On the 3ist August, 1965, the life-boat Lucy Lavers, on temporary duty at the station, rescued the crew of two of the yacht Taka-Maru of Rhyl. A full account of this service will appear in the March number of THE LIFE-BOAT..
Exmouth, South Devon - At 10.7 p.m. on I2th June, 1966, it was reported that red flares had been sighted about two miles off Orcombe point. The lifeboat Michael Stevens left her moorings at 10.20 in a moderate to fresh south south easterly...
Walmer, Kent - On 29th August, 1968, the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station, rescued the crew of three of the yacht Fantasy, for which special awards were granted. A full account of this service will appear...
Islay, Inner Hebrides. At 11.55 on the night of the 3rd July, 1961, the honorary secretary, while listening to his radio on the trawler wave band,heard a distress call from the yacht Caragh, stating that she was dragging her anchors over the...
Walmer, Kent. At 1.15 on the after- noon of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorarysecretary a report that a sailing yacht with a number of people on board was aground on the rocks near the Royal Marines rifle range...
Coxswain Ron Cannon Received ihe Silver Medal tor his "...enormous .'OUMi!o. determination and seamanship...' during a service to .1 disabled yacht in I uro: ~ si-iles .ind rough sets See Ihe Spring 2IMM hsue for ihe full... - View image in PDF
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Plymouth, Devon - At 7.43 p.m. on 27th September, 1966, news was received that the yacht Norian had broken down in heavy seas twenty two miles south south east of Eddystone, and was asking for the assistance of a tug and a life-boat. The...
Yachts in distress THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of The Lizard-Cadgwith lifeboat station was telephoned on the evening of Monday September 3, 1984, to be told by Falmouth coastguard that a red flare had been sighted off Poldhu Cove. The...
Fowey, Cornwall.—On the evening of the 16th of September, 1950, the yacht Black Maria, with no one on board, broke her moorings at Fowey. In a rough sea and a fresh south-westerly gale, she was swept up the harbour, striking the life-boat...