LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 10.50 in the morning of the 22nd of March, 1949, a report was received by telephone that the Cahirciveen motor fishing boat Morning Star, which had gone out the previous evening with a crew of four, had not returned....

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 6.30 in the morning of the 7th of May, 1949, in- formation was received that the local fishing boat Prosperity had taken in tow the motor yacht Red Rover, of Southwold, about one mile to the north- east, but was...

Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 2.5 on the afternoon of the 13th of August, 1954, the police reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized off Meols. At 2.49 the life-boat Oldham IV was launched.

The sea was rough, a moderate westerly...

St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 12.38 on the afternoon of the 10th of September, 1954, the motor vessel Island Commo- dore, of London, bound for Cherbourg with thirty-seven people on board, wire- lessed the life-boat station that her steering...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 20th of September, 1954, the Sheerness police reported that a yacht was in distress off Minster. At 3.30 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 was launched. The sea was very...

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 28th of October, 1954, the film unit at Fishguard mak- ing the film Moby Dick reported that a dummy whale being used for the film had broken away from the tug towing it. The film...

Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 1.30 early on the morning of the 18th of Decem- ber, 1954, the Formby coastguard reported that a fishing boat had wire- lessed that she was standing by the fishing boat Morning Star, of Rothesay, which had run...

Humber, Yorkshire.—At 3.54 on the afternoon of the 8th of December, 1954, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned that the trawler Stella Arcturus, of Hull, had reported that she had gone ashore on the Binks and needed a tug. At 4.5 the...