LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.30 on the evening of the 27th of November, 1954, during a fresh south-south-west gale, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the North Foreland radio station that the S.S. Olivia, of...

Barrow, Lancashire.—At 8.45 on the morning of the 8th of December, 1954, the harbour master telephoned that a man had been seen waist-deep in the sea on the training wall on the east side of the Walney channel, The wall was a quarter of a...

Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 7.10 on the morning of the 16th of January, 1955, the Ramsey coastguard reported that the motor vessel Saint Kentigern, of Glasgow, had sent a distress message.

He later gave her position as five...

Plymouth, Devon.—At 12.8 early on the morning of the 2nd of January, 1956, the Yealm coastguard reported that flares had been seen in the direc- tion of Picklecombe and stated that a naval M.F.V. had put out. At 1.55 the Queen's...

Whltehills, Banffshlre.—At 4.55 on the afternoon of the 5th of June, 1956, the life-boat's second coxswain report- ed that he had seen a fishing vessel some three miles from Whitebills apparently out of control and drifting to the shore...

Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 12.16 on the afternoon of the 12th of June, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small pleasure fishing boat was drifting one mile east of Cullercoats and making what appeared to be...

Humber, Yorkshire. At 6.25 on the morning of the 20th of September, I960, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a light had been observed flashing off shore south of Withernsea. At 6.38 the life-boat City of Bradford III...

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.44 early on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat was in distress off Tollesbury pier in the River Blackwater, and that people were shouting for...