LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Amber Queen
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 4.8 on the afternoon of the 10th of March, 1956.
the Kirkwall coastguard rang up to say that he had received a message from the Wick radio station that the fishing boat Amber Queen, which had a crew...
The S.S. Akka
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 9.46 on the night of the 9th of April, 1956, the Port- patrick coastguard reported that the S.S. Akka, of Gothenburg, had wire- lessed that she had gone aground on the Gantock Rocks, Dunoon, and that she was sinking. At...
Two Sabre Aeroplanes
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 3.32 in the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that two Sabre aeroplanes of the R.C.A.F.
had collided near the Wainfleet bomb- ing range and that a parachute had been...
Rising Venus
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 27th of September, 1952, the honorary secretary saw a motor boat in difficulties off the har- bour and kept her under observation.
She drifted slowly towards the rocks...
The S.S. Bannrose
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 7.2 on the evening of the 6th of October, 1952, the Formby coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Bannrose, of Liverpool, was in distress between B.I and B.2 buoys at the bar of the River Mersey, with her...
Helena
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 27th of September, 1953, the life-boat coxswain reported that the fishing coble Helena could be seen to be in difficulties five miles north-north-west of Staithes. About 1.30 she made a...
The S.S. Etna
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 19th of January, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Etna, of Stock- holm, had wirelessed that she had gone aground on the Skerrinoe Rocks off the east coast...
Aquila
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.43 on the morn- ing of the 16th of May, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Aquila had gone ashore at West Ray Point. At 7.52 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put to sea. There was a moderate sea, and a...
The S.S. Argos Hill
Clovelly, Devonshire.—On the 24th October, 1939, at 3.45 A.M. a message was received from the Croyde Coastguard station that a vessel was in distress fifteen miles S.W. of Lundy Island.
A strong W.N.W. wind was blowing,...
R.A.F. Speed-Boats
Exmouth, and Torbay, Devonshire.— * 18th October, 1939. A message was received, at 7.25 in the evening from the R.A.F. that two of their speed- boats had broken down twelve miles S.W. of Beer Head and the motor life- boat was launched with...