LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Julia
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.50 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Galloper lightvessel that the yacht Julia, bound from Rotterdam to Harwich, was alongside...
Mary Anne
Swanage, Dorset. At 12.44 on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a two-masted fishing vessel, Mary Anne, had hoisted a distress signal east of Durlston Head.
Her...
Knox
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.56 on the afternoon of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was in trouble off Canvey Island. At 1.24 on the ebbing tide the life-boat Greater London II (Civil...
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Franz Schubert
TWO WERE HELPED At 8 p.m. on the same day the coxswain was told that a vessel was ashore between Dumpton and Ramsgate. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings at 8.15 taking the boarding boat with her.
There...
Austility
LOADED WITH PETROL St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 1.10 p.m. on gth May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the owners of the motor vessel Austility, of London, laden with petrol, had broken down and was dragging her...
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At 9.24 p.m. on 20th August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a young man had been cut off by the tide at Whitby Hight light and that the lifesaving apparatus team were proceeding with cliff rescue gear. The honorary secretary alerted the...
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Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 11.40 a.m. on 24th April, 1966, a police inspector informed the honorary secretary that a car or van had gone over the cliffs and into the sea, close to the Aberdaron look-out hut. As no other suitable...
Coquetside
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 10.41 p.m.
on i5th July, 1967, a message was received that the motor fishing vessel Coquetside of Conway had broken down with engine trouble eight miles west of the Skerries. At 10.53 tne life-boat...
Cheryl II
St. Helier, Jersey - at 10.20 p.m. on nth August, 1967, the honorary secretary was informed that a fishing boat, with one man on board, was overdue. The lifeboat Elizabeth Rippon slipped her moorings at 10.45 in a strong west south westerly...