LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Diver
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.40 in the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1948, the North Foreland Radio reported a small yacht, the Diver, of Gillingham, anchored close to No. 1 Yantlett Buoy and in need of help. The motor life- boat Greater...
Hervor Bratt
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — During the afternoon of the 17th of March, 1949, parts of wireless messages were picked up at the life-boat station.
They came from tugs which appeared to be in difficulties with a vessel in tow...
Shima
On the evening of the 3rd September the coastguard at Kilchoman reported that a steamer was in distress half a mile west of Colonsay. A strong west breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and rain showers. The new motor life-boat Charlotte...
Fedora
Dungeness, Kent, and Hastings, Sussex.
—On the morning of the 31st January the Italian steamer Fedora, of Genoa, and the Russian steamer Pravda were in collision in a position reported to be about fourteen miles from...
Tern and the Trinity Vessel Reculver
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 8.45 A.M. on the 18th November, 1937, the coastguard reported that the motor vessel Tern, of London, appeared to be showing signals about one and a half miles E.N.E. from Britannia...
Fishing Boats (1)
Ramsgate, Kent.—Four small fishing boats manned by fifteen men left harbour at 7 A.M. on the 2nd October, 1938. By ten o'clock a whole S.W.
gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The boats were unable to make harbour,...
B.P.Manager and Scarcity
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 4.27 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a message had been intercepted from an unknown vessel, stating : " Collision one mile Rough Tower." As...
Helge
Hoylake, Cheshire. At 12.10 on the afternoon of the 14th of August, 1959.
the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties four miles north of Hilbre Island. Further messages re-...
Southwards and Westwards
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 12.37 on the afternoon of the 13th of November, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the vessel Drop- ford was towing the fishing vessel Southwards, which had engine trouble, towards Morecambe...
Sandbanks Queen
Poole, Dorset. At 6.45 on the even- ing of the 6th of December, 1959, the police at Poole told the honorary secretary that the motor boat Sand- banks Queen was overdue from a fishing trip in the harbour with nine or ten people on board. The...