LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Twin-engined Cabin Cruiser Eldora
CABIN CRUISER TAKEN IN TOW Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 9th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser appeared to have broken down two miles north of Cape Cornwall....
Pierre-Louis
FRENCH TRAWLER TOWED OFF ROCKS Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 11.32 on the night of the 9th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a trawler was aground at the end of the north pier of Lowestoft...
Eclipse
FISHING VESSEL'S CREW TAKEN OFF ROCKS Lerwick, Shetlands. At 3.52 on the afternoon of the llth September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Serene had sent a radio message that another...
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SICK MAN TAKEN OFF SURVEY VESSEL Cromer, Norfolk. At 9.45 on the evening of the 2nd November, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that H.M.S. Scott, one of the survey vessels of the Royal Navy, had requested a doctor and ambulance to...
Pentille
TRAWLER TOWED AFTER COLLISION WITH SUBMARINE Plymouth, Devon. At 9.29 on the morning of the 14th December, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a trawler was sinking two miles west of Rame Head, and at 9.43 the life-boat...
Conquistador
U.S. AND SPANISH VESSELS IN COLLISION Hastings, Sussex. At 8.30 on the evening of the 27th March, 1963, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that he had seen a red flare southeast of Hastings. The life-boat...
A Boat
CREW MEMBER LOST AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 9.11 on the evening of the 7th April, 1963, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary of a message received from Reenard Point stating that a small boat with ten people on...
The Oyster Smack Royal Native
TOW FOR OYSTER SMACK AFTER BREAKDOWN Ramsgate, Kent. At 1.42 on the afternoon of the 14th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was firing flares off North Foreland. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
DINGHY'S CREW REFUSE OFFER OF HELP Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 15th May, 1963, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy was in difficulty between a mile and a half and...
Registan
DOCTOR, AMBULANCE MEN AND PILOT TAKEN OUT St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.39 on the evening of the 20th May, 1963, Niton radio station informed the honorary secretary that a seaman on board the motor vessel Registan of London had been...