LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Torbay, Devon.—At 2.42 early on the morning of the 6th of December, 1953, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that shouts for help had been heard off Freshwater Quarry. At 3.10 the life- boat George Shee put to sea. There was a slight...

Broughty Ferry, Angus.—About 10.15 on the night of the 4th of February, 1957, a telephone message was received from the harbour master at Dundee that a resident in Invergourie had reported a vessel burning flares oppo- site Balmarino above...

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 4.44 on the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say a small sailing boat appeared to be in need of help two miles south-east of Shoreham harbour. Her crew of four were waving an oar...

SPEEDBOAT CAPSIZED At 2.45 p.m. on 6th June, 1964, the lifeboat's mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a vessel, whose position was one mile offshore from the station, had fired two smoke flares. The vessel Welsh Lady II had a...

Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.— During a regatta on the 23rd of August, 1951, the weather began to get worse.

At 3.15 in the afternoon a yacht cap- sized. At 3.20 other yachts were seen to capsize one mile north-east of the...

Ramsgate, Kent.—At one o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th of October, 1951, the life-boat shore attendant on the East Pier reported a yacht aground in Pegwell Bay. He said that some of her crew were in the water trying to move her....

Clovelly, Devon. At 6.30 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, a local fisherman called attention to the fact that a small motor boat, which had left the harbour on a routine visit to visit lobster pots, was no longer in sight. A...

FEBRUARY 15TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. At 4.5 in the afternoon the Wick coastguard reported that the S.S.

Empire Conleith, of London, bound with coal for Iceland, had broken down three miles north of Dunnet Head and was...