LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

WELLS, NORFOLK.—On the 4th October the wind blew a gale from the N.E. during the day, accompanied by a heavy sea. The night came on very dark, but the gale slightly moderated. At about 10 o'clock a flare was observed, and the cr'ew...

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 10.30 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1958, the coxswain was working at the boathouse when he heard an explosion, which appeared to come from the Dutch coaster Pres. Roosevelt anchored one mile...

Cloughey, Co. Down.—At 11.55 on the night pf the 16th of April, 1949, the Tara coastguard telephoned that red flares could be seen about two miles south of the South Rock Lightvessel, and the life-boat Herbert John was launched at 12...

Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 2.30 p.m. on 1st November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the Newcombe bank. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings at 2.40 in a southerly gale and...

Walton and Frinton, Essex. At. 1.5 on the afternoon of the 22nd of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was in distress three to four miles south- east of the coastguard look-out. At 1.28 the...

Scarborough, Yorkshire. As the weather grew worse on the morning of the 5th of December, 1958, some anxiety was felt for the local fishing coble Rosemary, which was at sea, and at 10.30 it was decided to launch the life-boat/. G....

Arranmore, Co. Donegal. On the 1st of January, 1959, the body of a young man from Arranmore, who had been killed in an accident in Wales, was brought to Burtonport, but because of the stormy weather it was not possible to take the...

Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 2.26 on the morning of the 5th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the police that red flares had been seen off Glenarm. Further enquiries were made,...