LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—On the morning of the 19th September the Davaar lightkeeper reported that a dinghy with two men on board, belonging to the motor yacht Myrtle, was missing. The Myrtle was on a pleasure trip hunting basking sharks....

BembridgB, Isle of Wight—At 2.29 on the afternoon of the 25th of May, 195.7, 'the Foreland- coastguard tele- phoned that ; the > yacht Janis, of Bosham, was making little headway a mile and a half south-west of Ventnor pier but was...

Selsey, Sussex.—At 4.45 on the night of the 27th of July, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that the yacht Dreamer II, of Bosham, needed help six and a half miles south of Selsey.

At 11.58 the life-boat Canadian Pacific was...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.2 on the afternoon of the 18th of January, 1958, the Foreland coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares one mile south-south- east of Ventnor. The life-boat Eliza- beth...

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. — At 7 o'clock in the morning of the 17th of July, 1948, the Totland coastguard telephoned that the British steamer Royal Sovereign had reported that she had in tow the motor yacht Firefly, of St....

St. Peter Port, Guernsey. — In the evening of the 7th of August, 1948, a Dutch yacht, the Duenna, an auxiliary ketch, with twin screws, of 140 tons, was anchored outside the harbour.

She had six on board, including...

A strong S.E. gale sprang up on the 29th July, and at 5 P.M. information was received by telephone from Hurlstone signal- station that a boat was in distress. The crew of the Life-boat George Leicester were summoned and in seven minutes the...

A night rescue operation had its sequel at Portsmouth when the Commanding Officer of a Royal Naval frigate handed over a cheque for £100 to the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The Frigate, H.M.S. Naiad, was on her way to...