LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Floreat II
Arbroath, Angus.—On the 16th of December, 1955, the local pilot boat put off with a pilot to warn a vessel not to attempt to enter the harbour in the bad weather, but the pilot boat broke down and was towed in. At 2.30 in the afternoon the...
Red Lancer
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 8.45 on the morning of the 29th of December, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Red Lancer, of Fleet- wood, which had anchored near the harbour entrance had hoisted a flag signal indicating that...
Tranquillity
Workington, Cumberland.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 10th of January, 1956, the Walney Island coastguard rang up to say that the skipper of a fishing boat had come in from sea atWhitehaven and had stated that he had been towing the fishing...
Arienoldus G.
Torbay, Devon.—Early on the morning of the 10th of March, 1956, five •members of the crew of the motor vessel Arienoldus G., of Rotterdam, which was anchored one mile south- east of Teignmouth bar, put off in a small boat to land the mate...
The Irish Motor Torpedo Boat M. 4
Ballycotton, Co. Cork, and Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—During the afternoon of the 10th of January, 1950, the Helvick Head life-boat, H. F. Bailey, was on passage from Baltimore, expecting to call at Ballycotton. About 4.50, a searchlight...
Diana III
Walton and Frinton, Essex. — About 6.15 in the evening, on the 8th of April, 1950, the Walton coastguard telephoned a message from the Felixstowe coast- guard, that a yacht near the Black Stakes, north-west of the Naze, seemed to be in...
Eligug
St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 3.30 in the afternoon, on the 23rd of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the police had passed on a message from Strumble Head that a boat was drifting in St. Bride's Bay. At 10.50 that...
Capwood
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 1.50 in the afternoon, on the 23rd of March, 1951, Sark sent a message that the motor boat Capwood, of Guernsey, had left Guernsey for Sark at 11.15 that morning with sixteen people, but had not arrived. At 2.15...
An American Thunderjet Fighter
Ramsgate, Walmer, and Dover, Kent.
—At 10.8 in the morning of the 13th of September, 1951, the Ramsgate coastguard telephoned to the Rams- gate life-boat station that an aeroplane, an American Thunderjet fighter, had...
Geziena and Courage
Whltby, Yorkshire.—At 12.50 in the afternoon of the 4th of November, 1951, the coastguard reported that the motor ship Geziena, of Rotterdam, was lying off Whitby in need of a pilot. As the weather was too bad for a shore-boat to put out,...