LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (2)
Bridlington, Yorkshire. On the 12th of May, 1960, nine local motor fishing boats put to sea at four o'clock in the morning to enable the fishermen to attend to their crab pots. A fresh easter- ly wind was blowing, and during the morning...
Elsie
Poole, Dorset.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th of August. 1954, a report was received that three boys in a cabin cruiser in Poole harbour were waving a white sheet. At 4.5 the life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched. The...
Tranquillity (1)
Barrow, Lancashire.—During the after- noon of the 8th of September, 1954, the Walney Island coastguard noticed a fishing boat near Half-Way buoy and saw later that she had anchored a mile south of it. At five o'clock the coast- guard...
Auriol
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 11.55 on the morning of the 7th of August, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a sail- ing dinghy had capsized about one and a half miles east of the coastguard station. At 12.3 the life-boat John...
A Dinghy (5)
Padstow, Cornwall. At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 16th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the keeper of theTrevose Head lighthouse had reported a capsized boat with someone clinging to her...
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...
None (1)
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...