LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SPEAKING AT the annual general meeting of the RNLI last April, Major-General Ralph Farrant, Chairman of the Committee of Management, made it quite clear that, whatever economies might be necessary in these days of inflation, the first...

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Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of December, 1952, the coastguard reported that the steam trawler Patricia Hague, of Fleetwood, was in distress two and a half miles north-west-by-west of Point of Ayre, and at 5.15...

Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.—At 10.15 on the morning of the 31st of January, 1953, the life-boat coxswain reported that two men were in diffi- culties in a rowing boat. They had anchored two miles east of Lytham pier and were flying a...

Selsey, Sussex.—At 10.0 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1951, a life-boat launcher said he had seen a yacht anchored about three miles off Selsey. She was flying a flag at half mast. There was a steamer near her, but it did not go to...

Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 5.40 in the evening of the 7th of September, 1951, the S.S. Lady of Man reported to the Ramsey coastguard that she had seen a cabin cruiser in distress about thirteen miles south-east of Douglas and that the cruiser...

Peel, Isle of Man.—At 6.40 P.M. on the 17th December, 1938, flares were seen four miles W.N.W. of Peel. An E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and visibility was very poor.

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FRENCH YACHT FOUND BY EQUIPMENT Swanage, Dorset. At 8.5 on the morning of the 4th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the French yacht Stellar's engine had broken down twenty miles off Poole and the yacht...