LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Oak Leaves
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 7.20 on the evening of the llth of November, 1959, the coxswain received a message from a Wexford fish merchant that the fishing boat Oak Leaves had not returned to Wexford. When last seen near Blackwater...
Southern Cross
St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 6.16 on the evening of the 3rd of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the principal keeper at St. Abbs Head lighthouse had re- ported a yacht burning distress flares off St. Abbs Head....
St. Joseph
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 3.35 in the afternoon on the 4th of November, 1949, a fishing vessel at the north end of the bay was seen to be flying a distress signal. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched at 3.42 in a rough...
Brittania
Flamborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 17th of December, 1949, the local fishing coble Brittania, manned by a crew of three, was at sea. It was very rough and there was a north- westerly gale; conditions were so bad in fact,...
Ruby
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 2.15 in the afternoon on the llth of March, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a small vessel was showing a distresssignal two miles east of Collieston. At 2.30 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow,...
Cadj
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 9.12 in the morning, on the 19th of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat was flying a distress signal. Accordingly at 9.15 the life- boat Louise Stephens was...
Dragonfly
Torbay, Devon.-—Early in the after- noon, on the 26th of September, 1950, the Berry Head coastguard reported a small motor boat apparently broken down. The occupants were waving to attract attention. At 2.5 the life-boat George Shee put out...
The Danish Fishing Vessels Dora Veno and Peter Veno
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 5.40 in the evening, on the 30th of No- vember, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel was making a flare off North Head. At 5.55 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow, was launched in a moderate sea...
The American Steamer Sea Cloud
Hastings, Sussex.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 28th of June, 1951, the North Foreland radio station tele- phoned that the American steamer Sea Cloud, seven miles south of the harbour, had reported a man fallen down her hold. She asked for...
A Dinghy (1)
CHILLED SURVIVORS AFTER a white flashing light had been seen off Margate, Kent, at 12.54 a.m. on 4th October, 1971, the life-boat North Foreland was launched.
After travelling a mile and a half towards the flashing light...