LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Charles Francis
During a heavy W.S.W. gale signals of distress were seen at 2.20 A.M. on the 6th March from a vessel in close proximity to the " stones." The Life-boat James Stevens No. 10 was promptly launched and with some difficulty, owing to...
The Moss Rose
On the morning of the 7th June, daring foggy weather, an intimation was received that a steamer had stranded on the eastern side of Carmel Point. The Cemlyu Lifeboat B. J. Nicholson was launched at 10 o'clock, and found that the vessel...
My Beauty, Autumn Rose and Lewis James
Cromer, Norfolk-At 8.15 a.m. on 5th August, 1966, owing to the deteriorating sea conditions, concern was felt for the safety of three crab boats still at sea. The No. 2 life-boat William Henry and Mary King was launched at 8.30 in a moderate...
Reliant, of Penzance
Coverack, Cornwall - At 4.18 p.m.
on I4th December, 1966, it was reported that a boat was burning a distress signal about four miles south east of Coverack. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched at 4.30 in a...
A Fishing Coble
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 9.45 a.m. on 5th April, 1967, concern was felt for a small fishing coble off Kettleness in the rapidly deteriorating weather conditions.
There was a gale from the west north west with a rough sea. It...
Warbler
TRAWLER AGROUND At 10 a.m. on 25th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Warbler was aground on the Newcombe Sands off the Lowestoft harbour entrance. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick went to the...
Win a Car
MR. DONALD STEWARD, of The Grange, New Buckenham, Norwich, Norfolk, is organizing a national competition in aid of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, based on the attendance at the 1967 Motor Show. The first prize will be a new motor...
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Stronsay, Orkneys - At 7.5 p.m.
on I3th June, 1966, the doctor in Eday reported that he had a patient requiring hospital treatment. The life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndman left her moorings at 7.30 in a moderate easterly...
Tomaray
Dover: On Saturday September 10, 1983, a day of north-westerly gales and rough seas, Dover's 50ft Thames lifeboat Rotary Service, under the command of Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony Hawkins, was just returning to harbour from one...
YACHT IN DISTRESS
YARMOUTH | 10 DECEMBER
The all-weather lifeboat crew based at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, headed to the aid of two sailors whose yacht was in danger of losing its mast. The yacht had serious rigging failure, leaving the sailors at...
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