LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wreck of the Steamer "Duke of Sutherland."
ON the 1st of April in the present year occurred one of those fearful wrecks which ever and anon startle even the inhabitants of these sea-girt islands, accustomed as they have been from time immemorial to the periodical sacrifice, by...
Category: Services
Water Nymph
Wells, Norfolk.—At 7 A.M. on the 24th May the motor cruiser Water Nymph left Wells for Boston, in charge of the life-boat's second-coxswain and another man. Later on the coastguard reported that she was flying distress signals, and the...
The S.S. Mayflower
Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 5.30 A.M. on the 22nd April, 1939, the coastguard reported that t'u s.s. Mayflower, of Liverpool, loaded with stone, on passage from Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to Liverpool, had gone aground on East Hoyle Bank at 2 A...
Orchis
Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 1.55 A.M.
on the 24th June, 1938, the watchman on the East Pier reported that a yacht south of the harbour was burning flares.
A light S.S.W. breeze was...
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St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—At about midnight on the 16th September, 1938, it was learned that a man—a member of the local committee—was very ill with appendicitis, and that it was important that he be taken to hospital at Penzance...
Lulu
YACHT IN HEAVY WEATHER OFF NEEDLES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 6.46 a.m.
on Monday the 26th August, 1963, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht approximately one mile west of the Brook look-out...
Olympic Hill
INJURED SEAMAN Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 9 a.m. on yth June, 1965, the honorary secretary learnt that a seaman on board the Liberian tanker Olympic Hill required medical attention.
There was a light east-south-easterly breeze...
Alderney Queen
OCTOBER 10TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
About 5 A.M. red flares were seen N.W. of Skokholm Island and reported to the life-boat authorities by the naval officer at Milford Haven. A W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough se The...
Sister Pat
FEB. 17TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
At 11 A.M. the motor boat Sister Pat, belonging to Fleetwood, with two men on board, was seen by the second cox-swain of the life-boat to be making distress signals. She was being driven...
Houtman
MARCH 2ND. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON. At 4.30 A.M. information was received from the King’s Harbour Master that signals of distress were being shewn in Jennycliffe Bay, and the motor life-boat Robert and Marcella Beck was launched at 5.10 A.M. A...