LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Le Fleme
St. Helier, Jersey, and St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—12th July, 1938. Anxiety was felt for the French yacht Le Flerne, which had been missing since leaving Cherbourg five days earlier, but no trace could be found of her.—Rewards: St. Helier,...
Diana III
Walton and Frinton, Essex. — About 6.15 in the evening, on the 8th of April, 1950, the Walton coastguard telephoned a message from the Felixstowe coast- guard, that a yacht near the Black Stakes, north-west of the Naze, seemed to be in...
Amy II
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 10.45 on the night of the 25th of August, 1950, the Gorleston coastguard passed on a message from the British ship Cornea. She had the Dutch yacht Amy II in tow, disabled by an...
The Sunstar
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—On the evening of the 9th August the coastguard reported that St. Nicholas light-vessel was firing distress signals for a small yacht ashore in a dangerous position on Scroby Sands. A...
Moonbeam, the S.S. City of Dublin and Marie Victoire
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 4.48 on the afternoon of the 18th of August, 1956, the Foreland coastguard rang up to say that the Cowes police had re- ported a yacht aground on the East Brambles, which was being pounded severely. The life-boat...
Joanna
YACHT ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA Selsey, Sussex. At 10,37 on the morning of the 21st July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht, later identified as the Joanna of Shoreham, was in difficulties two to three miles...
Themlyay
YACHT FOUND AFTER SEARCH AND TOWED IN Weymouth, Dorset. At 2.40 on the afternoon of the 31st July, 1962, the Wyke coastguard informed the honorary secretary of a wireless message received from the yacht Themlyay, of Hull, stating that she...
Sgumain
YACHT TOWED IN WITH GALE IMMINENT Exmouth, Devon. At 11.30 on the night of the 25th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he had an auxiliary yacht under observation whose engine had broken down off Sidmouth beach....
Volunteer
DETAILS LATER On nth September, 1964, the lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at Appledore, put out to the yacht Volunteer and rescued her crew of four. A full account of this service will appear in the March number of THE...
Espanola
LATER ACCOUNT Arranmore, Co. Donegal. On i8th August, 1964, the life-boat W. M. Tihon put out to the yacht Espanola and rescued her crew of five. A full account of this service will appear in the March number Of THE LIFE-BOAT..