LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Girl Mina
Life-boat 70-002 at Longhope, Orkney - At 2.18 p.m. on 22nd March, 1969, while life-boat 70-002 was at Longhope and her crew were preparing to go ashore to attend the funeral of the crew of the Longhope life-boat, the coastguard reported to...
Nicolene
Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 9.23 p.m. on 29th July, 1969, the coastguard reported that a yacht was in difficulties two miles south west of the Sunk lightvessel. The life-boat Edian Courtauld slipped her moorings at 9.40 in a moderate...
A Plastic Bath
At 1.28 p.m. on 14th August, 1969, the police informed the honorarysecretary that some young children were reported to be adrift in a small boat off Gailes shore. The life-boat Connel Elizabeth Cargill slipped her moorings at 1.35. It was...
Gnomo
Walmer, Kent - 9.56 p.m. on 15th August, 1969, the coastguard reported that a yacht was aground on the Goodwin sands about five miles east of Deal pierhead. At 10.8 the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station,...
A Rowing Boat (1)
At 8.25 p.m. on 2nd September, 1969, the coastguard reported that a red flare had been sighted about four miles east of the coastguard lookout.
The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings at 8.35 in a moderate...
Two Boats
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 9th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the police had reported two small boats in difficulties on the rocks off Dunbar old bathing pool. A strong...
Eildon
Ramsgate, Kent. At 6.14 on the even- ing of the 9th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a coaster was reported to be aground near the North Goodwin buoy. There was a moderate south- westerly wind, and the sea...
A Canoe
CANOE HAD OVERTURNED At 10.15 a.m. on 3ist August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a passing ship had reported an overturned canoe. There was a choppy sea with a gentle easterly breeze. It was one hour before low...
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
CLUNG TO HULL At 5.47 p.m. on 7th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the police had reported the capsizing of a sailing dinghy off Seaside Villas, Hove. Her crew of three were dinging to the hull, about half a...
Sirius
TOW TO RAMSGATE At 10.32 a.m. on the following day the watchman on the east pier told the honorary secretary that a yacht was making heavy weather on passage off Ramsgate. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out at 10.45 i° a...