LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Higgy and a Dinghy
Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 8.45 p.m. on 2ist May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was reported to be in difficulties three and a half miles east of Trusthorpe. Her engine had failed and there was a...
Excellent and Catherine
Clovelly, Devon.—On the morning of the 7th of July, 1952, a trawler was seen dragging her anchor until she passed from view, and the Hartland Point coastguard then kept her under observation. As her rate of drag increased and there was no...
Blanche and Sally
TWO BOATS FOUND At 10.26 a.m. on ipth August, 1964, the coastguard informed the life-boat's second coxswain that two fishing boats near Blakeney Overfalls were reported to be making very heavy weather and would probably need to be...
Saboo and Lygra
TWO LIFE-BOATS PUT OUT TO YACHT IN GALE Filey, and Scarborough, Yorkshire.
At 1.22 on the afternoon of the 24th June, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary at Filey a message intercepted from the coaster...
Christmas Cards and Calendars
The Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar for sale. The card will be a reproduction in colour of the painting on this page.
The original painting was by David Cobb, R.O.I., S.M.A., and shows the...
Category: Advertisement
Nola and Gay Rig
LIFE-BOAT OUT TO THREE YACHTS IN ONE NIGHT Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.21 on the evening of the 2nd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a smail yacht with a split sail half a mile off Sandown needed help. At...
Wind Rush and Ariel
TWO YACHTS TAKEN IN TOW New Brighton, Cheshire. At 7.20 on the evening of the 22nd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground between the revetment and Taylor's bank. The life-boat White Star, on...
Tradesman and Masterman
Penlee, Cornwall.—About one o'clock on the afternoon of the llth of Novem- ber, 1950, the coastguard reported an S.O.S. message from the tug Tradesman.
The tug Masterman, of Falmouth, at anchor in Mounts Bay with a crew...
Hilda II and Rachel
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 12th of August, 1951, the local fishing cobles Hilda II and Rachel were at sea. The weather got worse and they felt anxious for them; so at 9.8 the life-boat E.C.J.R. was launched in a...
Black and Tan
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 11.35 on the morning of the 13th of August, 1956.
the local look-out reported that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties and was drifting out to sea. The life- boat Watkin Williams was launched...