LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
British Rover
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 8.20 on the evening of the 23rd September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tanker British Rover, anchored two miles from the Tyne north pier, had a very sick man on board who ought...
Brief Encounter, of Southampton
Poole, Dorset.—At 4.15 on the morning of the 29th of May, 1957, the South- bourne coastguard telephoned that a small yacht needed help as she was aground opposite the Sandbanks pavi- lion. The life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright put out at 4.25 in...
Ben Hebden
TANKER REFLOATED WITH HELP OF LIFE-BOAT Newhaven, Sussex. At 4.20 on the morning of the 16th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small vessel was aground between Birling Gap and Belle Toute.
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A Ship's Boat
SHIP'S BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 16th November, 1962, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a converted ship's boat was ashore on the rocks just outside the harbour...
The Lymington to Yarmouth Ferry, Farringford
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 8.20 p.m. on 27th February, 1967, British Railways reported that the Lymington to Yarmouth ferry was aground in the Lymington river and asked for the lifeboat's assistance in taking off the...
Violet Sinclair
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 8.55 a.m. on 22nd March, 1966, the police informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat, the Violet Sinclair, had been seen three miles south west of Barmouth firing red flares. At 9.10 the life-boat The...
German Thanks
A COURT of enquiry, held in Germany, into the stranding of the motor tanker D. L. Harper at the Lizard, on 20th June, in a heavy fog, issued its judg- ment in December. In the course of it the Court said : " The readiness of the...
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A Sailing Boat
THREE RESCUED Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.20 a.m. on yth June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat with a crew of three had capsized one mile west of the pier. It was i| hours after high tide, there...
A Dinghy (1)
Dungeness, Kent. At 1.20 on the afternoon of the 12th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a rubber dinghy was being blown out to sea off Littlestone. At 1.30 the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched in a rough...
Brand X
BROKEN SHAFT At 5.46 p.m. on i4th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a cabin cruiser was flying distress signals about half a mile off Westgate bay. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. TJ) was launched at 6.5 in...