LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An R.A.F. Launch
Boulmer, Northumberland - At 5.30 p.m. on 28th August, 1966, a small boat was reported in difficulties near the reef. At 5.39 the life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched in a light easterly breeze and a moderate...
A Speed Boat
Criccieth, Caernarvonshire - At 2.45 p.m. on 6th September, 1966, a speed boat was seen adrift in Criccieth Bay.
There was a fresh westerly breeze with a rough sea. At 3.5 the life-boat Robert Lindsay was launched on an...
A Motor Boat (1)
Troon, Ayrshire - At 3.50 p.m. on ist October, 1966, the honorary secretary saw a red flare aboard a motor boat off Lady Isle. Ten minutes later the lifeboat James and Barbara Aitken left her moorings in a rough sea and a fresh west north...
The M.V Summer Isle
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 1.25 p.m. on 3ist March, 1967, the m.v.
Summer Isle reported that she wished to hand over a body which had been recovered from the sea. She was making for Nab tower. The life-boat Jesse Lumb...
Potemkin
Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 10.20 a.m. on nth June, 1967, it was learned that a motor cruiser was in difficulties with engine failure near Cape Cornwall.
The life-boat Susan Ashley was launched at 10.31 in a light variable...
Tik Tak
At 11.28 a.m. on 20th June, 1967, a yacht was reported in difficulties off Aberaeron and was drifting ashore. The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 11.40 in a strong south westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The...
Picton Seaton
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 10.45 a-m- on I9t^ July, 1967, the lifeboat R. A. Colby Cubbins No. 3 was launched in a gentle south westerly breeze and a moderate sea to stand by the trawler Picton Seaton, which had gone ashore when...
A Cabin Cruiser (1)
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 5.14 p.m. on 29th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser was in difficulties one and a half miles from the Tyne and half a mile off Marsden. The life-boat...
None (2)
On Sunday January 4 the Coastguard sighted a dog in the river about a quarter of a mile from the harbour mouth; once again, the owner was trying to rescue it. The afternoon was overcast and wintry, with a fresh to strong breeze blowing from...
Fishing Cobles
OCT. 19TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During the morning the second coxswain reported that six fishing cobles had not returned from the night fishing. A gentle N.E. breeze was blowing.
The sea was...