LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Heartsease
Dover, Kent.—At 8.35 in the evening, on the 9th of July, 1950, the Sandgate coastguai'd telephoned that a sailing ship seemed to be in difficulties east of Dover. At 8.50 the life-boat Southern Africa left her moorings. The sea was...
Twin Brothers
Dunbar, East Lothian.—About three o'clock on the afternoon of the 13th of August, 1956, a message was re- ceived that a fishing vessel, Twin Brothers, with a crew of three, was overdue. The life-boat George and Sarah Strachan put out at...
Madonna
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 9.15 on the evening of the 12th of June, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a small boat with three men on board was firing red flares off Rossall Point.
At 9.35 the life-boat Ann Letitia...
A Motor Boat
Fowey, Cornwall.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 7th of July, 1957, the Polruan coastguard telephoned that a small motor boat was drifting about a mile and a half south of Black Head in St. Austell Bay. Eight minutes later the life-boat...
Four Dinghies
FOUR DINGHIES CAPSIZE St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 3.55 p.m.
on Saturday the 24th August, 1963, the Eyemouth coastguard informed the honorary secretary at St. Abbs that two sailing dinghies had capsized off Eyemouth.
Ocean Star
Fenit, Co. Kerry - At 11.10 p.m. on 21st October, 1968, the honorary secretary was informed that a fishing boat was ashore at Waherees. The life-boat Hilton Briggs slipped her moorings at 11.45. It was low water.
By means...
Nicolene
Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 9.23 p.m. on 29th July, 1969, the coastguard reported that a yacht was in difficulties two miles south west of the Sunk lightvessel. The life-boat Edian Courtauld slipped her moorings at 9.40 in a moderate...
Nanyao
Dover, Kent. At 6.59 on the morning of the 6th of January, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was adrift ten miles south-west of Dover. When the life- boat Southern Africa put out at 7.30 there was a...
Tennetje
The end of a Brixham trawler The crew of Torbay's Arun Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) can only watch as the trawler Tennetje sinks off Start Point, Devon on 17 July 1988.
The lifeboat had been called at 0605...
An Aeroplane (47)
APRIL 23RD. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 6.41 A.M. a message was received from the St. Agnes coastguard that a Hurricane aeroplane had crashed into the sea one and a half miles N.E. by N. from Portreath, and at 7.38 A.M. the...