LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Betty M
ESCORT FOR YACHT IN TOW OF PILOT LAUNCH Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 5th August.
1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was showing flares near the East One...
Livanita (1)
SECOND SERVICE TO NORWEGIAN MOTOR VESSEL Penlee, Cornwall. At 8.15 on the morning of the 27th February, 1963, the port medical officer telephoned to say that the motor vessel Livanita of Grimstad, which had a sick man on board, was...
Wildgoose
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 9.45 on the morning of the 13th of July, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that a small yacht was anchored in heavy seas in Pevensey Bay and her crew appeared to be in...
Bridge
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.35 on the evening of the 1st of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that a small yacht was aground on the Barrow Sands. A helicopter took off and at 8.55 the life-boat Greater London II...
Two Yachts
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 3.55 on the afternoon of the 3rd of September, 1958, the New Brighton stageman learnt from the dredger Otterspool when she entered harbour that a small yacht was in difficulties in the Rock Channel. The motor...
Elmar
Cloughey, Co. Down. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1958, the bowman told the coxswain that a small boat was burning flares near the North Rock. The life-boat Helen Sutton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a...
None (4)
Dover, Kent. At 11.40 on the morning of the 29th of November, 1958, the coastguard at Sandgate reported that two boys were cut off by the tide near St. Margarets. At 11.50 the life-boat Southern Africa put out in a moderate sea, towing a...
Inga
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 11.15 on the night of the 4th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Inga of Helsingborg, Sweden, was anchored in Branahuie Bay three miles from Stornoway and had a very...
Sarah Ann
Holy Island, Northumberland. At five o'clock on the morning of the llth of May, 1959, the skiff Sarah Ann left harbour to fish for crabs and lobsters.
By 10.30 all the local fishing boats with the exception of...
A Canoe (1)
Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 6.16 on the evening of the 18th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the coxswain that two people were drifting out to sea in a canoe. The life-boat William Gammon—Manchester and District XXX was launched at 6.34...