LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Happy Days
SEPTEMBER 8TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 7.30 P.M. the coastguard reported a motor boat flying a distress signal, and the motor life-boat Michael Stephens was launched at 7.55 P.M. The position given was one and a half miles...
None (5)
FEBRUARY 1 7 T H . - P O R T A S K A I G , ARGYLLSHIRE. On the 16th February a request was received by telephone from a doctor and the minister on the Island of Colonsay for the help of the life-boat to bring a sick woman to Islay, whence...
The American Tugs L.T.23 and L.T.61
OCTOBER 11TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard reported three tugs, with floating cranes in tow, dragging their anchors in St. Ives Bay, and drifting towards the Stones Reef, off Godrevy Point....
S.S. James Otis, of San Francisco
FEBRUARY 7TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON.
At 3.45 in the morning the naval authorities at Salcombe informed the coxswain that a ship was ashore at Lannacombe Bay. A fresh west-south-west wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea...
Alderney Queen
OCTOBER 10TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
About 5 A.M. red flares were seen N.W. of Skokholm Island and reported to the life-boat authorities by the naval officer at Milford Haven. A W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough se The...
Fishing Boats (4)
DECEMBER 1ST. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
The Runswick and Staithes cobles were out fishing in a moderate wind, but during the morning the wind increased to a strong gale from the N.N.W., with a rough sea and heavy rain, and the...
The American Steamer Kyle V. Johnson
DECEMBER 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. The master of the American steamer Kyle V.
Johnson was seriously ill with a heart attack, and in need of medical help. A northeasterly wind was blowing, with snow squalls.
The...
Yachts
JULY 21ST. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 1.30 in the afternoon the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched to attend the Curracloe Regatta.
The sea was rough, with a strong southsouth- westerly wind blowing...
The James H. Price, of Savannah
AUGUST 28TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 6.30 in the evening, a steamer was seen to be in danger of running ashore and the life-boat coxswain put out in a shore boat to investigate.
A strong south-westerly breeze was blowing and the...
Services by Shore-Boats (3)
BURRA ISLE, SHETLANDS. While out haddock fishing in a small open boat from Skeld three men were thrown into the sea when their boat was capsized by a squall. The accident happened at about 7.30 A.M. on the 18th March, 1939, when the boat was...
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