LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Spes
Padstow, Cornwall - At 3 p.m. on 21st August, 1968, it was learnt thatthe motor boat Spes with six people and a dog on board was overdue. She had last been sighted one and a half miles north east of Galland island.
The life...
We Three
Life-boat 40-001 at Sheerness, Kent - At 5.35 a.m. on 26th May, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat was aground off Stoke Saltings, west of the Isle of Grain. At 5.45 the life-boat slipped her moorings in a...
A Sailing Dinghy
Moelfre, Anglesey - At 1.25 p.m. on 24th May, 1970, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy was rapidly drifting out to sea about four miles south east of the coastguard lookout. As the IRB was already at sea assisting a capsized yacht...
The Silhouette Class Yacht Last Scrap
At 2 p.m. on 20th May, 1970, it was learnt that a yacht in Moelfre sound was unable to make headway against the wind and tide. The IRB was launched at 2.10 in a strong south westerly wind with a rough sea.
It was three...
Ex-Coxswain Henry Nicholas
The following retired coxswains have died: Ex-Coxswain Henry Nicholas served continuously in life-boats from 1919 until his retirement in March, 1967, the last 1 years as coxswain of the Sennen Cove, Cornwall, lifeboat.
Mr...
Category: Obituaries
Ex-Coxswain John Matthews
The following retired coxswains have died: Ex-Coxswain Henry Nicholas served continuously in life-boats from 1919 until his retirement in March, 1967, the last 1 years as coxswain of the Sennen Cove, Cornwall, lifeboat.
Mr...
Category: Obituaries
Blue Falcon
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 7.51 a.m.
on 8th April, 1967, a small vessel was reported to be firing distress rockets off Wylfa head. A helicopter reported that the vessel was down by the head. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha...
A Rowing Boat
Hoylake, Cheshire - At 4 p.m. on 24th June, 1967, while the life-boat Oldham IV was returning from an exercise, a small rowing boat with four youths on board was sighted in the vicinity of Prestatyn buoy about a mile off...
Islander
At ii.10 a.m. on 9th August, 1967, the coastguard reported that a dinghy had capsized one mile off Tregantle Fort. The IRB was launched at 11.22 and also the harbour master's launch. However, conditions outside the harbour forced the IRB...
Ben Venuto and Vanguard
DEC. 9TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS. The two local fishing boats Ben Venuto and Vanguard had not returned from the fishing grounds by 3.25 P.M. A S.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. At. 3.30 P.M the motor life-boat John and William Mudie...