LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Corinne
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 10.45 on the night of the 21st of July, 1950, the Ventnor coastguard passed on a message from the steamer Stability that the yacht Corinne, of Glasgow, was dis- abled and in need of help. Half an hour later the...
Storm Finch
At 5.20 P.M. on the 4th June, the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore on Margate Sands, and the motor life-boat Lord South- borough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched at 5.40 P.M. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, with a...
Tourquet
The steam trawler Touqtiet, of Boulogne, ran ashore in a dangerous position at Moor Sands, about one mile west of Prawle Point, on the llth April. She had a cargo of fish on board, and carried a crew of twenty-two. Only a light southerly...
Blue Peter
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.43 on the afternoon of the 18th of June 1954, a message was received from the coastguard that a tanker had reported a yacht apparently broken down off Nore Towers. At 4.5 the life-boat The Lord Southborough,...
Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 19th January, 1939, the fishing fleet put to sea, and by 2 P.M.
all but four boats had returned. At this time a fresh S.E. breeze wasblowing, with a strong sea and a dense fog....
Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.45 on the morning of the 18th of September, 1952, a fishing-boat skipper reported that the life-boat would be needed to escort the herring fleet into harbour.
A strong northerly wind was blowing with...
The Motor Coaster C.648
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 1.5 early on the morning of the 15th of June, 1953, during fog, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had gone ashore off North Cheek, Robin Hood's Bay.
The No. 1 life-boat Man/ Ann Hep-...
Northman
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 15th of December, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Northman of Aber- deen was aground off the Peterhead north breakwater. Ten minutes later the life-boat Julia...
Tubo
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 5.5 on the evening of the 8th of December, 1957, the Trevose Head coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Dutch vessel Tubo was in difficulties twenty miles west of Lundy and that her cargo of grain was shifting...
Brooke Marine
Brooke Marine Limited SHIPBUILDERS-ENGINEERS AND CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECTS ESTABLISHED 187-1 NAMES Type 50ft Self-Righting Length overall 50' 0" Beam 14' 6" Displacement 23.5 tons Fuel Capacity 400 imp. gallons Twin...
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