LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kindly Light,
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— During the morning of the 30th of January. 1957, the fishing boat Kindly Light, of Seahouscs, was reported over- due. At 11.23 the life-boat Grace Darling was launched in a very rough sea. There was a...
Merlin
At 9.20 p.m. on 5th October, 1968, the coastguard reported that a small boat was firing red flares two miles from the lookout. Ten minutes later the life-boat Tynesider was launched in a calm sea and an ebbing tide. At 9.55 she found the...
Glengary
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - On 30th April, 1969, as the life-boat was about to launch on exercise, the coastguard reported that a fishingvessel appeared to be in difficulties three miles north west of Porthdinllaen point. The life-boat...
A Sailing Dinghy
Selsey, Sussex - At 5.45 p.m. on 9th June, 1969, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy was in difficulties two miles off shore. At 5.50 the IRB was launched in a strong east north easterly wind with a corresponding sea. The tide was...
None (3)
CUT OFF BY TIDE At 5.52 p.m. on 9th August, 1964, the coastguard informed the life-boat's mechanic that the police had reported two people cut off by the tide on Renney rocks. There was a moderate west-northwesterly breeze with a heavy...
A Motor Cruiser
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 8 p.m. on 2nd August, 1965, the Gorleston coastguard reported that a motor cruiser had broken down in a fresh to strong southerly breeze and a moderate sea and was drifting out to sea off the north...
A Dinghy (2)
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 2.26 p.m. on 18th August, 1965, the Prestatyn police reported that two youths were in difficulties in a dinghy off Central beach, Prestatyn, and at 2.38 the life-boat Anthony Robert Marshall was launched in a strong...
A Yacht (5)
At 9.52 p.m. on 6th August, 1966, a yacht with two people aboard was reported in difficulties off Fort Albert. At 10.6 the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe was launched. The tide was flooding.
There was a westerly wind...
Ajax, Rosebud
At 9.41 p.m. on i5th August, 1966, red flares were reported off Strumble Head.
At 9.51 the life-boat Howard Marryat was launched on a smooth sea. It was two hours after high water. The life-boat found the fishing vessel...
Golden Way
Stromness, Orkneys - At 8.40 p.m.
on 5th August, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that flares had been reported from a vessel off Breckness point. The life-boat Archibald and Alexander M. Paterson was...