LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Vincente
Life-boat 70-001. Bristol Channel - At 6.35 p.m. on the zyth July, 1967, the coxswain intercepted a message from Ilfracombe radio to the yacht Vincente which had requested assistance. The lifeboat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service...
A Dinghy (9)
Mallaig, Inverness-shire - At 5.25 p.m. on i6th July, 1967, a message was received that a dinghy was in difficulties in the Sound of Arisaig, off Glenuig. The life-boat E.M.M. Gordon Cubbin slipped her moorings at 5.35 in a fresh south south...
A Boat (1)
Swanage, Dorset - At 7.24 a.m. on 7th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat was in difficulties 150 yards offshore opposite the Grand Hotel. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 7.45 in a fresh south...
Scamper
At 9.51 a.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Scamper, which was moored in breakers off Camaes bay, had asked for assistance. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland, which was on...
Peterborough Trader
JAN. 20TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At about 11.30 P.M. the life-boat watchman reported a vessel ashore on the Middle Binks. She was the motor vessel Peterborough Trader, of Wisbech, bound for the Humber. A light, variable...
Thais (1)
AUG. 6TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET, AND YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 6.10 P.M.. the coastguard informed the life-boat station at Swanage that a sailing yacht had capsized off Christchurch Ledge Buoy, and the motor life-boat Thomas Markby was...
The S.S. Cordale
MARCH 5TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At 6.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Marske that a steamer was firing distress rockets four miles east of Marske. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. At...
Grenada
MAY 30TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
At 5 A.M. a vessel was sounding distress signals on her siren. A light S.W.
breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth.
It was foggy. At 5.25 A.M. the...
The Aberdeen Fishing Boat Fortunatus
OCTOBER 20TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
The coastguard had under observation the Aberdeen fishing boat Fortunatus, as her engine had failed. AT 5.35 in the evening she made distress signals, and at 5.55 the motor...
Bellerophon, of Lowestoft
NOVEMBER 8TH. - GALWAY BAY. At 9.5 at night the life-boat coxswain heard a ship’s siren continually sounding, in the direction of Straw Island, and then saw distress rockets. A north-westerly breeze was blowing, but the sea was calm. The...