LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yamilly
Ramsgate, Kent.—At one o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th of October, 1951, the life-boat shore attendant on the East Pier reported a yacht aground in Pegwell Bay. He said that some of her crew were in the water trying to move her....
Fravizo
Penlee, Cornwall. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 25th of September, 1960, the port medical officer told the honorary secretary that a baby had been born on the m.v. Fravizo and that the master had asked for a doctor as soon as possible. It...
The Destroyer Scharnhorst
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 7.5 on the evening of the 24th of January, 1961, the St. Peter Port signal station informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the island of Brechon that a vessel to the north-west of...
An Ex-R.A.F. Launch
Torbay, Devon. At 2.10 on the morn- ing of the 20th of March,1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a 30-feet ex R.A.F. launch with two men on board was overdue on a passage from Portland to Torquay and that he had...
Balnagask
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 5.33 on the evening of the 19th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretaiy that red flares had been seen north of the coastguard look-out. The life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Marie McClements
FISHING VESSEL AGROUND ON ROCKS Cloughey, Co. Down. At 8.42 on the morning of the 29th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Marie McClements of Portavogie was aground near the South Rock. The...
Fillet
CRIES FOR HELP HEARD FROM FISHING BOAT Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 11.25 on the night of the 5th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat in the north bay was flashing a light and that cries for help...
The Diving Boat Missy
DIVING BOAT TOWED AFTER BEING BEACHED Hastings, Sussex. At 11.10 on the morning of the 26th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the diving boat Missy, on passage from Newhaven to Hastings, had developed a serious...
Pinafore
RAILWAYS STEAMERS HELP TO FIND FISHING BOAT St. Helier, Jersey. At 4.10 on the morning of the 30th August, 1962, the harbour office informed the honorary secretary that the 28-foot fishing boat Pinafore, which had put out with a crew of four...
A Motor Boat (1)
TWO LIFE-BOATS IN ALL-NIGHT SEARCH Torbay, and Exmouth, Devon. At 10.44 on the night of the 16th August, 1962, the Brixham coastguard passed on a report from a boat-owner, whose son had put out in a 20-foot motor boat three hours earlier to...