LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nimble-Iki
TRIMARAN OVERDUE Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 3 p.m.
on 10th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trimaran named Nimble-Iki was overdue.
There was a thick fog with a smooth sea...
A Fishing Vessel
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumber- land. At 9.20 on the morning of the 20th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had reported that she was making water fast and needed help. No precise details...
Margaret Ann
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 27th of November, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Margaret Ann was at sea. There was a strong north-easterly wind with a rough sea,...
Honolulu
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 10.45 on the night of the 4th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the boathouse superintendent that the s.s. Markland had reported a small vessel in diffi- culties one mile east of West Shoebury buoy. The life...
Corsea
At 5.35 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, a large vessel was reported aground on the Gunfleet Sands, but there was no immediate danger. The honorary secretary and the coxswain went to the coastguard lookout and saw the collier Corsea hard aground...
Tulari
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 7.50 p.m. on nth September, 1966, a red flare was sighted in the Worthing ferry area. The dredger Seastone, which had just left the harbour, also sighted the flare. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was...
A Motor Barge
At 1.20 p.m. on I4th April, 1967, a motor barge was reported aground on a sandbank west of Margate pier. The lifeboat North Foreland (Civil Service No. n) was launched at 1.45 in a strong north east breeze and a rough sea. It was three hours...
A Motor Dinghy
TOO LIGHTLY CLAD Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. At 10.30 p.m. on 2yth August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a small fibreglass outboard motor dinghy had left the Warren caravan camp at 2 p.m. with four people on board to fish off the St....
Clarity and a Dutch Vessel
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 5.11 a.m. on ist November, 1965, the motor vessel Clarity was reported to be dragging her anchor and running aground half-amile west of No. 4 Sea Reach buoy. The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30)...
Fokke de Jong Sr.
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 11.40 p.m. on 28th November, 1965, the life-boat E.M.M. Gordon Cubbin proceeded in a light northerly breeze and in a slight swell. A ship had been reported aground on the east side of Call. It was one hour after...