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Martinique

Date: December 1953

Volume: 33

Issue: 366

Torbay, Devon.—At midnight on the 1st of September, 1953, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that a man at Torcross had reported that a motor yacht was short of fuel and had anchored two hundred yards off the north end of Beesands. At...

Sandling

Date: December 1957

Volume: 34

Issue: 382

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.56 on the morning of the llth of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that a yacht was in distress off the Shivering Sands towers. At 5.30 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No.

30)...

Stroma

Date: December 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 410

FLARE OFF DOVER At 8.12 p.m. on yth September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a flare had been seen one mile south-west of Dover. With the tide at one hour's flood the life-boat Southern Africa put out into a...

Dover Lifeboat the 50Ft

Date: Spring 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 476

Dover lifeboat, the 50ft Thames class Rotary Service, leaving harbour on Wednesday September 10, 1980, in a south-westerly gale to go to the help of an approaching West German yacht, Aquis Guana. The yacht, with a crew of nine, was on... - View image in PDF

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Ciris

Date: April 1970

Volume: 41

Issue: 431

At 11.28 p.m. on 21st September, 1969, the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen in the direction of Swadman buoy and Holy Island. At 11.38 the life-boat TheEdward and Mary Lester was launched in a westerly gale with a rough sea....

Fargo

Date: December 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 418

Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 5.50 p.m. on 9th August, 1966, distress flares were seen coming from the auxiliary yacht Fargo off the West Holm buoy. At 6.3 the life-boat Frederick Edward Crick proceeded in a westerly gale and a rough sea. The tide...

Patna

Date: March 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 419

Ramsgate, Kent - At 5.27 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, the motor yacht Patna in a position half a mile off Margate pier requested the assistance of the Ramsgate life-boat. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 5.37 in a...

Danae

Date: December 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 414

Selsey, Sussex. At 7 a.m. on 2ist August, 1965, a yacht was seen burning flares off Hayling. At 7.22 the life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched. A gale* was blowing from the south-west, thesea was very rough and the tide was; ebbing. The...

Fridor

Date: Winter 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 519

Wick lifeboat assists US yacht Wick's Tyne class lifeboat Norman Sali'esini launched at 0045 on 1 September to the casualty Fridor, a sailing yacht from Ohio, which was on passage from the Shetland Islands. Nearing the Caithness...

Lady Betty

Date: December 1947

Volume: 32

Issue: 344

TWO MOTOR YACHTS BROKEN DOWN Newhaven, Sussex.—At 1.55 in the afternoon of the 3rd of August, 1947, the coastguard reported a motor yacht in difficulties off Pcacehavcn, and the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched...