LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht
On passage A YACHT IN DIFFICULTY in gale force winds, 12.4 miles bearing 015°M from Llandudno lifeboat station, was reported to the honorary secretary by HM Coastguard at 1610 on Thursday, August 4.
RFA White Rover was...
A Yacht
Broken rudder A YACHT in trouble to the south of the Calf Islands, off the southern Irish coast, was firing red flares. They were sighted and reported to the honorary secretary of Baltimore lifeboat station at 1320 on the afternoon of Friday...
The 37-Foot Yacht Gannet (1)
JUNE 5TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. Two Americans left Liverpool in the 37-foot yacht Gannet to sail home across the Atlantic. With them was a third man who was to leave them at...
Yacht Beaver
BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—On the 22nd April, the steam-yacht Beaver, of Berwick, was seen in the bay showing signals of distress while a strong breeze was blowing from the W.N.W. The Life-boat John and Janet put off to her assistance at 5 P.M. and...
Yacht Ilona
The Life-boat William Erie was called in a moderate N.E. wind but thick fog, soon after midnight on the 26—27th January, by a telephone message, which reported a steamer was ashore at St. Alban's Head.
The vessel proved...
When the Yacht Melfort Went Aground
When the acht Melfort went aground in Derby Haven, Isle of Man. on May 17. 1981.
coastguards successfully took off one man bv breeches buoy while two crew members from Port St Mary's Arun stood by the lifeboat's Y... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yacht Surprise
On the 13th June two men on board the steam yacht Surprise, of Jersey, which was lying at anchor in the roads, were severely scalded by the bursting of a steam-pipe. The motor life-boat Hearts of Oak put out at 11.15 A.M. A moderate S.W....
Rescue from a Yacht. Letters of Gratitude
Letters of Gratitude.
AT 7.15 on the evening of 22nd Novem- ber, a wireless message was received at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, from the Sunk Lightship, reporting that the Lightship could see flares four to five miles to...
Category: Services
A Yacht
YACHT AGROUND At 12.8 p.m. on i3th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was reported aground in heavy seas on the West Barrow sands. No distress signals were seen but, because of a strong south-westerly...
Yacht Mitzie
The Berry Head coastguard reported by telephone at 10.25 P.M. on the 3rd August that a small sailing yacht was close to the Outer Cod Rock, on which one of the crew of two had landed before dusk.
Flashes were seen from the...