LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kalispera
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 7.42 p.m. on 3Oth August, 1966, it was reported that the sloop Kalispera had left Scarborough at 1.15 p.m. bound for Whitby and was overdue. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 9.20 in a moderate to strong...
Oak Apple
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - At 2.32 p.m. on I5th November, 1966, a distress signal was reported from a small boat which was about half a mile north north east of Gorleston pier.
The life-boat Louise Stephens was...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire - At 8.45 a.m. on 25th January, 1967, nine cobles were reported at sea and there was a distinct possibility of conditions worsening when the tide flooded. By 9.45 conditions had deteriorated considerably and the life-boat...
Girl Lynn
Sunderland, Co. Durham - At 8.19 a.m. on I7th March, 1967, the coble Girl Lynn was reported in difficulties in rough seas about two miles off Roker. The lifeboat William Myers and Sarah Jane Myers was launched at 8.30 in a gale force west...
Wombat
Weymouth, Dorset - At 3.25 a.m. on 26th March, 1967, the yacht Wombat, lying a mile and a half south south east of Portland breakwater light, reported to Niton radio that she was taking in water and had run out of fuel. There was a gale from...
Evening Song
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 7.44 p.m. on 24th March, 1967, the look-out at Cemaes Bay reported a small boat making for Holyhead in a very rough sea. It was two hours before high water. The lifeboat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland, ontemporary duty...
Elizabeth
Sunderland, Co. Durham - At 10.13 a.m. on 2oth May, 1967, the fishing coble Elizabeth was reported to be in difficultiesone and a half miles east of Whitburn and was flying distress signals. The Life-boat William Myers and Sarah Jane Myers...
Tropacara
At 4.23 a.m. on 2oth June, 1967, it was reported that flares had been sighted north west of Cape Cornwall. The lifeboat Susan Ashley was launched at 4.45 in a moderate westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was shortly after high water. The life...
Jim
Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.31 a.m. on 3rd November, 1968, the coastguard reported that flares had been seen in Sandwich bay at the entrance to the river Stour. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 7.40 in a southerly gale...
Tarka II
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 9 p.m. on 25th May, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted six to eight miles south south west of Shoreham. At 9.7 the life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was...