LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Carlotta
MAY 5TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
Early in the afternoon the auxiliary yacht Carlotta left Glasson Dock, with a party of five aboard, for a pleasure trip to the Isle of Man. She got into difficulties and anchored, and was...
Six Small Sailing Boats
AUGUST 28TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. At nine in the morning a messenger came by car to the lifeboat station and reported that six small sailing boats had been washed away from Kilbrittain during a storm, and it was thought that a...
Fishing Boats
JAN. 2ND. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
Early in the morning a number of fishing boats went to sea. At about 8.30 A.M. a N.E. gale sprang up and the sea became rough, broken and dangerous between the pier ends and the Rock Buoy. At...
Britannia
APRIL 22ND. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
During the morning a heavy N.N.W. gale sprang up while the fishing fleet was at sea. Several boats landed with difficulty and it was decided to send out the motor life-boat Elizabeth...
A Tug and The Drifters Pittendrum and Barbara Cowie
NOVEMBER 14TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. During the darkness of the early hours a heavy north-north-east gale, with squalls and a rough sea, broke the moorings of the fishing fleet in Balaclava Harbour. One drifter was driven on to...
Commander
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - HOYLAKE , CHESHIRE. At 3.28 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a small fishing boat, at anchor, in a dangerous position in Hilbre Swash with seas breaking over her. A strong W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea....
Phoenix 121
AUGUST 31ST. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 5.55 in the evening the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that the naval and military authorities requested the services of the lifeboat to take out a relief crew and provisions to one of the caissons of...
St. Olaf
Llanddulas, NORTH WALES,—On the same morning (14th May), the brigantine St. Olaf, of and from Mandal, Norway, laden with pit-props, for Connah's Quay, near Chester, capsized when about three miles out at sea, off Llanddulas, and her crew...
Launches
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Launches
ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):Sep 24,25, Oct25,Dec 12,13,26 D-536:Sep 9,24,25,30, Dec 12,l3,24,26(x2) ABERDOVEY B-758:Sep 2,Oct 3 ABERSOCH B-790:Sep2,3,13 ABERYSTWYTH B-704:Sep 9,17,27,Oct 3,16,27, Nov 13,Dec21 ACHILL ISLAND ON-1240(14-28):Oct 9...
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