LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Smiths Knoll Lightvessel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 12.13 early on the morn- ing of the 26th of April, 1960, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the Smiths Knoll lightvessel was uncon- scious and needed a...
Fame
ANXIETY ABOUT TWO Selsey, Sussex. At 8 p.m. on 28th July, 1964, a member of the life-boat crew told the honorary secretary that concern was felt for the safety of two young men in a sailing dinghy about two miles east of Selsey Bill. They...
Mi Amigo
HEARD RADIO MESSAGE At 3.55 p.m. on 27th July, 1964, the second coxswain of the life-boat told the honorary secretary that a message had been picked up from Radio Caroline, a broadcasting station on board the motor vessel Mi Amiga, that a...
A Naval Launch
SWAM TO LAUNCH At 2.40 p.m. on 3ist August, 1964, the life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in response to a report that a naval launch with seven people on board was in difficulties in shallow...
None (1)
Dover, Kent. At 12.51 on the after- noon of the llth of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that two people were cut off by the tide two hundred yards south of St.
Margaret's Bay. There was a...
Calvijn
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At ten o'clock on the morning of the 16th of February, 1961, the mechanic informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Calvijn of The Hague was aground on Newton Point. At...
A Dinghy (4)
Howth, Co. Dublin. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 30th July, 1961, the Baily lighthouse watchkeeper informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy had capsized near the lighthouse. At 1.43 the life-boat R.P.L. was launched in a rough sea....
Droomboot
Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 7.10 a.m. on 22nd August, 1966, a yacht off Dunwich required assistance. There was a gale from the north east with a rough sea. It was two hours before high water. The life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary...
De Guilala
Ilfracombe, Devon - At 8.30 p.m.
on 8th June, 1967, it was seen that peopleon board a cabin cruiser drifting off Capstone Hill were signalling for assistance.
The life-boat Lloyd's II was launched at 9...
Yann Paol
St. Helier, Jersey - At 10.45 p.m. on I3th July, 1967, the duty harbour official was informed that a yacht was adrift off St. Brelades Bay. The life-boat Elizabeth Rippon was launched at 11.18 in a light breeze and a calm sea. It was half an...