LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Star Song
RESCUE FROM YACHT AT THIRD ATTEMPT Humber, Yorkshire. At 10.27 on the morning of the 16th February, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a yacht was in •difficulties two miles north-east-bynoith of Grimsby. The life...
Tulari
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 7.50 p.m. on nth September, 1966, a red flare was sighted in the Worthing ferry area. The dredger Seastone, which had just left the harbour, also sighted the flare. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was...
Marie Helene
The Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 10.45 P-m- °n 29tn June, 1967, it was learned that flares had been sighted 14 miles east south east of the Lizard. This was confirmed by the Norwegian motor vessel Possum. The life-boat, The Duke of...
Security
AGROUND At 9.36 a.m. on 2ist May, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a cabin cruiser called Security was aground on Margate sands. The boat was kept under observation from the harbour by the coxswain and honorary secretary, who...
Offshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1978
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire August 24 Aldeburgh, Suffolk August 2 Amble, Northumberland June 26 and July 1 Angle, Dyfed June 23, July 11 and 31 Anstruther, Fife July 2 Arklow, Co. Wicklow July 25, 29 and August 11 Arranmore, Co. Donegal June 23,...
Category: Services
The Sailing Barge Will Everard
BARGE'S CREW RESCUED IN HEAVY SEAS Humber, Yorkshire. At 6.45 on the evening of the 15th December, 1962, the coastguard reported that a red flare had been seen about one mile north-west of the coastguard station, and at 6.58 the...
The Mostyn Pilot Vessel
THREE LIFE-BOATS SEARCH FOR PILOT VESSEL Hoylake, Cheshire. At 5.31 on the afternoon of the 10th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that the Rhyl life-boat had launched to search for the Mostyn pilot vessel, which was...
Opportunity
FILEY, Tuesday January 7, 1986: the weather was worsening with a south-easterly near gale, force 7, and a rough sea when the fishing coble, Opportunity, was seen to break down on the weather side of Filey Brigg.
Another...
Ranger
PEEL, Isle of Man, Saturday February 1, 1986: the station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat out on service in a moderate northerly breeze.
The fishing vessel Ranger had suffered gear-box failure just 100 yards off...
The Indian-Registered Freighter Vishva Parag
You can't park that 'ere...
The Tyne class lifeboat Ethel Anne Measures stationed at The Mumbles was at sea for five hours on 28 January 1994 when she stood by the 560ft Indian-registered freighter Vishva Parag...