LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eastbourne:
Eastbourne: While the station's 37ft 6in Rather class lifeboat, Duke of Kent, was out on exercise on the morning of Sunday September 9, 1984, a sailboarder was seen from the shore to be in difficulty and the Coastguard asked... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Noordam
OCT. 4TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.20 P.M. the Deal coastguard reported that the S.S. Noordam, of Rotterdam, lying off Deal, had signalled for a boat to take a man ashore for an immediate operation. A strong E. by S. wind was blowing with a...
The S.S. Dalryan
DE C . 1 S T . - MARGATE, KENT. At 10.55 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was sinking as a result of enemy action three miles S.S.W. of the Tongue Light-vessel.
A fresh S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea....
Yvonne
JUNE 12TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 8.44 A.M. the North Goodwin Light-vessel southerly breeze was blowing and the sea was reported that a vessel had struck a mine one calm, At 8.55 A.M. the motor life-boat Prudential was launched and found that...
An Aeroplane (44)
APRIL 10TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 5.34 P.M. the Margate coastguard telephoned that an unidentified aeroplane had made a forced landing on Margate Sands some three miles from the shore, and the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough (Civil...
The American Liberty Ship Ernest L. Grant
APRIL 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. Late at night a doctor received a call from the Deal coastguard asking him to visit the American Liberty ship Ernest L. Grant, which was a quarter of a mile south of the South Goodwin Buoy. A strong north-east wind...
Lenora Venture, of London
OCTOBER 23TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 6.31 at night the coastguard reported that a vessel was flashing SOS signals from the Goodwin Sands four miles north of the lifeboat station. A fresh north-easterly breeze was blowing. The sea was rough. The...
The S.S. Dulwich
FEBRUARY 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 4.45 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a doctor was wanted on board the S.S. Dulwich, of London. A gentle breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth.
It was foggy. The...
Primo
MARCH 1ST. - WALMER, KENT. At 5 P.M. a message was received from Doctor Hall, the port medical officer, that a member of the Norwegian steamer Primo, of Oslo, had fractured his leg. The vessel was about two miles E.S.E. from the life-boat...
The S.S. Sheafcrest
NOV. 30TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 10 A.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel had been damaged by enemy action E.N.E. of the Tongue Light-vessel. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat The Lord...