LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
La Colina
HELP FOR SICK MAN At 9 p.m. on the same day the port medical officer told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel La Colina would be arriving off Mounts Bay at 11 o'clock, bringing a sick man on board who needed hospital treatment....
Joruna
SOUGHT CALM WATER Stromness, Orkneys. At 5.48 p.m. on I4th March, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Norwegian motor vessel Joruna of Oslo wanted to be escorted to calm water.
There was a...
Boy Leslie
RED FOR DANGER Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.32 p.m. on 9th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Boy Leslie was burning red flares on the outer edge of the Newcombe sand. The cabin cruiser's engine had...
Moira Herd
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 8.30 p.m. on 29th January, 1965, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the M.F.V. Moira Herd was aground at Red Beacon, Holm Head. The lifeboat James and Margaret Boyd proceeded to the casualty at...
Cape Nelson
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 2.45 p.m. on loth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Cape Nelson, which was expected off the Tyne at five o'clock, wished to land a sick seaman. As soon as the...
A Motor Boat and Faith
Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 11.15 a.m. on 29th August, 1965, St Mary's lighthouse keeper told the coxswain that a small boat was in difficulties off the lighthouse. The life-boat Sir James Knott was launched at 11.20 in a westnorth-...
The Hopper Sir Joseph Rawlinson
HOPPER AND TUG COLLIDED Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.10 a.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that a collision had taken place near the South Oaze buoy and that there were people in the water. The lifeboat Greater London II...
Manana
Torbay, Devon - At 9.37 p.m. on 9th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been sighted about six miles south-southwest of Berry Head and picket boats had been sent out to investigate from the Royal...
Deux Amis
At 12.45 a.m. on 27th June, 1966, concern was felt for the safety of the yacht Deux Amis and her crew of four.
She was overdue on passage from Granville and the weather was rapidly deteriorating.
There was...
A R.A.F. Aeroplane
OCT. 19TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. A message was received that a R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea, and the Clovelly life-boat was launched at 10.20 P.M. to search between Hartland Point and Bideford. A N.E. wind...