LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Provider
Amble, Northumberland. At 9.15 p.m. on i Qth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the weather conditions were deteriorating and as the local fishing coble Provider was still at sea, it was decided to launch the...
Zoe
YACHT TOWED IN At 6.20 p.m. on nth July, 1965, a vessel reported a yacht aground on the south side of West Swin Barrow Deep and at 6.33 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched. A gale was blowing from the south...
H.M.S. Plover
Newcastle, Co. Down. H.M.S. Plover, visiting Newcastle, was due to sail early on the fth August, 1965, for the Clyde.
However, her commanding officer and forty ratings were stranded ashore as the liberty boat had grounded...
Fishing Vessels
Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty.
At 9.4 a.m. on 28th October, 1965, a small fishing boat was reported in trouble off Dunrobin Castle, Golspie. The lifeboat Lilla Marras, Douglas and Will proceeded at 9.22 in a violent...
Sugar Creek
POUNDING AGAINST PIER Dover, Kent. At 7.20 a.m. on 2gth November, 1965, the owner of the yacht Sugar Creek informed the life-boat mechanic that the yacht, from which he had just swum, had broken loose from her moorings in the inner harbour...
None (6)
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man-At 6.20 p.m. on i6th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that flares and a signal fire had been sighted on the north end of the Calf of Man. There was a strong easterly wind with a moderate...
Kincora
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset-At 11.35 p.m. on I2th April, 1966, the Barry coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two men in an open fishing boat were overdue. They had left the River Axe at midday, intending to return at...
A Dinghy (3)
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 12.50 a.m.
on 20th July, 1966, a small dinghy, with four youths aboard, was reported missing.
At 1.50, following a message saying that boat could not be found in the harbour, the...
Harmony
Exmouth, Devon - At 8.40 p.m. on 2nd August, 1966, a yacht was in distress off Brandy Head near Beer. There was fresh west south westerly breeze with moderate sea. It was high water. The lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty...
The Panamanian Motor Vessel Pacific Trader
Walmer, Kent - At 3.45 p.m. on 2yth December, 1966, a large steamer was thought to be aground near the B.I.
buoy on the Brake Sands. Visibility was poor and the vessel was just visible. The life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...