LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tasman
St. Peter Port, Guernsey - At 8 p.m.
on 29th August, 1966, local residents saw a yacht in difficulties in Pembroke bay.
At 8.20 the life-boat Lloyd's, on temporary duty at the station, proceeded in a...
Sandra
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.10 on the morning of the 1st July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a motor yacht had broken down just off the Brake sands. There was no wind and the sea was smooth.
At 10.18...
Bronze Medallists:
Bronze medallists: (I to r) Dannie McKay of Wick; he saved three men and their coble among rocks in a gale (full report: THE LIFEBOAT, winter '84185); David Clemence of llfracombe who pulled a yacht and her terrified occupant from rocks... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aberaeron Branch
Aberaeron branch begin training their helpers at a young age. During the local yacht club's regatta day (I to r) Menna Williams, 7 years, Emma Jones, 11 and Daryl Shute, 10, helped behind the souvenir stall which sold £88 of goods... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Vellum for Southend-On-Sea.
Coxswain Sydney Page, of Southend-on-Sea, has won the thanks of the Institution on vellum for rescuing the crew of a yacht which had gone aground on a sandbank in the Thames estuary in a gale. The night was very dark, with mist; the tide was...
Category: Articles
Hawkes Eye, of Dublin
AUGUST 7TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
At 3.20 in the afternoon a report was received by telephone from the Bailey Lighthouse that a yacht was showing a distress signal. A south-south-west wind was blowing, with a moderate sea....
The Removal of Wrecks Act, 1877, Amendment Act, 1889
NOT the least important work dene by the Legislature during this year's session has been the passing of an Act to amend the " Eemoval of Wrecks Act, 1877." Prior to this Act becoming law no provision existed for the removal of...
Category: Articles
Amy II (2)
Torbay, Devon.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 18th of November, 1950, the Brixham coastguard reported a small yacht in a dangerous position two miles off Beesands, apparently in need of help. At 12.55 the life-boat George Shee...
Spindrift II
YACHT AGAINST TIDE Hoylake, Cheshire. At 3 p.m. on igth October, 1963, the yacht Spindrift II was seen to be making little headway against a strong tide. As it was unlikely that the yacht would reach a safe anchorage before darkness fell,...
Julia
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.50 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Galloper lightvessel that the yacht Julia, bound from Rotterdam to Harwich, was alongside...