LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Warwick
Newhaven, Sussex. At 3.25 on the morning of the 7th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the s.s. Pompey Light of Portsmouth that she was standing by the cabin cruiser Warwick,...
A Fishing Boat
FISHING BOAT OVERDUE At 11.43 a-m- on 25tn June, 1965, a fishing boat from Greencastle was reported overdue. At 11.55 the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) was launched in a fresh westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was...
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GIRLS RESCUED Ilfracombe, Devon. At 7.55 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the police reported that two girls, missing from Lee Bay, were believed to be trying to walk to Ilfracombe around the rocks. A helicopter was airborne and at 8.10 the...
Endeavour III
PROPELLER TROUBLE Caister, Norfolk. At 8.50 a.m. on i6th October, 1963, the police told the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was flying distress signals off Caister. The life-boat motor mechanic, who was in the boat-house, confirmed...
Thebe
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 26th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary was told that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties one mile north of LittleOrme's Head. At 1.25 the life-boat Tillie...
Tin Fish
SCARBOROUGH, August 1, 1987: the 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Amelia arrives back at Scarborough with the 38ft yacht Tin Fish which she had towed 24 miles after the vessel's engines had failed. A force 5/6 north-westerly wind at the...
Never Mind
JANUARY 1 2TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 5 P.M. the life-boat cosswain received information that the fishing boat Never Mind, of Liverpool, was missing, and that signals of distress had been seen off the Burbo Bank, and the No. 1 motor...
The S.S. Ala
MAY 17TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 4.36 P.M. the coastguard reported that a German aeroplane was attacking shipping about two miles south of the harbour, and a few minutes later that the aeroplane had crashed on fire. The motor...
Empire Daffodil
JANUARY 21ST. - ABERDEEN. At 10.25 A.M. Findon coastguard reported a vessel two miles S. by E. flying a distress signal, and the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched at 10.45 A.M. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy...
The S.S. Welsh Prince
WESTON-SUPER-MARE. — As the S.S. Welsh Prince, of Newport, was leaving the pier at Weston-Super-Mare for Bristol, at 6.30 on the evening of the 22nd September, with upwards of forty passengers on board, and a crew of six men, a hawser by...