LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rowing Boat (1)
COCKLE-GATHERERS IN PERIL Beaumaris, Anglesey.—Early in the morning of the 22nd of September, 1947, two men put out in a rowing boat to gather cockles, but a strong south- west wind blew up and at one o'clock in the afternoon the men...
The London Steamers Fulham III and Fulham VI
WEATHER-BOUND IN TORBAY Torbay, Devon.—During the morning of the 7th of January, 1948, officers of two London steamers, Fulham III and Fulham VI, weather-bound in Torbay while on passage in ballast to Barrv, had come ashore to buy provisions...
Ebenezer
Baltimore, Co. Cork;—At about 9.20 in the morning of the 9th of June, 1948, fishermen returning to harbour reported a boat in distress off Fastnet Rock.
It was thought that she might be the local motor fishing boat Ebenezer...
An Ex-Landing Barge
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 11.28 in the morning of the 19th of March, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel two miles south-east of the North Goodwin Lightvessel, was drifting south, apparently with no crew, and the life-boat Prudential was...
Susan Vittery (1)
Roulare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 10.59 on the night of the 21st of Septem- ber, 1949, the life-boat coxswain saw a vessel in the Bay firing red flares and rockets. At 11.12 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings in a very...
Fishing Boats
FIVE COBLES ESCORTED BACK IN GALE Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 31st May, 1962, when five local fishing boats were at sea, a strong northerly gale blew up and the sea became very rough. As conditions were growing worse, the...
Betsy
DRIFTING FISHING BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 1.15 early on the morning of the 14th June, 1962, the police at Whitehead informed the honorary secretary that a boat was drifting with three people on board off Black Head. The...
Ituna
YACHT TOWED WITH EIGHT ABOARD Weymouth, Dorset. At 8.10 on the evening of the 21st July, 1962, the pier master informed the coxswaiu that a yacht was in distress off Ringstead Bay.
A fresh west-south-west wind was blowing...
Lady Sophie
YACHT TAKEN IN TOW IN GALE Howth, Co. Dublin. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the Baily lighthouse-keeper informed the honorary secretary that a motor yacht which he had kept under observation for twenty-five minutes was...
The Open Motor Launch Y-Not
TOW FOR MOTOR LAUNCH DRIFTING ON TO LEE SHORE Falmouth, Cornwall. At 5.18 on the afternoon of the 29th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht at anchor off Restronguet Point was dragging on to a lee...