LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rose of England
Tees mouth, and Redcar, Yorkshire.— At 6.40 in the evening of the 23rd of May, 1948, the South Gare coastguard reported both to Teesmouth and Redcar that a rowing boat, with three boys on board, was in difficulties near broken water...
Alisdair
The Humber, Yorkshire. — At about 7.45 on the morning of the 13th of June, 1948, the coastguard reported a vessel aground two and a half miles north-north-west of Donna Nook, and the motor life-boat Milburn, on tem- porary duty at the...
Paviroma
Weymouth, Dorset.— About 7.55 in the morning of the 8th of August, 1948, the Wyke Regis coastguard tele- phoned a message received from the British steamer Megara that she was standing by the yacht Paviroma, of Southampton, fourteen miles...
Two Small Vessels
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 6.5 in the evening of the 17th of October, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a ship had reported two small vessels in distress and signalling for help, one and a half miles north-east of Blacktail Spit Buoy, and...
Fishing Boats
Ranugate, Kent.—At 11.5 on the night of the 12th of September, 1949, a vessel was reported aground on Quern Head,off the Brake Sands; and at 11.17 the life-boat Mary Scott, 011 temporary duty at the station, left her moorings.There was a...
Elvina
Moelfre, Anglesey - At 9.50 p.m. on 26th July, 1967, news was given that the yacht Elvina, in a position four miles north north west of the life-boat house, was making no headway against the wind and tide and was drifting out to sea. Her...
Little Ouse
The following account of a service carried out by the Longhope, Orkneys, life-boat on the 26th of March, 1960, was received too late for inclusion in the June 1960 number of the Life-boat : At 5.5 in the afternoon, the coast- guard informed...
The Helwick Lightvessel
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 10.15 a-m- on 23fd January, 1965, Trinity House, Swansea, informed the honorary secretary that one of the crew of the Helwick lightvessel was sick and as the Trinity House vessel Alert was not available the...
A Speed Boat
Whitstable, Kent. At 11.30 a.m. on 2oth February, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small speedboat had broken down and appeared to be in difficulties. A helicopter from Manston had been alerted and hovered over the...
A Yacht
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 2.15 p.m. on I9th June, 1966, a report was received that a capsized yacht was adrift one mile east of the lookout. There was a strong southerly wind with a choppy sea. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick proceeded at...