LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Maralla
LIFE-BOAT HELPS YACHT TO WEIGH ANCHOR Salcombe, Devon. At 9.13 on the morning of the 20th August, 1962, the Bolt Head coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Maralla, which had been at anchor a quarter of a mile south-west...
St. Philomena
MOTOR BOAT BREAKS DOWN ON FISHING TRIP Bally cotton, Co. Cork. At 7.30 on the evening of the 16th September, 1962, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that a visitor had reported that a boat was burning flares off Ballycotton....
Picquigny
CABIN CRUISER TOWED INTO HARBOUR Walmer, Kent. At 5.38 on the morning of the 28th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red rockets had been seen two miles off shore east of the look-out. The life-boat Charles...
T.I.D. 66
TUG TAKEN IN TOW TO HARBOUR Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 2.24 on the morning of the 12th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen about six miles east of Berwick,...
Signora
AIRCRAFT AND LIFE-BOAT SEARCH FOR FISHING BOAT Barrow, Lancashire. At 10.45 on the morning of the 26th February, 1963, the Formby coastguard reported that the fishing boat Signora of Peel had burnt flares twelve miles north-west-by-west of...
Two Fishing Vessels
TWO FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED TO HARBOUR Whitby, Yorkshire. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 6th April, 1963, it was decided, in view of the very heavy swell on the harbour bar, to launch the life-boat to escort two fishing vessels...
Seonaid
FISHING VESSEL'S CREW TAKEN OFF ROCKS Wick, Caithness-shire. At 7.26 on the morning of the 30th May, 1963, Wick coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Seonaid of Lybster with two people on board was sinking...
Evenlode
YACHT'S SAILS BLOWN AWAY Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.55 a.m. on Saturday the 24th August, 1963, the honorary secretary received a message from the coastguard that the s.s.
Bravo had taken the yacht Evenlode in tow...
Guiding Light
GUIDING LIGHT GUIDED Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 5.10 p.m. on I5th October, 1963, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a fishing coble had been lying at anchor off Newbiggin Point for some time. On investigation it was noticed...
Four Brothers
ENGINE DISORDER Cromer, Norfolk. At 12.30 a.m. on 23rd December, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that Haisbro' lightvessel had sighted red flares about two and a half miles to the southwest.
There...