LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lassiette
Walton and Frinton, Essex. —• At 7.44 in the evening of the 13th of September, 1951, the Walton-on-the- Naze coastguard telephoned a wire- less message from the S.S. Gaslight that she had taken in tow the yacht Lassiette, of Burnham - on -...
Karagola
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 5.50 in the morning of the 28th of September, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a ship between North Foreland and Broadstairs, making for Ramsgate, had signalled by lamp that water was entering her engine room and...
The S.S. Mathilda
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.50 in the evening of the 12th of October, 1951, the North Goodwin Lightvessel wire- lessed that she had warned off a vessel in a dangerous position one and a half miles south by west of the Goodwin Lightvessel, and at...
Lochpark
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 3.0 hi the morning of the 23rd of December 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a report had been received from a motor vessel that a trawler was ashore on Goat Island in Stornoway Harbour.
The...
Cloud
Buckle, Banffshlre.—At 3.10 in the afternoon of the 27th of December, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat was ashore half a mile north-west of the Covesea Lighthouse, and at 3.40 the life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow was launched...
A Speed Boat
Hartlepool, Durham. At 2.30 on the afternoon of 3rd of July, 1960, the second coxswain was informed that a speed- boat had capsized off the breakwater.
The life-boat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 7) was launched at...
The United States Troopship General Randall
Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the United States troop- ship General Randall was passing through the Pentland Firth with a badly injured man...
Canoes
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1960, the life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans began escorting the com- petitors in a canoe race from Watch Tower Bay towards Weston-super- Mare. There was a fresh...
Solveig
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.16 on the afternoon of the 23rd of July, 1960, the life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched on exercise in a light westerly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was half ebb. Soon after the life-boat had...
Roomer
The Mumbles, Glamorgan. At 1.36 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small open boat with two occupants was flying dis- tress signals a mile and a half-mile south of Mumbles Head...