LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Philandees
Whitstable, Kent. At 7.5 p.m. on I7th August, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Philandees which had gone aground on the "street" at low water was now drifting out to sea, that her anchor was not...
A Motor Cruiser
TOW BY LIFE-BOAT ON PASSAGE Life-boat on passage. On the 13th July, 1962, the reserve life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was on passage from Kirkcudbright to Portpatrick. There was a light south-westerly breeze and a smooth sea. At 10.10 in the...
Sally
TOW FOR TUG AFTER ENGINE BREAKS DOWN Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 9.35 on the morning of the 4th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tug Sally of Rochester, which had a crew of two and was bound for Swansea,...
A Motor Boat and the Survey Ship H.M.S. Scott
TOW FOR BOAT FROM SURVEY SHIP Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 4.45 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was burning red flares three-quarters of a mile off...
Mary
FISHING COBLE TAKEN IN TOW St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 24th August, 1962, the principal keeper of the St.
Abbs Head lighthouse telephoned to say the local fishing coble Mary, which had...
Two Rowing Boats
SIX RESCUED FROM TWO BOATS Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 6th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four children were in difficulties in a rowing boat off Proud Giltar. Twelve minutes...
Eleanora
TOW FOR FISHING BOAT WITH PROPELLER FOULED Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 17th December, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two red flares were being burnt near Wyre light. The life-boat Ann...
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BODY FOUND AFTER SEARCH WITH HELICOPTER Weymouth, Dorset. At 12.55 on the afternoon of the 10th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man and a girl were stranded on some rocks below the cliffs at Lulworth Cove....
Marilyn
THREE RESCUED FROM MOTOR LAUNCH Moelfre, Anglesey. At 1.3 on the afternoon of the 12th April, 1963, the coxswain noticed that the motor launch Marilyn of the Red Wharf Bay Sailing Club had stopped and was drifting rapidly east of Moelfre...
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FISHING COBLE FINDS BODY OF BOY Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 5.38 on the evening of the 4th May, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary of a report that a boy had fallen over the cliffs at Rosehearty bombing range. The police...