LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sybil of Goole
On the 13th December, the sloop Sybil, of Goole, got ashore on Thorpeness, when the life-boat was launched to her aid, and landed her crew of 3 men in safety: 1 man was washed out of the life-boat by a heavy surf.
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FEBRUARY 17TH . - FILEY, YORK-SHIRE. Flashing lights had been seen at irregular intervals, but no sign of any vessel in need of help was found, although the coxswain took the life-boat in right under the cliffs, and among the sea defences,...
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JANUARY 11TH. - PEEL, AND PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN. Amber-coloured rockets had been seen and the Peel life-boat went out. Later a red flare was seen in the direction of the life-boat and the Port Erin life-boat put out, but nothing was found.-...
Maud Mary (1)
DEC. 17TH. -POOLE AND BOURNEMOUTH, AND SWANAGE, DORSET. The schooner Maud Mary, flying the Polish flag, had gone ashore west of the Old Harry Rocks, but the crew got away in their own boat.
- Rewards: Poole and Bournemouth...
An Aeroplane (7)
FEBRUARY 17TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea north of the Stags of Broadhaven, Co.
Mayo, but. the lifeboat and an R.A.F. rescue ship could find no survivors. The...
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APRIL 20TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE.
A little girl had been reported missing on an island, and the life-boat with its searchlight searched the shores of the island by night without success. Next day the girl was found by...
Prince
Torbay, Devon.—At 6.55 P.M. on the 16th January, 1939, it was reported that the open motor fishing boat Prince, of Torquay, with three men on board,was overdue on a trip from Torquay to Brixham, and that owing to the poor condition of her...
Fantome
Selsey, Sussex.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of May 18th, 1955, the coast- guard rang up to say that a sailing boat had capsized three and a half miles south of Thorney Island, and that a helicopter was on its way to her. About 1.15 a...
Dorothy Margaret
ESCORT FOR FISHING VESSEL IN GALE Newhaven, Sussex. At 7.32 on the evening of the 23rd January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Dorothy Margaret had been in difficulties with engine trouble and...
Onward
Douglas, Isle of Man. At 10.15 on the night of the 2nd of October, 1957, the harbour master reported that a flare had been seen two and a half miles off Douglas Head. At 10.25 the life- boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1 was launched in a...