LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Joles II
Southend - on - Sea, Essex. — About 10.25 on the night of the 1st of Sep- tember, 1951, the coastguard reported that flares and a rocket had been seen off Shell Ness Point, and at 10.46 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3, was...
Corstar
Cromer, Norfolk. At 1.55 early on the morning of the 8th March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the collier Corstar was mak- ing for Cromer with a sick man aboard and that a doctor was needed. There was a light...
Diana
YACHT TAKEN IN TOW TO HARBOUR Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 11.51 on the morning of the 28th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the auxiliary yacht Diana, of Shoreham, which had a crew of three, was burning red...
Fishing Vessels (2)
THREE FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED IN GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 10.50 on the morning of the 20th December, 1962, as the weather was rapidly deteriorating, the honorary secretary asked the harbour master how many fishing boats were still at...
Hoocreek
ESCORT AFTER CARGO VESSEL IS REFLOATED Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 1.8 early on the morning of the 22nd January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cargo vessel had gone aground on Newcombe sands. The coastguard made...
Viking
MOTOR CRUISER FOUND IN TOW OF SMACK Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.45 on the evening of the 9th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of reports that red flares had been seen in the direction of Buxey Sands, and at 10.5 the...
A Cutter
EIGHT NAVAL CADETS TOWED TO SAFETY Salcombe, Devon. At 11.20 p.m. on Saturday the 13th of July, 1963, the Prawle Point coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties off Gammon Head and that her crew were...
Life-Boat Charts for Yacht Clubs
DURING the past year mounted charts showing the life-boat stations round the British Isles, with the signals to be used by vessels in distress, were sent to nearly ninety yacht clubs. It is proposed to continue the distribution of these...
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Ems Ore, of Monrov
Penlee, Cornwall - At 7 a.m. on ist October, 1966, the captain of the motor vessel Ems Ore, of Monrovia, asked for police and medical help. At 9.45 the life-boat Solomon Browne launched in a fresh north westerly breeze and slight sea. The...
Bluebell, of Wick
Stronsay, Orkneys - At 1.40 a.m. on 22nd June, 1967, the fishing vessel Bluebell of Wick was reported ashore on Seal Skerry, South of Gairsay. The lifeboat The John Gellanty Hyndman slipped her moorings at 2.10 in a moderate south westerly...