LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Barranquilla
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 4.58 p.m. on 28th November, 1965, the honorary secretary learnt from the coastguard that the motor vessel Marchion Enterprise had taken the yacht Barranquilla in tow with a broken propeller shaft coupling...
The Lady Olive
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—Shortly before five o'clock in the afternoon of the 22nd of August, 1948, the coast- guard telephoned that a yacht was off Hove, with a strong on-shore breeze blowing from the south-west, and a rough sea. The...
Enchantress
The Lizard, Cornwall.—At 3.9 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1955, the coastguard reported that the yacht Enchantress, of St. Ives, which had three naval officers on board, had capsized half a mile south of The Lizard signal station,...
Anne Agnes
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. — At 10.25 on the night of the 1st of Septem- ber, 1955, the P'ormby coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht needed help three and a half miles west of Lytham pier.
At eleven o'clock...
Clytie
Hoylake, Cheshire. Between nine o'clock and 10.50 on the morning of the 12th of June, 1960, the coxswain kept the yacht Clytie, which was lying at anchor in the Swash to the north of Hilbre Island, under observation. Dur- ing this time...
A Sea Cadet Whaler and Gypsy
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.45 on the afternoon of the 30th of September, 1956, the Formby coastguard reported that a Sea Cadet whaler, with three men on board, was on the rocks near Seaforth radio station. At six o'clock the life-boat...
Cap-Lizard
The Lizard - Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 6.48 a.m. on llth September, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a large yacht was firing red flares about two miles south south west of the Lizard West coastguard's look-out....
Louisa
^Walton and Frinton's lifeboat in action on a irvice to another yacht on 21 October 1990 sands to the south of the service on the i page.
The lifeboat had been launched at 0413 to i the Sheerness lifeboat, a helicopter...
Zem Zem, of London
JULY 18TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
As soon as the motor life-boat J. B.
Proudfoot, on temporary duty at the station, returned at 4.40 in the afternoon, after towing the boat Harriett into...
Moby Dick
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 6.55 on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1955, the Walney Island coastguard rang up to say that he had received a message by radio telephone from the Barrow pilot boat. The pilot boat had found the 24-feet sailing yacht...