LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Orenda
Salcombe, Devon.—At 1.50 early on the morning of the 27th of October, 1956, the Hope Cove coastguard tele- phoned that the yacht Orenda, which was between one and two miles west of Prawle Point, had signalled that two men on board were...
A Canoe
Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.14 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a canoe had capsized off Cuckmere. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 1.25 in a strong south-south-westerly...
A Yacht (4)
Ramsgate, Kent. At 5.56 on the evening of the of 20th September, 1960, the watchman the on east pier told the coxswain that a small vessel had been burning flares near the no. 3 buoy.
The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis...
Fishing Boats (3)
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At nine o'clock on the morning of the 28th of March, 1961, the honorary sec- retary noticed three local fishing vessels sheltering in the lee of the Fame...
Polyanna
Fowey, Cornwall. At 2.45 on the after- noon of the 30th July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a motor yacht was aground on Udder Rock. At 2.55, when the life-boat Deneys Reitz left her moorings, the weather was...
Sea Breezes and Starfish II
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 1.30 p.m. on 30th June, 1964, the honorary secretary was told that a skiff with three people on board was in dangerous water off Mexico Beach. At 1.31 inshore rescue boat no. 5 launched in a moderate northwesterly...
Sally
TOW FOR TUG AFTER ENGINE BREAKS DOWN Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 9.35 on the morning of the 4th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tug Sally of Rochester, which had a crew of two and was bound for Swansea,...
Mary
FISHING COBLE TAKEN IN TOW St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 24th August, 1962, the principal keeper of the St.
Abbs Head lighthouse telephoned to say the local fishing coble Mary, which had...
Provider (1)
COBLE ESCORTED TO SAFETY OF BAY Flamborough, Yorkshire. On the 12th September, 1962, the local fishing coble Provider was out fishing from the north landing when a northerly gale sprang up. The life-boat coxswain went to the landing, and as...
Bread Winner and Coronation Queen
COXSWAIN'S COBLE ESCORTED INTO HARBOUR Runswick, Yorkshire. At 11.49 on the morning of the 18th January, 1963, three fishing cobles were at sea in deteriorating weather and some concern was felt for their safety when they would enter...