LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Silver Spray
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of May, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a man in the crab boat Silver Spray was signalling for help off Zone Point near the entrance to the har- bour. At 12.50 the life-boat...
Erla
Salcombe, Devon.—At 8.11 on the evening of the 12th of September, 1955, the Polruan coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht was in distress T.'est-by-north of Prawle Point. At 8.25 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on tem- porary duty at the...
Lapwing
Workington, Cumberland.—At mid- night on the 23rd of May, 1956, the dock gate foreman rang up to say that a small vessel was sending up red flares opposite the pier-head. The life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX put out at 12.15 early on...
Cuban
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 7th of June. 1956, the Sonthend coastguard reported that a steam lighter had fired three orange flares off Uguadale Point in Kil- brannan Sound. The life-boat City of Glasgow II put...
A Fourteen-Feet Flat-Bottomed Boat
Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—At 5.30 in the evening, on the 31st of May, 1950, in calm weather, the life-boat Ann Isabella Pyemont was launched for exercise with the honorary secretary, Mr. C. M.
Clifford Gibbons, and the district...
Halloween
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 4.35 in the afternoon, on the llth of August, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a motor and sailing boat was burning flares two miles east-north-east of New Quay. Fifteen minutes later the life-boat St....
Virginia
Ilfracombe, Devon.—About half past four on the afternoon of the 30th of September, 1950, a small boat was seen by a member of the life-boat crew making distress signals north-east of Ilfracombe. This was confirmed by the coastguard. At 5.15...
Lanie
Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 5.30 in the evening of the 4th of September, 1951, the life-boat bowman reported that a ship had been seen in a dangerous position about one mile north-west of the Rock Channel's outer buoys. A strong south-westerly...
Vera Mary
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the 17th November a heavy gale sprang up from the north, with a very heavy sea and rain. Several open cobles were at sea, and the motor life-boat Stanhope Smart was launched at 6.55 P.M. She went in the direction...
The S.S. Gracehill
Troon, Ayrshire. — At 12.25 on the afternoon of the 25th of September, 1952, the Portpatrick coastguard tele- phoned that the S.S. Gracehill, of Belfast, had broken down to the north of Ayr Harbour, and was drifting towards Newton Rocks. At...