LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Groveland
On the morning of the 25th November it was reported that a steamer was apparently ashore near the Inner Binks, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 10.15 A.M. The wind was only light, with a slight ground sea, but...
Innishowen
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 11.15 P.M.
on the 9th January a message was picked up from the motor vessel Innishowen, of Chester, asking for the life-boat to convey an injured man ashore. With a crew of four she was bound with pig...
The S.S. Greyfriars
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—On the evening of the 25th January a message was received from Flamborough Head signal station that a vessel in Selwick Bay was sounding SOS. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell. The weather was...
Fishing Boats (4)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 6 A.M. on the 23rd December, 1938, seven motor fishing boats left harbour on the ebb tide. The very heavy seas of the previous few days had moderated.
When the tide began to flow the sea got up again...
The Cromer Lightvessel
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 11.25 on the morning of the 2nd of October, 1954, the Superintendent of Trinity House at Yarmouth asked if the life-boat would fetch a very sick man from the Cromer lightvessel. At 11.40 the No. 1 life- boat Henry...
Fishing Boats (4)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 15th of November, 1954, the weather worsened rapidly, and the crew of the motor fishing vessel Progress, when she returned to the harbour, said conditions at the harbour bar were dangerous. The...
Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 17th of March, 1955, the local fish- ing boats Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us were at sea in a strong north- westerly wind and a heavy swell.
About ten o'clock it was learned...
The S.S. Durward
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 7.58 on the morning of the 17th of January, 1954, the coastguard reported that the S.S.
Durward, of Grangemouth, which had a crew of eleven, was leaking and had a list on the south side of Robin...
The Galilee, Provider A, Venus, Pilot Me II, Success, etc
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 8.30 in the morning on the 24th of February, 1950, fishermen reported that one of sixfishing vessels which had put out in the early hours, was making for harbour.
The sea off the entrance was broken...
Success, Gem, Provider A and Lead Us.
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 8th of March, 1951, four fishing vessels were at sea in a strong easterly gale with a heavy ground swell, and anxiety was felt for their safety.
Accordingly, at 8.15 the No. 1...