LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MASTHEAD SIGNAL At 12.43 P-m- on 6tn September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was flying articles of clothing at her masthead. There was a choppy sea with a fresh northwesterly breeze. It was two...

CREW FOUND LATER At 2 p.m. on 8th August, 1964, the skipper of the Yarmouth to Lymington ferry told the honorary secretary that he had seen a capsized dinghy about one mile west of Lymington river. There was a strong south-westerly breeze...

Moelfre, Anglesey. At 5.35 p.m. on 3rd October, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a shipping agency had asked for a doctor to be taken out to the Swedish tanker Anco Spur to attend to an injured man. It was one hour after low water...

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 13th of December, 1956, the harbour master received a message from the motor vessel Centurity of London, which had anchored in the harbour because of bad weather, that her crew...

Peel, Isle of Man.—At 5.4 on the after- noon of the 8th of September, 1957, the harbour master reported that a small fishing boat was drifting towards White Strand. The life-boat Helena Harris—Manchester and District XXXI was launched at...

Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 5.35 p.m. on 2ist July, 1966, two men were reported cut off by the tide in a cave near Land's End. A dinghy was put aboard the life-boat Susan Ashley which was launched at 5.55 in a moderate to fresh...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 8.53 p.m. on 18th May, 1969, the coastguard reported that a motor boat, on passage between West Mersea and East Shoebury, was overdue. The m.v. City of Capetown reported sighting a boat aground on the Maplin sands...

Barrow, Lancashire. At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1960, the coastguard told the coxswain that the tanker Kellia had reported that there was a small fishing boat alongside her with one man on board who had broken an arm...