LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Helfrid
Ramsgate, and Dover, Kent. — At 11.55 on the morning of the 23rd of March, 1951, a ship was seen off Rams- gate flying a signal asking for a pilot.
The coastguard reported that she had been stationary for nearly two...
The Sailing Boat Kestrel
Margate, Kent.—At 3.41 on the afternoon of the 23rd of July, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had capsized half a mile north of Reculver Tower. At 3.47 the life- boat North Foreland, Civil Service No.
XI...
Osiris
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 10.50 on the night of the 30th of July, 1956, the Formby coastguard rang up to say that the crew of two of the yacht Osiris, of Beaumaris, had made their yacht fast to the Morecambe Bay light- vessel because of the...
The Sailing Barge Colonia
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.1 on the night of the 29th of October, 1956.
the coastguard reported that flares had been seen in the area of Shellness.
At 11.35 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil...
Alcmaria
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 9.43 on the night of the 4th of February, 1957,/the Walney coastguard telephoned that the trawler Dean Swift had wirelessed that the steam trawler Alcmaria, of Lowestoft, with a crew of ten, needed help seven miles...
Mary
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 10.23 on the morning of the 18th of May, 1957, the Formby coastguard telephoned that one of the crew of the fishing boat Mary, of Liverpool, who had just waded ashore, had reported that the boat was aground with...
Ruby
Workington, Cumberland.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 6th of September, 1957, it was learnt that the fishing boat Ruby, which had taken two Trinity House engineers out to the South Workington buoy, was adrift near the...
Warrior Geraint and Choice
Torbay, Devon.—At 10.10 on the night of the 10th of December, 1957, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was flashing S.O.S. inside Torquay harbour. The lifeboat George Shee put out at 10.35 in a heavy swell. A fresh...
White Heather
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th of March, 1958, the Orlock coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat taking a relief keeper to Mew Island lighthouse was ashore on rocks at Mew...
Autumn Sun
St. Ives, Cornwall. At two o'clock on the morning of the 20th of December, 1958, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a trawler was in distress forty miles north-north-west of St. Ives Head. The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and...