LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Sprat Boat Terry
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 4.8 P.M. on the 1st November, 1937, the coastguard reported that a motor sprat boat was in distress off Pakefield.
She was the Terry, of Lowestoft, homeward bound laden with sprats and carrying a crew...
A Former Ship's Boat
Montrose, Angus.—At 7.45 on the evening of the 15th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a small boat which they had had under observation appeared to be in diffi- culties. The life-boat The Good Hope was launched at 7.55....
Marathon
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.42 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the tanker Marathon, of Oslo, had a man on board suffering from stomach pains. At 8.4 the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched. The sea...
Godrevy
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 7.19 on the evening of the 1st of October, 1956, a telephone message was received that a fishing boat had been seen burning flares west of Point Le Moye. At 7.37 the life-boat Euphrosyne Kendal put out. There was...
Skipjack
Ramsgate, Kent.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of October, 1956, a message was received from the east pier that red flares had been seen two miles east of Ramsgate and that the local motor boat Skipjack.
with...
Caledonia
St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—In the morn- ing of the 15th of September, 1948, a sudden north-easterly gale sprang up, two fishing boats were seen to be in difficulties about one and a half miles to the southward, and at 10.50 the motor life-boat...
Yacht Winifred
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 1.54 on the afternoon of the 10th of May, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a barge had broken down off the harbour and that her steering gear had been carried away. At two o'clock the life-boat Rosa...
Olga
Workington, Cumberland.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 25th of March, 1956, there was a telephone call reporting that a boat off Parton was in distress and that one of her crew was waving a white flag. At 3.15 the life-boat...
A Rowing Boat and Red Robin
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 2.8 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1956, the Foreland coastguard telephoned that a small rowing boat appeared to be in difficulties off Yaveiiand Fort.
At 2.22 the life-boat Jesse Lumb...
The S.S. Belfri
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At ten o'clock in the morning of the 29th of June, 1952, a message was received from the agents of the S.S. Belfri, of Oslo, that she was making for Storno- way with a woman aboard who was seriously ill. The...