LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Red Rover
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 6.30 in the morning of the 7th of May, 1949, in- formation was received that the local fishing boat Prosperity had taken in tow the motor yacht Red Rover, of Southwold, about one mile to the north- east, but was...
Ain Mara
Campbehown, Argyllshire. — Shortly before eleven in the morning of the 19th of July, 1949, the Southend coastguard telephoned information from a farmer that a small yacht had run aground on the Arranman's Barrells Reef, Sound of Sanda,...
Uncle Tom
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 4.36 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a steamer had wirelessed that the local motor boat Uncle Tom, which had a crew of three, had lost her bearings and had made fast to...
Fort Moultre
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 6.42 on the morning of the 25th of De- cember, 1952, the coastguard telephonedthat a message had been received from the tanker Fort Moultre, of New York, which was anchored in Swansea Bay, that she had a...
The Newarp Lightvessel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 9.38 on the night of the 16th of March, 1953, the Gorleston coastguard passed on a report from the Trinity House Superintendent that a member of the crew of the Newarp lightvessel had been injured...
Heemskerk
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 10.27 on the morning of the 3rd of December, 1953, the Wyke Regis coastguard rang up to say that the Shambles light-vessel had reported that a vessel passing her was flying a distress signal. At 10.40 the life-boat...
The S.S. Ivor Isabel and the S.S. Aase Maersk
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 12.45 on the morning of the 9th of February, 1954, the Nell's Point coastguard reported that the S.S. Ivor Isabel, of London, and the S.S. Aase Maersk, of Nyborg, Denmark, had been in collision between...
Zuava
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 6.5 on the evening of the llth of March, 1954, the Fleetwood life-boat coxswain rang up to say that the fishing boat Zuava, of Fleetwood, had broken down two miles north-north-west of Lightning Knoll Buoy. At 6.35 the...
Ada Gane
PALLING, NORFOLK.—While a moderate wind was blowing from E. by N., accompanied by a heavy sea and a dense fog, on the 26th February, the Coxswain of the Life-boat was informed that a vessel was riding in a dangerous position near the outer...
Jessie
FOLKESTONE.—The fishing boat Jessie, of Folkestone, left the port on the afternoon of Sunday, 26th August, and after a rough night at sea was observed on the following morning brought up off Seabrook. At 11.20 the Life-boat /. McOonnel...