LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Janet
FEB. 27TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
During the afternoon the life-boat coxswain, returning from fishing, picked up the motor fishing boat Janet, of Thurso, with her engine broken down, about nine miles north-west of the...
A Martinet Aeroplane
MAY 28TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
At 4.16 in the afternoon the naval officer at Workington informed the life-boat honorary secretary that a Martinet aeroplane was down in the sea north-west of...
Sybilla, of Castlebay (1)
AUGUST 29TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
During the late evening of the 28th of August the relatives of the crew of four of the motor fishing boat Sybilla, of Castlebay, became anxious, as the boat was overdue from lobster...
The S.S. Trojan III
OCTOBER 14TH. - ST. DAVID‘S, PEMBROKESHIRE,.
At 12.10 in the morning the naval base telephoned that a vessel was drifting in the direction of Skomer Island.
A west-north-west gale was blowing, with a rough...
Venturer
JUNE 28TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 2.30 P.M. information was received that the fishing boat Venturer, of Arklow, was in distress in Courtown Bay. A southerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. At 3 P.M.
The Local Fishing Boat Lady Betty
OCTOBER 19TH.. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
About one o’clock in the afternoon, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat Lady Betty, with only one man on board, had broken down and was drifting out to sea towards the...
Services by Auxiliary Rescue-boats
Launches 1 Lives rescued 4 VALENTIA, Co. KERRY. The auxiliary broken down. A strong east-south-east wind rescue-boat, St. Bernard, was returning to harbour on the night of the 22nd of May, was then blowing and the sea was rough.
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Category: Services
Puffin, of Rochester
FEBRUARY 1ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 12.24 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen four miles south-west-by-west of Clacton pier, and half an hour later the motor lifeboat Edward Z. Dresden was...
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APRIL 26TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. At 3.30 in the afternoon a doctor telephoned that on the previous afternoon a man on Papa Stour had fallen down the cliffs and fractured a thigh. It was urgent that the man should be brought to Lerwick Hospital...
Fluminense, of London
NOVEMBER 10TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At 9.3 in the morning the Sandgate coastguard reported a motor yacht in distress two and a half miles south-south-west of Dungeness Lighthouse. A fresh north-easterly breeze was blowing,...