LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sea Ker, of Bideford
Clovelly, Devon-At 10.50 p.m. on 16th June, 1968, it was learnt that acabin cruiser from Bideford was fogbound in Barnstaple bay. Twenty minutes later the coastguard requested the assistance of the life-boat to search for the boat. The...
Gnomo
Walmer, Kent - 9.56 p.m. on 15th August, 1969, the coastguard reported that a yacht was aground on the Goodwin sands about five miles east of Deal pierhead. At 10.8 the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station,...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 25th July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing dinghy had capsized three miles south-east of the boathouse.
The life-boat Watkin Williams...
Sylvia
New Quay, Cardiganshire. At 7.50 on the evening of the 21st of August, 1960, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that the small yacht Sylvia of New Quay appeared to be in difficulties and was drifting...
Belmare
Penlee, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 27th of September, 1960, the honorary secretary informed the coxswain that the life-boat Solomon Browne would be required to take a sick man off the Swedish tanker...
Vasa
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 7.50 on the evening of the 23rd May, 1961, the life- boat motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a motor launch close to the life-boat slipway appeared to be sinking and that her crew had asked for help. A...
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...
Paul Westers
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 12.35 on the afternoon of the 16th September, 1961 ,the coastguard informed the honor- ary secretary that a pilot boat was stand- ing by the motor vessel Paul Westers of Groningen, which had engine trouble, off the...
Sommen
INJURED MAN TAKEN OFF SWEDISH VESSEL Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 9.38 on the morning of the 6th February, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Sommen of Gothenberg had wirelessed for medical help as a seaman...
Girl Betty
ROLLING HEAVILY Wick, Caithness-shire. At 2.40 a.m.
on I4th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Girl Betty of Peterhead was ashore on Proudfoot at the north entrance of Wick Bay....