LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (1)
CREW TAKEN OFF DISMASTED YACHT Redcar, Yorkshire. At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties a mile and a half northeast of Saltscar buoy....
Adieu
BARGE FOUND AWASH AND TAKEN IN TOW Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.24 on the evening of the 16th October, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the barge Adieu, with a man and a woman on board, was aground north of the south-east...
Fishing Vessels (1)
THREE FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED OVER BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.48 on the afternoon of the 12th December, 1962, the coxswain telephoned the honorary secretary to report that three local fishing vessels were still at sea although the weather...
None (13)
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 1.25 a.m. on 2nd August, 1965, the police reported that a girl was missing on the island of Eigg. At 1.45 the life-boat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin proceeded in a light north-easterly breeze and a slight sea. It was...
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At 4.30 p.m. on 13th February, 1966, the Medical Officer of Health informed the honorary secretary that he had been called to Inishmaan island to attend to a zo-yearold girl with an injured arm who needed medical attention. He had, however,...
Siox Kayak
Dungeness, Kent. At 9.20 on the morning of the 19th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing dinghy was in diffi- culties two miles east of Dungeness Point. The life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched at...
Armour
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 6.52 on the evening of the 10th of December, 1960, an anticipatory message was passed by the coastguard to the honor- ary secretary reporting what appeared to be distress signals near the...
A Fishing Boat (3)
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat was in difficulties off Skinningrove. At 4.30 the life-boat City of Leeds was launched on an ebbing...
Leandra
DANGEROUS TO APPROACH Montrose, Angus. At 4.52 p.m. on 26th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Leandra of Montrose had broken down off Marywell and was in danger of being blown on to the rocks...
Cambus Omay
At 6.45 p.m. on I4th September, 1966, the sailing yacht Cambus Omay, with a crew of three, asked for the assistance of the life-boat off St. Catherine's Point as her engines had broken down and her sails had been carried away. The...