LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

JANUARY 20TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. At 10.15 A.M. red flares were seen from the schooner Windermere, of Dublin, which was at anchor in Dun Laoghaire harbour. A whole easterly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and snow. The schooner...

FEBRUARY 8TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND: The coastguard reported a raft at about 1..40 P.M., floating one and a half miles north of the Farne Islands. A moderate S.S.W. wind was blowing, with a heavy swell. As the raftmight have...

OCTOBER 9TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

During the morning several fishing cobles had to cut, their lines and make for harbour, as a S.E. wind of almost gale force was blowing, and the sea was heavy. Three other cobles. Rosamond,...

DECEMBER 20TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. During the afternoon two small fishing boats were seen off Bullock.

A strong southerly wind was blowing, with a very choppy sea. One boat was seen to take the other in tow, but...

JANUARY 10TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. About 2.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was flying a distress signal two miles south-south-east of Gorleston pier.

A light northerly...

OCTOBER 20TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.

During the morning the motor fishing boat Billow’s Crown, of St. Abbs, was caught in a south-east gale, with a rough sea, while returning from fishing. She had a crew of four. The...

APRIL 26TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 2.55 in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a boat was adrift west of Worthing pier, and that no reply had been received to signals. No boats or men were available at Worthing, and...

Arbroath’s Mersey class lifeboat Inchcape launched at 9.45pm on 26 November 2010, to go to the aid of a fishing boat in difficulty in 6m seas and force 8 winds. If the vessel had maintained her course, she would have gone aground on Gaa...