LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (1)
MAN FOUND AFTER EIGHT-HOUR SEARCH Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 12.30 early on the morning of the 7th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police at Portree had reported that a man was calling for help from his...
A Catamaran (1)
DISMASTED CATAMARAN ESCORTED TO MUMBLES The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 3.50p.m. on Sunday the l l th of August, 1963, the Mumbles coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized six miles south of Mumbles Head. At four...
Fishing Cobles (1)
SEVEN AT SEA Whitby, Yorkshire. At 1.30 p.m. on 2oth November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that seven fishing cobles were at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather. There was a strong gale from the north with a rough...
A Yacht (1)
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties off the Little Orme. Shortly afterwards the yacht...
A Speed Boat (1)
Moelfre, Anglesey. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a speedboat had been seen to capsize a mile north- west of Moelfre Island and that shouts for help could...
Fishing Boats (1)
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 4.40 on the morning of the 10th of November, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that there were four local fishing boats at sea. The weather had deteriorated rapidly and the sky was overcast, with rain....
A Dinghy (1)
DINGHY TOWED TO HARBOUR Falmouth, Cornwall. At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 30th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy with one man on board appeared to be in difficulties off Shag Rock, St. Anthony Head....
A Boat (1)
BLOWN ON TO REEF Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 4.18 p.m.
on 3rd May, 1964, the South Gare lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with a crew of two had been blown on to a slag reef about a quarter of...
A Dinghy (1)
FIVE WERE MISSING Troon, Ayrshire. At 6.30 p.m. on i ith October, 1964, the coxswain heard that five men of the St. Michael Sub Aqua Club had failed to return from a trip to Lady Isle. The sea was smooth with a light north-easterly breeze....
A Motor Boat (1)
Torbay, Devon. At 4.48 on the after- noon of the 4th of October, 1959, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report that a boat was in difficulties off Elbury beach at Torbay.
At 5.5 the life-boat Princess...