LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 11.55 on the morning of the 15th of January, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from Flamborough that the fishing boat May Lily, of Scarborough, with a crew of four, was in distress...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.15 in the morning on the llth of December, 1949, the coastguard reported that a lighter was drifting in the fairway near the east Ouze buoy. At 7.45 the life- boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3, was...

Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 11.20 in the morning of the 17th of January, 1950,the coastguard telephoned that the fishing boat Skylark, of Shoreham, working from Eastbourne, had not returned from early morning fishing.

As the...

Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the afternoon of the 2nd of January, 1951, the local fishing coble Premier, which had put out that morning, had not returned. As the weather was getting worse, anxiety was felt for her...

Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At noon on the 24th of February, 1951, the second coxswain reported that the motor fishing vessel Ringdove, of Wick, was overdue. People were anxious for the safety of her crew of five. At 12.25 the life-boat H. C, J...

Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—-At 5.10 in the evening on the 8th of May, 1951, flashes were reported from the motor fishing boat Westmark, of Milford Haven, which had been at anchor off Aberystwyth harbour but seemed to have dragged. At 5.28...

Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 9.10 on the morning of the 24th of June, 1951, the coxswain reported that the local hshing coble Hilda II was off Red Cliff and making for Scarborough in bad weather. It would have been dangerous for her to enter...

Weymouth, Dorset.—-At 4.40 in the afternoon of the 30th of November, 1951, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that a fifteen ton auxiliary yacht was flashing SOS signals three miles west of Portland Bill. The sea was rough, with a fresh...