LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 11.13 on the morning of the 17th of April, 1951, the S.S. Fort Enterprise, of London, bound for America from Liverpool, wirelessed that she had a sick steward. She asked for him to be landed, saying that she would be...

Weymouth, Dorset. — At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 6th of May, 1951, the life-boat mechanic saw the auxiliary ketch Fortis, of Portsmouth, in a dan- gerous position off Weymouth. The honorary secretary, Mr. Kenneth...

Margate, Kent.—At 7.3 on the even- ing of the 18th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small yacht was on Red Sands. At 7.15 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI, was launched. The sea was rough, with a fresh...

Selsey, Sussex.—At 10.0 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1951, a life-boat launcher said he had seen a yacht anchored about three miles off Selsey. She was flying a flag at half mast. There was a steamer near her, but it did not go to...

Clovelly, Devon. — At 9.20 in the morning of the 25th of September, 1951, the S.S. Rocquaine, of Guernsey; bound from Newport for Guernsey, signalled that three of her crew had been badly burnt by an explosion in her hold, and asked for the...

Falmouth, Cornwall.—About 9.45 on the night of the 4th of November, 1951, the St. Anthony coastguard telephoned that the motor ship Trewidden, of London, with about forty on board, had wirelessed that she had broken down and had anchored in...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—About 8.30 on the night of the 5th of November, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that the motor ship Geziena, of Rotterdam, which the life-boat had escorted to the harbour the previous afternoon, had parted her moorings in...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.15 in the morning of the 10th of December, 1951, the coastguard reported that the local Pilot Me II was approaching the harbour. The sea was rough and a strong northerly wind was blowing. At 9.25 the...