LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
June and Capella
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 10.45 on the morning of the 1st of September, 1956, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that a small fishing boat had engine trouble a quarter of a mile west of Portland Bill. At 10.55 the life-boat William and Clara...
Jan Denye
JANUARY 29TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 10.14 P.M. a message was received from the Berry Head coastguard that a Belgian trawler was seen to be dragging her anchors, close to Daddyhole A strong E.S.E. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. At...
The S.S. Dan
BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. — On the morning of the 29th March signals of distress were sent up by the s.s. Dan, of Copenhagen, which had stranded on theSow and Figs rocks a little to the eastward of Blyth Harbour, and in response the Life-boats...
Bass, Alto and Vivendi
Yachts in distress THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of The Lizard-Cadgwith lifeboat station was telephoned on the evening of Monday September 3, 1984, to be told by Falmouth coastguard that a red flare had been sighted off Poldhu Cove. The...
Skerryvore
Margate, Kent.—At 12.41 in the afternoon of the 21st of August, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was aground at Foreness Point, and a second message said that a man could be seen in the water. The life- boat, The Lord...
Fen
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1958, the motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a small Dutch coaster was aground on Saltscar Rocks. At 6.5 the life-boat City of Leeds was launched in a moderate...
Anu
FEBRUARY 7TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. The steamer Anu, of Esthonia, had sunk after being mined, and some survivors had landed at Buddon Ness, but the life-boat searched for others without result. - Rewards, £6 12s..
A Hundred Years Ago
WE believe that a life-belt, for an adult person of average size, ought to have, at the least, buoyant power equal to 20 Ibs., and as much more as can conveniently be obtained.
Having decided on the amount of buoyancy, the...
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Wings of the Morning and Jonarra
Margate, Kent. At 5.19 on the after- noon of the 3rd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties two miles east of Tongue Sand Fort. The life-boat North Fore- land (Civil...
Dulcet Bella and Troglodyte
New Brighton, Cheshire. — At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht with three boys aboard was in difficulties in the Rock Channel. At 3.45 the life-boat City of Glasgow, on temporary...