LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Fishing Cobles
FDey, Yorkshire. At 12.44 on the after- noon of the 6th of February, 1961, the coxswain decided in the absence of the honorary secretary to launch the life- boat as two fishing cobles were still at sea and the weather had...
A Helicopter
Tynemouth, and Cullercoats, Northum- berland. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 5th August, 1961, the life-boat Tynesider stationed at Tynemouth was launched on a routine combined exer- cise with a helicopter from No. 228 Squadron, R.A.F....
Jane Hughes
PIBL.—A schooner was observed at daylight, on the 28th October, in a dangerous position midway between Piel and Fleetwood; she had a signal of distress flying, and was apparently drifting helplessly in the heavy gale which was then blowing...
Fishing Luggers - Alexander, of Yarmouth & Musselburgh, of Lowstoft
During a heavy snow squall on the evening of the 7th December the fishing-luggers Alexander, of Yarmouth, and Musselburgh, of Lowestoft, came ashore on the beach south of the harbour of Lowestoft. The crew of the^ first-named vessel were...
Fishing Boats (1)
Runswick, Yorkshire.—Early in the morning of the 18th February six Staithes fishing cobles put off to the fishing grounds. The' weather was then fine, but there was a strong swell running. The southerly wind rose from a strong breeze to...
A Dinghy (7)
TWO RESCUED FROM CAPSIZED DINGHY Dungeness, Kent. At 12.24 on the afternoon of the 18th June, 1962, the coastguard at Lade informed the honorary honorary secretary that a dinghy had overturned about a hundred yards off shore south of the...
Wave Crest
Coxswain John Swan of the Lowestoft Life-boat Kentwell was called out by the beach- men at 4.30 P.M. on the 15th February and informed that a vessel was aground at the entrance to the harbour. The Life-boat was launched without loss of time,...
Mi Amigo
TWO SAVED At 4.4. p.m. on I5th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Mi Amiga, operating as the wireless transmitting station Radio Caroline, had broadcast a message that they had rescued two women...
My Lady
POLISH TRAWLERS GUIDED TO HARBOUR Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
On the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, the yacht My Lady of Hartlepool, which had a crew of five, grounded on a sandbank just inside the entrance to...
A Boat
Margate, Kent - At 2.9 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, a small boat with two men aboard was seen drifting off Foreness Point with her outboard motor broken down. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 2...