LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fair Maiden
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of June, 1956, the police informed the coxswain that a yacht was firing flares in Normans Bay. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 3.23 in a rough sea with a moderate...
A Sailing Dinghy
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 6.3 on the evening of the 7th of July, 1952, the Wallasey police telephoned that a sailing dinghy had capsized in the river Mersey off Egremont, and that two people were in the water. The life-boat Edmund and Mary...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Selsey, Sussex. — At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 3rd of August, 1952.
the West Wittering police reported that a fourteen-feet sailing dinghy, which had a crew of two from H.M.S.
Collingwood, had capsized...
Sway (1)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.20 early on the morning of the 7th of November, 1952, the coastguard tele- phoned that a rocket had been seen in the direction of Shellness Point, and at 2.55 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3,...
Anna Henny
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 19th of November, 1952, the Redcar coastguard tele- phoned that he had fired a rocket to warn a vessel that she was heading for Salt Scar Rocks. The vessel did not seem to...
Sparkling Wave
Arklow, Co. Wlcklow.—At 7.15 on the evening of the 27th of January, 1953, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that flares had been seen about three miles east-by-north of Arklow harbour.
At 7.47 the life-boat Inbhear A/or...
A Rowing Boat
Swanage, Dorset.—On the afternoon of the 27th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that two men in a row- ing boat two miles south of Peveril Point were shouting for help, and at 2.25 the life-boat R.L.P. was...
The Converted Dutch Sailing Barge Dobber
Clacton-on- Sea, Essex.—At 3.32 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1953, a yacht was reported to be in distress east of the pier, and at 3.38 the life- boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched.
The sea was rough, with a...
Provider
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—During the afternoon of the 6th of January. 1954, a fishing coble was still at sea in worsening weather, and at two o'clock the life-boat Friendly Forester was launched in a rough sea. with a strong northerly gale...
A Dinghy
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 2.30 early on the morning of the 3rd of March, 1954, the Fire Brigade reported that firemen at Rosemullion Head were hauling two men up a cliff. The men had been in a fourteen-feet dinghy with another man, but the...