LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (2)
24th February.
A steamer went ashore on a sandy beach, but her crew were not in danger.
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Eliza Bell
HOLYHEAD.—A telegram was received at 8.50 A.M. on the 6th September, reporting a vessel in distress half a mile from the South Stack. The signal for the Lifeboat was at once fired, and in seven minutes the Thomas Fielden was launched, and...
The Motor Fishing Coble Reliance
Holy Island, Northumberland. — A t 10.40 A.M. on the 7th January the second coxswain reported that the local motor fishing coble Reliance was at sea. A moderate S.E. wind was blowing. The sea was heavy and breaking right across the bar. The...
Martaban, of Cardiff
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — On the evening of the 31st August the police reported, through the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station, that a small yacht was in distress off Lavernock Point. She was the motor cruiser Martaban, of Cardiff, with...
Wavell
Lowestoft, Suffolk. — On the night of the llth of November, 1951, the coast- guard reported that a man had seen red flares from a boat about a mile south of the harbour and three hundred yards from the shore, and at 8.30 the life-boat...
Beach Belle
Dover, Kent. At 6.52 on the evening of the 3rd of October, 1957, a message was received that a small motor boat was burning distress flares west of Dover. Eight minutes later the life- boat Southern Africa put out in a moderate sea. There...
Wisp
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. •— On Sunday the 10th September, 1939, the coastguard reported that the sailing yacht Wisp, of Shoreham, had capsized about one and a half miles to the south-ward of the harbour entrance. A fresh westerly wind was...
Pilot Me and Gem
FISHING BOATS ESCORTED IN Whitby, Yorkshire. — Early in the morning of February 19th, 1947, two fishing boats, the Pilot Me and the Gem, put to sea in moderate weather. Later the sea became heavy, making it very dangerous for boats to enter...
Twin Sisters
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—In response to signals of distress the Life-boat MaryItabella was launched at 3.46 P.M. on the 12th January, in a whole gale from W.N.W. and a rough sea. On reaching the vessel, the schooner Twin Sisters, of and from...
Margaret Elizabeth
One of the worst gales that had been experienced for some years blew off Anglesey on the 8th January, and at 8.40 A.M. the ketch Margaret Elizabeth of Beaumaris stranded near Moelfre.
The Life-boat Star of Hope was promptly...