LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Blue Jacket
WEXFORD.—At 9 P.M. on the 18th March signals of distress were observed,from a vessel on the North end of the Dogger Bank. The Civil Service No. 1 Life-boat was immediately launched, and proceeded to render assistance. On arriving alongside...
Volant
GORLESTON, NORFOLK. — The coastguard having informed the coxswain of the Life-boat Marie Lane that a vessel was burning flares in Yarmouth Roads, while a whole gale was blowing from the E., accompanied by a heavy sea, on the 31st January,...
Margaret and Ann
NAIRN.—The fishing-yawl Margaret and Ann was seen in the bay, about five hundred yards east of Nairn harbour, in a critical position, while a gale was blowing from the S.W. and a high sea was running, at about 1 P.M. on the 27th June. She...
Fishing Cobles (2)
The Runs- wick cobles were at sea fishing on the night of the 28th June when they were overtaken by a gale from N.N.E. which suddenly sprang up. Fortunately some of the boats were in the shelter of the bay and their crews immediately hurried...
A Small Boat (4)
On the 31st March a visitor went for a row in a small boat, but was carried out to sea by the wind and tide. He was seen by the coastguard, and the motor life-boat Westmorland was launched to his help at 12.23 P.M. A strong W.S.W. breeze was...
Sea Girl
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—On the night of the 18th June the coastguard reported that a motor yacht off the harbour was in need of help. A moderate to fresh S.W. breeze was blowing, with a fairly rough sea. The motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and...
Restless Wave
Arbroath, Angus.—On the morning of the 2nd June, 1938, the local fishing bDat Restless Wave, returning t'o harbour, missed the tide, and lay off the harbour bar to wait for sufficient water to enable her to enter. The wind rose, making...
Bluebell
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. — Shortly before 6 o'clock in the morning of the 16th of September, 1948, a message was received from the coastguard that the motor fishing boat Bluebell, of Port Seton, had broken down nine miles to the...
A Sailing Dinghy (4)
Largs, Ayrshire. At 11.30 a.m. on 23rd May, 1965, the crew of the inshore rescue boat which was on exercise saw a sailing dinghy with two people on board capsize one and a half miles south of the station. The IRB made for the capsized dinghy...
Fishing Cobles
Whitby, Yorkshire.—After a sudden heavy squall about eight o'clock in the morning on the 17th of December, 1949, the coastguard and coxswain observed that a number of small fishing cobles were in danger of being swamped by the seas....