LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Clwyd
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 14th of Feb- ruary, 1961, the motor mechanic in- formed the honorary secretary that the yacht Clwyd had run aground on the north side of the Ribble estuary. The...
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Girvan, Ayrshire. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 5th July, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message that one of the light keepers on Ailsa Craig had fallen and been injured and that he needed immediate medical help.
Fylanna
Weymouth, Dorset. At 9.16 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a single red flare had been seen three to four miles from Portland Bill. A yacht had been reported in the area a short time...
Doy
Newhaven, Sussex. At 11.25 on the night of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore east of the river Cuckmere. At 11.55 the life- boat Kathleen Mary was launched in a gentle...
Pandora
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 8.50 on the evening of the 25th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties in Penmon Sound. The two people on board could be heard shouting for...
Award for Bravest Act of Lifesaving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1961 has been won by Coxswain John Stonehouse of Teesmouth for the rescue of the crew of three of the yacht Sybil Kathleen on the 1st...
Category: Awards
Deevale
RED FLARES SEEN Lerwick, Shetlands. At about 12.20 a.m. on 27th April, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted from the direction of Ham on the island of Bressay. There were light southerly airs...
Two Rowing Dinghies
FEAR OF BEING WINCHED At i.20 p.m. on 24th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a rowing boat to the south of the lifeboathouse was having difficulty in the rough seas and very strong south-westerly breeze. It was...
Coronet
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 10.26 on the morning of the 5th of May, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was aground one mile south of Red Sand Fort and was pounding heavily. At 10.55 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No....
A Dinghy (3)
Mcelfre, Anglesey.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 14th of August, 1957, a dinghy three miles north-east of Moryn Point, Dulas, was seen drifting out to sea. Five minutes later the life-boat Watkin Williams was launch- ed. There was a rough...