LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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GALE WARNING GIVEN New Quay, Cardiganshire. At 10.45 a.m. on yth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was in difficulties in very rough seas on the New Quay side of Ynys Lochtyn.
The tide...
Pirouttie
YACHT WAS AGROUND At 10.7 p.m. on 2nd August, 1964, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that a white flare had been seen at the entrance to Morar bay. It was halftide with a moderate sea and a gentle south-westerly breeze. At 10...
A Sailing Dinghy (9)
Walmer, Kent. On 8th August, 1964, members of the life-boat crew saw a sailing dinghy capsize a mile north-northeast of the life-boathouse. The two members of the dinghy's crew were unable to right the boat as her mainsail appeared to be...
None (6)
NO ONE FOUND At 10.1 a.m. on 26th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a naval aircraft had crashed in Lyme bay and asked the life-boat to search for survivors. The sea was choppy with a gentle south-westerly...
None (8)
HORSES IN WATER The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At ip.m.on i8thOctober, 1964, the coxswain of the life-boat was told that two horses had entered the sea at Southend, The Mumbles, and were swimming away from land. Several local boats tried to...
A Dinghy (1)
FIVE WERE MISSING Troon, Ayrshire. At 6.30 p.m. on i ith October, 1964, the coxswain heard that five men of the St. Michael Sub Aqua Club had failed to return from a trip to Lady Isle. The sea was smooth with a light north-easterly breeze....
The Belgian Fishing Vessel Zeemansblik
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 10.26 p.m. on I9th February, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Belgian fishing vessel Zeemansblik was aground two miles west by north of St. Catherine's Point. The life-boat The...
Xmas Morn
TRAWLER GROUNDED Howth, Co. Dublin. At 6.21 a.m. on 23rd March, 1965, the Baily lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that the 60 foot trawler Xmas Morn of Howth had grounded on Skerries Island inside Rockabill. At 6.50 the...
A Speed Boat
RESCUED FROM SPEEDBOAT Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 7.15 p.m.
on i6th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small and overloaded speedboat was in difficulties about three-quarters of a mile east by...
A Dinghy (6)
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy had capsized one mile south of Milford-on- Sea. Two of her crew had swum ashore and two...