LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
La Baie Norree
At 3.40 p.m. on I5th June, 1967, news was received that a red flare had been fired from a yacht east north east of Dover harbour. The life-boat Southern Africa slipped her moorings at 3.59 in a gale force wind and a rough sea. It was two...
Tik Tak
At 11.28 a.m. on 20th June, 1967, a yacht was reported in difficulties off Aberaeron and was drifting ashore. The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 11.40 in a strong south westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The...
Philante
At 7.43 p.m. on 26th July, 1967, information was received that the motor yacht Philante, some five miles off St.
Anthony lighthouse, was taking water in her engine room. The life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare...
Real-life trial
A brand new, state-of-the-art lifeboat arrived at Appledore station at the end of March but she was saving lives weeks before while on trials off the south Devon coast.
During sea trials, in force 6–7 winds, a mayday call...
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Nirvana
Dover, Kent.-—At about 1.40 P.M. on the 5th June, 1938, the Sandgate coastguard reported that a yacht had been dismasted half a mile S.S.W. of the Admiralty Pier. A S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Sir William...
Roma II
Dungeness, Kent.—At 9.40 on the night of the 10th of August, 1950, the Lade coastguard reported a small boat in distress off Broome Hill, Camber • Sands. Ten minutes later the life- boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched in a calm sea,...
Blue Peter
Howth, Co. Dublin - At 10.35 P-mon I4th July 1966, Baily lighthouse watchkeeper informed the honorary secretary that a yacht two miles eastward appeared to have broken down and was flashing a light. The life-boat A.M.T. left her moorings at...
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 2.1 p.m. on i3th August, 1966, information was received that a man had fallen overboard from a yacht in the Needles channel. At 2.10 the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe was launched. The tide was flooding....
Garland
YACHT TOWED IN Eastbourne, Sussex. At 3.6 p.m. on 2 ist August, 1965, a yacht was seen burning flares south of the life-boat house. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 3.20 in a south-westerly gale and a very rough sea. The tide...
Viking
Two saved after ten-hour service in south westerly gale Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's Waveney class lifeboatBarham was involved in an arduous, ten-hour service to a yacht on 10 July 1988. The service, in gale force conditions, has been...