LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Lighthouse Tender Pharos
Arbroath, Angus. — At 11.30 P.M.
on the 16th November, 1938, the police reported that the lighthouse tender Pharos was to land a sick lightkeeper from the Bell Rock. A strong W.S.W. wind was blowing, and the sea was too...
Prince
Torbay, Devon.—At 6.55 P.M. on the 16th January, 1939, it was reported that the open motor fishing boat Prince, of Torquay, with three men on board,was overdue on a trip from Torquay to Brixham, and that owing to the poor condition of her...
Arthur Rogers
ESCORTING A YACHT Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.0 in the evening of the 4th of April, 1947, the Warden Point coastguard reported that a yacht was ashore on Redsands about two miles south-east of Redsand Towers and that seas were...
Evadne
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — At 12.30 A.M. on the 18th May the life-boat station received information from the pierhead that flares had been seenfrom the lower end of the Nore Sands.
The sea was rough, with a fresh wind...
Torborg
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 12.30 P.M. on the 17th November, 1937, the coastguard reported a small vessel anchored about a mile east of Brown's Point, Cullercoats, apparently with engine trouble. The weather was bad, and the...
Salvor
Ramsgate, Kent. — On the 12th February, 1938, the motor boat Salvor, of Ramsgate, with a crew of three, had gone out to the North Goodwin Lightvessel, to bring ashore a Trinity House mechanic. She left the light-vessel about 5 P.M., and as...
Maggie (1)
Newhaven and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—Early in the morning of the 30th May, 1938, fishermen reported to the Newhaven life-boat station that the fishing smack Maggie, of Shoreham, was long overdue. A strong S.W. gale was blowing, with a...
Florence II
Exmouth, Devon.—The motor lifeboat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 11.30 A.M. on the 27th July, 1938, to the auxiliary yacht Florence II, of Southampton, which had been under observation by the coastguard for some time. A fresh and...
The Sailing Boat Seagull (1)
Lowestoft, and Kessingland, Suffolk.— On the afternoon of 16th September, 1938, the coastguard reported that he had seen the sailing boat Sea-gull, of Lowestoft, capsize about three miles south of the harbour entrance. A fresh south breeze...
Rene-Philippe
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.20 on the even- ing of the 16th of September, 1952, the coastguard telephoned a report from the North Foreland Golf Club that a cabin-cruiser had fired a red Verey light half a mile off North...