LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fairweather Father (1)
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and Poole: While on passage from Guernsey to Portsmouth on Thursday August 19, 1982, the 30ft ferro-concrete gaff sloop Fairweather Father broke her rudder 18 miles south west by south of the Needles Lighthouse. A...
Aurea and Bacarole
Survivor snatched from yacht seconds before she sinks A service in very difficult weather conditions, carried out in full view of hundreds of local people and holiday-makers on the shore, has earned Barry Bennett, the coxswain of St Mary'...
Swallow
While the Motor Life-boat Joseph Adlam was cruising round H.M.S. Warspite in Blyth Bay during an exercise, on the 18th September, the yacht Swallow, of Blyth, was seen to be in difficulties. A fresh westerly wind was blowing with a choppy...
White Heather
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—On the afternoon of the 31st October the owner of a motor yacht which was anchored east of Yarmouth pier hired two men in the motor launch White Heather to put him on board his yacht.
A strong north...
Corinne
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 10.45 on the night of the 21st of July, 1950, the Ventnor coastguard passed on a message from the steamer Stability that the yacht Corinne, of Glasgow, was dis- abled and in need of help. Half an hour later the...
Windward
Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—Just before six o'clock on the evening of the 6th August, 1950, the yacht Windward, of Helvick, with a crew of three, was seen to strike the Dungarvan Harbour Bar near Ballinacourty Point and heel over. At...
Ragna
Margate, Kent.:—At 7.55 on the evening of the 21st of July, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was on Margate Sands. At 8.7 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI, was launched. The sea was rough •with a moderate...
Malabar 13
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 6.25 on the evening of the llth of August, 1951, a member of the local life-boat committee telephoned that a yacht taking part in the Fastnet Race had been dismasted west of the North East Shingles Buoy. She was...
Heron
At 4.45 AiM. on the 31st July the coastguard telephoned that a yacht near the breakwater light- house was burning distress signals. A moderate W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and the weather was thick.
The motor life...
Tarka
Swanage, Dorset. — About seven o'clock on the morning of the 31st of July, 1954, the St. Albans Head coast- guard telephoned that the yacht Tarka was in distress three miles south-south- west of Anvil Point. At 7.14 the life-boat R.L.P....