LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eve
AUGUST 25TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At 9.42 at night the coastguard reported a message from the Eastbourne Angling Club that one of their boats, the motor boat E v e , was overdue and that another motor boat had been out,...
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...
Molly
DECEMBER 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At about noon some small fishing boats were seen south of the harbour. A strong northwesterly wind was blowing, with a very rough sea and snow squalls. The coastguard kept them in view,...
Two Sisters, of Aberystwith and Smack David, of Cardigan
On the 26th October, while it was blowing a heavy gale from the north, with a high sea on, two vessels at anchor in the roadstead hoisted signals of distress. The same valuable life-boat was immediately launched, and went to their assistance...
Trust On, of Peterhead
JANUARY 31ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.30 in the evening, the coastguard reported a boat showing distress signals a mile and a half north of Peterhead, and the motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Emily
JANUARY 23RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 8.35 A.M. a man reported that he had seen a flare and the motor life-boat Mary Stanford was launched at 8.45 A.M.
A moderate N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a heavy swell. Eight...
Minnie, of Rye
DECEMBER 10TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At two in the afternoon a fisherman reported a fishing boat in distress about one mile southsouth- west of Dungeness Lighthouse. She was seen to have a flag flying and had burned a flare....
Sandling
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 1.39 on the afternoon of the 14th of April, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a yacht two miles to the southward appeared to have broken down. The sails had been lowered, but she had a ball at the mast head...
Waree, of Dundalk
LLANDUDNO.—On Sunday, the 12th April, a message was received by telephone from Colwyn Bay, at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, stating that a brigantine was showing signals of distress. She was lying at anchor about two and a half miles...
Rafla (1)
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 6.56 on the evening of the 28th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was burning red flares five miles north-east of Sizewell.
At 7.10 the life-boat The...