LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dawn and Leila
Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.35 on the evening of the 13th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing barge was aground at the mouth of Holehaven Creek. At 6.45 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service...
Carillion, of Cowes (1)
RACE CASUALTY While the yacht Carillion of Cowes was taking part in the Fastnet race on 5th August, 1971, she struck rocks off the Lizard and was damaged.
At 9.30 p.m. the life-boat Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service JVo. 33)...
Teal , Tinker
Fleetwood and Barrow, Lancashire - At 5.20 p.m. on i3th August, 1966, the coastguard informed the Fleetwood honorary secretary that a mayday call had been heard from a vessel south west of Lune buoy. This followed a report from Barrow that...
The S.S. Knossos, of Greece.
At 11.19 a.m. on 27th August, 1967, the ship's agent at Hull informed the coxswain superintendent that there was a sick man on board the s.s. Knossos of Greece. The life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin, on temporary duty at the station,...
Alecia
MARCH 31 ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 10.20 A.M. a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that the motor yacht Alecia, on naval service, was aground on the Scroby Sand, and that her dinghy, with two men on...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1955
Persons Time of rescuedfrom 1955. Launching. shipwreck.
Jan. 3. 4.35 p.m. Fishing boats, of Pittenween. Anstruther life-boat escorted boats.
,, 3. 8.10 p.m. M.F.V. No. 51, of...
Category: Services
Albas (1)
High and dry on the Goodwins RAMSGATE HONORARY SECRETARY Was informed by Dover Straits Coastguard at 2025 on Thursday, September 11, 1975, that, following a number of reports of red flares sighted over the Goodwin Sands, Walmer lifeboat had...
Canoes, Yachts and Rafts
D class lifeboat rescues 36 people from canoes, yacht and raftsCleethorpes' D class inflatable liferaft was involved in three services on one day on 30 July 1989, rescuing no less than 36 people. The first service started as the crew...
The First Fair Isle Race
THE first Benson and Hedges Fair Isle International Yacht Race in aid of the R.N.L.I, started at 11.00 hours on 2nd September, six cables north of the entrance to Granton harbour on the Firth of Forth. The race was the first international...
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LIFE-BOATS
The following additional life-boat services took place in May and August, 1969: No. 4 Life-boat Area Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 1.12 p.m. on 23rd August, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized off Benacre...
Category: Services