LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat and a Dinghy
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 1.55 p.m. on i8th April, 1965, the bowman informed the honorary secretary that a small boat under oars was making poor progress about three-quarters of a Bile east of the station. The honorary lecretary...
Suzy Jane
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. The police reported at 10.55 P-m- on 4tn July> I965» that flares had been seen south-east of Caldy Island. The life-boat Henry Cotnber Brown was launched at 11.12 in a light northerly breeze. There was a slight...
Popsy
Plymouth, South Devon. At 7.30 p.m. on I2th August, 1965, the police at Plympton reported that a man at Wembury Point had seen a small yacht capsize off Gara Point. At 7.47 the life-boat Lloyds, on temporary duty at the station, proceeded in...
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St. Ives, Cornwall. At 2.43 p.m. on 2ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a man had fallen off., or had been washed off, the rocks at Clodgy Point. At 2.45 the IRB launched in a fresh west-north-westerly breeze and rough sea. The...
A Yacht and a Motor Boat
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 4.6 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, a yacht and a motor boat were reported in distress between Bembridge Harbour and St. Helens. There was a strong southwesterly breeze with a rough sea. The tide...
A Dinghy (6)
DUNKIRK MAN At 3.46 p.m. on i5th May, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that a dinghy was in difficulties on the East Winner. At 3.48 the IRB was launched in a slight south westerly breeze and calm sea. The tide was flooding. The IRB...
Gloire a St. Therese
ON BOARD FRENCH TRAWLER 10.32 p.m. on i5th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the French trawler Gloire a St.
Therese of Boulogne had on board an injured man needing hospital treatment, and owing to...
Snuffbox
TWO ON BOARD YACHT At 10.7 p.m. on I3th June, 1964, the coxswain told the coastguard that as a yacht had run aground near St. Helen's Fort and had been firing flares he had decided to launch. At 10.18 the life-boat Cunard, on temporary...
Viking
BLOWN ASHORE Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 12.1 p.m.
on 6th June, 1964, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that one of the local pleasure boats had been blown ashore by the fresh south-easterly breeze and that...
Minerva
A quarter of an hour later on the same day the honorary secretary saw a boat at the harbour entrance which appeared to be in difficulties. As there was a fog and the honorary secretary was unsure of the boat's movements, inshore rescue...