LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kelt Isle II
Weymouth, Dorset - At 10.44 a.m. on 31 July, 1968, it was learnt that a cabin cruiser was firing flares a hundred yards off Portland Bill.
The life-boat Frank Spiller Locke slipped her moorings at 10.58 in a strong...
Vivien Jean
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.29 on the night of the 3rd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor cruiser was firing red flares a mile and a half east of the North Goodwin lightvessel. There was a moderate...
Anne
FLARES WERE SEEN Dungeness, Kent. At 8.35 p.m. on 22nd October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off Dengemarsh. There was a moderate westerly breeze with a rough sea. At 9.30 the life-boat Mabel...
Nell
IN ROUGH SEAS Torbay, South Devon. At 11.28 a.m.
on 9th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a large yacht was anchored off Teignmouth in rough seas and a strong easterly wind. It was three hours...
Dowssabell
LIFE-BOAT STOOD BY At 10.52 a.m. on 25th September, 1965, the coxswain superintendent was notified by the coastguard that a small boat had broken down one and a half miles northeast of the Outer Binks buoy. There was a near gale from the...
Brita
At 3.23 a.m. on 2ist August, 1966, red flares were reported to the south of Dungeness. The life-boat Mabel E.
Holland was launched at 3.40 in a light easterly wind and a slight sea. It was one and a half hours after high...
Outlaw
At 12.42 a.m. on 22nd April, 1967, it was reported that a yacht had been seen firing distress flares near the Shingles Bank. The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe was launched at 12.58 in a moderate north westerly breeze and a slight...
A Speed Boat (1)
TORBAY, Tuesday June 16, 1987: Brixham Coastguard alerted the honorary secretary of Torbay lifeboat station at 1515 that a small speedboat had run aground off Thatcher Rock and that one of its four occupants had injured her ankle jumping...
Claude
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 7th of April, 1948, a French fishing vessel was seen off Aberystwyth, but was lost to sight and anxiety was felt for her safety. At 9.30 the Borth police were rung up...
A Dinghy (3)
OUT OF CONTROL At 2.43 p.m. on 22nd May, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a small boat was out of control and drifting, to the east of Westgate, with one adult and three children aboard. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on...