December, during a strong south-west- erly breeze and rough sea, the schooner Margaret Murray, of Padstow, stranded on a sandbank to the eastward of the harbour. As it was thought that, with the assistance of steam power, it...
A Small Sailing Boat
ONE MAN IN A BOAT Eastbourne, Sussex.—At about 10.20 on the night of the 14th of September, 1947, the coastguard reported that a small sailing boat was in danger, dragging her anchor off Beachy Head, and the motor life-boat Jane Holland was...
A Yacht (1)
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 1.58 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small yacht from Moville was overdue. After further enquiries had been made the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil...
Isabella
Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th of September, 1953, the local fishing coble Isabella put to sea with a crew of three to work her crab pots near Brig buoy. The weather was bad, and at 10.50 it was decided to launch the...
Poseidon (1)
On the night of the 23rd of January, 1954, the Montrose, Angus, and the Aberdeen life-boats both went to the help of the fishing boat Poseidon, of Rothesay, whose engines had broken down. A south-easterly gale was blowing, and there was a...
Fishing Cobles (1)
THIRD COBLE HELPED At 1.30 p.m. on 19th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two fishing cobles had returned from fishing because of rapidly deteriorating weather. The tide was one hour past high water. A fresh...