LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Yacht
JUNE 30TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 1.40 in the morning a telephone message came from the relatives of three young men who had left Keyhaven during the afternoon for a trip in a small yacht and had not returned. The motor life-boat...
A Yacht (1)
CREW TAKEN OFF DISMASTED YACHT Redcar, Yorkshire. At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties a mile and a half northeast of Saltscar buoy....
A Yacht (1)
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 4.5 on the afternoon of the 9th August, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary there was a small yacht in difficulties off Sparrow Gap, Weybourne, and that there were three young men on...
A Yacht (14)
OCTOBER 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A yacht had been reported signalling for help, but could not be found. Later she was reported off the Isle of Wight. - Rewards, £18 16s..
A Yacht (1)
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—29th July, 1938. A yacht had been reported overdue, but was later found on the Antrim coast and the life-boat was recalled.
The owner made a donation to the Institution of the amount of the rewards...
A Racing Yacht
Swanage, Dorset.—-At 7.20 in the evening, on the 2nd of September, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a small racing yacht with a crew of three was long overdue. It had last been seen four miles east of Peveril Point. At 7.40 the life-boat...
A Yacht (7)
AUGUST 28TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A yacht had gone ashore on rocks under high cliffs, but the life-boat could not get to her, and her crew were rescued by the Freshwater coastguard life-saving apparatus, who were awarded the shield for...
A Yacht (1)
Two sailors were rescued from their capsized boat in May this year thanks to the eagle eyes of an 11-year-old boy from South Queensferry. Scott Findlater spotted an object floating in the water from his bedroom window and raised the alarm....
A Yacht (1)
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 1.58 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small yacht from Moville was overdue. After further enquiries had been made the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil...
A Yacht (1)
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At i .20 p.m.
on 4th September, 1966, a yacht was seen being driven ashore on Pilling sands. At 1.30 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched in a southerly gale and a rough sea. It was one...