LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Basilisk
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 8.15 on the morning of the 21st of July, 1950, the Wick coastguard reported that the S.S. Basilisk, of Swansea, a ship of 7,000 tons laden with grain from Canada, was in need of help. She was listing heavily....
A Rowing Boat
Moelfre, Anglesey.—On the 21st of July, 1951, two visitors who had hired a rowing boat got too far out.
Unable to get back they drifted out to sea. When they did not return and could not be seen the owner raised an alarm. A...
Martha
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At 10.15 on the night of the 29th of July, 1954, a message was received that a man had returned to the harbour in a sailing boat with the news that a motor boat had broken down two miles east of East Pier. At 10.55...
The Minesweeper M.L.P. 2593
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 1.27 early on the morning of the 30th of July, 1956, the Senior Naval Officer, Northern Ireland, asked if the life-boat would stand by a motor minesweeper which had hove to in bad weather three miles...
Sparkling Star
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 6.50 on the evening of the 21st of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Sparkling Star was in a sinking condition and was being towed by the collier Capitol, which had...
A Sailing Dinghy (7)
Southwold, Suffolk. At 1.5 p.m. on 5th July, 1964, the harbour master told the honorary secretary that a small dinghy was in difficulties about two miles out.
At 1.10 the inshore rescue boat launched in a moderate westerly...
A Skiff
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1959, a man informed the coxswain that his son and a friend had put out to fish in his skiff against his advice and that he was worried about their safety...
A Motor Boat (1)
Newcastle, Co. Down - At 12.10 p.m.
on 13th July, 1966, news was received that a motor boat, which had been trying to take another in tow, had had to leave the casualty apparently broken down and drifting two miles south of...
The Replica Longship Dyflin
Pillaging will be delayed slightly...
It is not often that a lifeboat tows a Viking longship, but it does happen! Moelfre's Tyne class lifeboat Robert and Violet is pictured doing just this on 15 July 1990 after...
A Landing Craft (1)
JULY 10TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 1.55 in the afternoon a message was received from the coastguard that a landing craft had broken down six miles south-south west of Shoreham Harbour.
A strong south-west wind was...