LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Silver Spray
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of May, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a man in the crab boat Silver Spray was signalling for help off Zone Point near the entrance to the har- bour. At 12.50 the life-boat...
Open Salmon Yawls
Youghal, Co. Cork. On the 13th of April, 1960, the local fleet of open salmon yawls were fishing at the entrance to the harbour. At 12.30 one of the boats was carried out into the rough confused water on the bar, and the life-boat Herbert...
Pan
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.57 on the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the Norwegian vessel Pan had engine trouble six miles south-east of Dun- cansby Head and needed help imme- diately. The life-boat City...
Foxfield
Walmer, Kent.—At 9.30 on the morn- ing of the 7th of September, 1957, the Deal coastguard reported that the motor vessel Foxfield. bound for Bel- fast, had taken on board two survivors from a catamaran found sinking near Sandette Bank. The...
Osprey
NIGHT SEARCH FOR MOTOR BOAT Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 11.45 p.m. on Thursday the 8th of August, 1963, the Nells Point coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Ghanaian ship Tano River had reported sighting a small craft sending...
A Dinghy (1)
Coverack, Cornwall. At 4.38 on the afternoon of the 17th of July, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a dinghy appeared to be in difficulties and was being blown ashore on Low- land Point. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham...
A Yacht (5)
Salcombe, Devon. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 27th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties a mile and a half west of Bolt Head. The life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse was...
Nanyao
Dover, Kent. At 6.59 on the morning of the 6th of January, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was adrift ten miles south-west of Dover. When the life- boat Southern Africa put out at 7.30 there was a...
The S.S. Alchymist
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 8.36 on the morning of the 26th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Alchymist of Lon- don, which had a sick man aboard, would be off Bembridge in about one hour and had...
Dominance
Arbroath, Angus. At six o'clock on the evening of the 9th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore half a mile east of Arbroath. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose was launched at 6.11 in...