LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sophia and Rebecca
At about 2 A.M.
on the 7th June, in a moderate E.N.E.
breeze, but very heavy ground swell, the Coxswain of the Palling No. 1 Life-boat, 5itJt West Norfolk Regiment, and the Coastguard saw what they thought...
Premier
— On the night of the 5th January, it was re- ported to the coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boat Sarah Jane Turner that a fishing yawl with five men on board was in the Bay and had made flares for assistance. As the sea was very heavy,...
Glad Tidings and Therisa
At 1 P.M. on 23rd February, the W.S.W.
wind suddenly rose and by half-past two o'clock was blowing a strong gale.
About this time two fishing boats were seen crossing the Montrose Bay heading...
Bratland
The steamer JBratland, of Porsgrund, a large steamer of 2,300 tons, stranded on the Cross Sand whilst bound to Grimsby in ballast, on the 3rd May. Information reached Coxswain S. Harris shortly after 9.30 P.M. that the Light-vessels were...
Volant
The Pulling and Sailing Life-boat, John Cleland, was launched at 10.30 P.M. on the 23rd December, 1931, in a strong S.S.W.
breeze, with a rough sea, as the Coast- guard had reported that a schooner was in distress in the...
Vicunia
At 9.35 P.M. on the 9th January information was tele- phoned from the Coastguard at Re- culvers that a vessel was burning flares about three-quarters of a mile N.W.
from Reculvers. The vessel proved to be the barge...
Cairn Glen
On the evening of the 23rd March a telephone message was received from Wick coastguard that the steamer Cairn Glen, of New- castle, was ashore at Huna. She was bound with a general cargo to New- castle, from Halifax. The motor life- boat...
A Motor Boat
Coverack, Cornwall.—At 12.30 A.M.
on the 22nd June the coastguard reported that four visitors, two men and two women, had put out in a motor boat during the previous afternoon and had not returned. A light breeze was...
Hibernia
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 8.33 P.M. on the 9th November, 1937, the coastguard reported distress signals about eight and a half miles in a north-easterly direction from Cromer. A moderate N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The No. 1 motor...
A Small Boat
Barra Island, Hebrides.—A whole N.W.
gale suddenly sprang up at about 1 P.M. on the 15th January, 1938, and fear was felt for the safety of the small boat, manned by four men, which attended the Barra Head...