LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Florence II
Exmouth, Devon.—The motor lifeboat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 11.30 A.M. on the 27th July, 1938, to the auxiliary yacht Florence II, of Southampton, which had been under observation by the coastguard for some time. A fresh and...
The Sailing Boat Seagull (1)
Lowestoft, and Kessingland, Suffolk.— On the afternoon of 16th September, 1938, the coastguard reported that he had seen the sailing boat Sea-gull, of Lowestoft, capsize about three miles south of the harbour entrance. A fresh south breeze...
The Garland
TOW FOR SCHOONER WITH SEA CADETS ABOARD Weymouth, Dorset. At 5.16 on the afternoon of the 23rd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning flares half a mile off Abbotsbury. Seven minutes later the...
Silver Wings
TOW FOR FISHING VESSEL AFTER ENGINE BREAKDOWN Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.25 early on the morning of the 2nd June, 1963, the Newhaven coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen between three and a half and four...
A Dinghy (1)
MAN FOUND AFTER EIGHT-HOUR SEARCH Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 12.30 early on the morning of the 7th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police at Portree had reported that a man was calling for help from his...
A Catamaran (1)
DISMASTED CATAMARAN ESCORTED TO MUMBLES The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 3.50p.m. on Sunday the l l th of August, 1963, the Mumbles coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized six miles south of Mumbles Head. At four...
A Fishing Boat and Adventure
ADVENTURE AT SEA Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 3.18 p.m. on zyth November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat had been called out from Mudeford under the inshore rescue scheme to the help of another boat firing...
June-Lippet
FISHING BOAT ESCORTED IN NEAR GALE Plymouth, Devon. At 12.46 on the afternoon of the 15th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat June- Lippet, which was returning to Plymouth from a fishing trip,...
Pagan
HAD BROKEN BOOM Later again on the same day, at 9.5 p.m., the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing flares about half a mile south of the Needles.
The tide was rising with a rough sea and strong...
The Nore Review
Richard Wakeley, aged 12, Perm Cottage, Nore Road, Portishead, near Bristol, produces The Nore Review which he writes and illustrates, distributing carbon copies on foolscap paper to readers.
In December he wrote to Cdr....
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