LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dauntless Star
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 6.30 a.m. on 6th August, 1965, a yawl was reported stopped between Rosehearty and Sandhaven, apparently broken down.
Her crew were waving an oilskin. There was a westerly wind of near gale...
Davento
Southwold, Suffolk. At 1.50 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized one mile off Southwold. At 1.55 the IRB launched in a moderate gusting to fresh south-westerly breeze and came up with the...
A Sailing Dinghy (5)
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 4.44 p.m. on 28th August, 1965, a sailing dinghy was reported to have capsized off Majuba.
The IRB was launched immediately in a south-westerly breeze and calm sea. She found the dinghy with one person...
Dawn Flight
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 5.12 a.m.
on 3rd October, 1965, a motor yacht was reported in trouble one and a half miles north of Danger Patch. The life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched at 5.30 in a moderate breeze and a...
William and Martha and Venture
ESCORTED FISHING BOATS At 8.20 a.m. on i6th November, 1965, two small fishing cobles were reported to be out in very bad weather conditions and the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 8.30 in a south-easterly gale and a rough sea. It...
Vole
At 7. p.m. on loth June, 1966, a yacht was reported aground to the west of the pier. There was a light north easterly wind with a slight sea and thick fog. It was one hour after low water. The no. 2 life-boat William Henry and Mary King...
Aquilo
Selsey, Sussex - At 10.43 P-m. on 3
Roger Bushell
Torbay, Devon.—At noon on the 6th of October, 1955, a local trawler company reported that their trawler Roger Bushell, of Brixham, which had a crew of eight, had lost her propeller and was drifting ten miles east-north-east of Berry Head. At...
None (4)
Padstow, Cornwall. At 6.22 on the evening of the 8th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a body had been reported floating three hundred yards north- north-east of Trevose lighthouse. No other boat being...
Three Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that the weather was worsening and that three cobles were still at sea. The life-boat The Isa and Penryn M listed was launched at 1.45 in a rough...