LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ifiena
MAY 23RD. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At 8 P.M. the Portpatrick coastguard reported a vessel ashore south of Ayr Harbour, and the motor life-boat Sir David Richmond of Glasgow was launched at 8.45 P.M. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a very...
A Small Boat Belonging to The P&O Steam Cruiser Ophir
At 5.30 P.M. on the 27th December, when a rough sea was running off Southend, it was reported that a small boat was adrift and making signals of distress by means of a lantern. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 were at once...
A Sailboard and a Speed Boat
Offshore wind keeps inflatable busy Southend-on-Sea South East Division Strong offshore winds kept Southend-on- Sea's D class inflatable busy on 4 April 1988 when it was called out twice in the late afternoon for windsurfers and a...
The German Fisheries Cruiser Frithjof
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 5th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German fisheries cruiser Frithjof had asked for the life-boat to land a British trawler- hand who was...
Fishing Vessels and Express
FISHING VESSEL STRIKES PIER IN NEAR GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 1st November, 1962, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that several fishing vessels were at sea in deteriorating weather. At 3.0...
Caland
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—On the 30th of April, 1957, Lloyd's agent telephoned to say that the motor vessel Caland, of Rotterdam, on passage from Grangemouth to Brest, had a sick man on board and was making for Yarmouth...
The Sailing Barge Melissa
Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 12.33 A.M. on the 3rd January, 1938, flares were seen in the bay, and at 12.50 A.M.
the motor life-boat Prudential put out to investigate. A moderate E.N.E.gale was blowing, with a rough...
Cheetah II
At 3.25 a.m. on igth June, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a red flare had been sighted some five miles from the coastguard lookout. The life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched at 3.52 in a gentle westerly wind and amoderate...
Diana
The ketch Diana, of Rye, bound from that port to St. Andrews with a cargo of gravel, arrived on the 13th April, but was unable to make the harbour owing to the state of the tide. The captain there- fore anchored about a mile to the north of...
The Hugh Miller, of Inverness
SOUTHEND (ESSEX).—A telegram having been received from Lloyd's Station at the pierhead stating that a schooner was ashore on the Nore Sand with signals of distress flying, while a strong gale was blowing from N.N.E., accompanied by a...