LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary (1)
Filey, Yorkshire.—About half past three in the afternoon on the 14th of November, 1949, the coastguard tele- phoned that the life-boat coxswain at Flamborough had reported a fishingcoble, broken down but under sail, a mile north-east of the...
Blue Nobby
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 4.25 on the after- noon of the 15th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be broken down five to six miles north-by- west of the coastguard look-out. The life-boat...
Guiding Star
The Life- boat Mary Isabella was launched at about 8.45 P.M. on the 28th January, in a moderate N.E. gale, in response to distress signals from a schooner about two and a half miles off the harbour.
She was riding at single...
Noreg
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—On the morn- ing of the 5th of February, 1948, the Swedish steamer Noreg, of Gothenburg, bound with ore from Spain to Silloth, was at anchor one and a half miles east-north-east of Ramsey. She sig- nalled that she was in...
Water Nymph
Wells, Norfolk.—At 7 A.M. on the 24th May the motor cruiser Water Nymph left Wells for Boston, in charge of the life-boat's second-coxswain and another man. Later on the coastguard reported that she was flying distress signals, and the...
Suzanne
FOUND IN FOG Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 10.20 p.m. on 24th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the shingle bank half a mile north of the south-west shingle buoy. The life-boat George and Sarah...
Radio London
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 2.13 a.m.
on 12th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the cable had parted from the wireless transmitting station Radio London and that the vessel was drifting,...
Letters
Letters...
Shoreline Service I read with interest the report on page 10 of the winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT, concerning the beaching of the Prince Ivanhoe at Horton, off the Gower, South Wales. I was on holiday and happened...
Category: Correspondence
Careful Call Out
On 27 May, Aberdovey lifeboat crew faced a 4m breaking swell in their B class Sandwell Lifeline to rescue a windsurfer who was drifting out to sea in force 6 conditions.
He was spotted by someone on the shore. Crew Member...
Category: Articles
Mary Anne
Ferryside, Carmarthenshire.—At about 1.30 in the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1948, the Tenby coastguard telephoned that a bod'y had been washed ashore at Ferryside that morn- ing, and the motor fishing vessel Mary Anne, of Swansea,...