LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Manx Lad
Peel, Isle of Man.—At 5.10 P.M. on the 5th December, 1938, the coastguard reported flares six miles N.N.E.
of Peel. A strong and freshening S.W.
breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
The...
The Barges Cabby and Colluna
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 6.12 A.M. on the 15th March, 1939, a message was received from the coastguard that two barges were in need of help to the east of the coastguard station. A moderate N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor...
The S.S. Mayflower
Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 5.30 A.M. on the 22nd April, 1939, the coastguard reported that t'u s.s. Mayflower, of Liverpool, loaded with stone, on passage from Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to Liverpool, had gone aground on East Hoyle Bank at 2 A...
The Corton Lightvessel
SICK MAN ON A LIGHT-VESSEL Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 11.47 in the morning of January 6th, 1947, a message was received through the coastguard from the Trinity House superintendent, that a keeper aboard the...
The S.S. Empire Chamois
STANDING BY 7,000-TON STEAMER Plymouth, Devon.—At 4.45 in the afternoon of the 5th of April, 1947, the Rame Head coastguard reported that a vessel needed help three miles west of Rame Head. A moderate south-south- west gale was blowing, with...
Liberty
Wells, Norfolk.—On the afternoon of the 7th February it was known that one of three local fishing boats which had put out to sea had not returned.
She was the motor boat Liberty, with a crew of three. A strong easterly...
An Aeroplane and B. S. Colling and Premier
Scarborough, Yorkshire. •—• At 11.10 A.M. on the 20th August the motor lifeboat Herbert Joy II was launched, as two cobles were at sea, and a strong N.W. breeze had got up, with a rough sea. Just as the life-boat was moving off a message was...
The S.S. Rivelin
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 12.5 A.M. on the 29th January, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel was dragging her anchors across the bay towards Salt Island. A watch was kept on her, and at about 1.30 A.M. she was seen burning a flare. A...
Nancy Dennis and Britannia
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 7.30 A.M.
on the 30th May, 1938, a north gale sprang up, bringing a rough sea.
Several of the local fishing cobles were at sea, and the No. 1 motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina...
Vera
Southwold, Suffolk.—At 12.32 P.M.
on the 19th August, 1938, the coastguard reported that a small motor and sailing yacht, to the southward of Southwold, was making very heavy weather. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, and...