LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lady Isabella
Exmouth, Devon.—At 2.18 on the morning of the 26th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that red rockets had been seen near Longshore Rock.
At 2.39 the life-boat Maria Noble was launched in a slight sea. There was a...
Erita
Newhaven, Sussex - At 5.40 p.m. on loth July, 1966, a cabin cruiser was seen drifting off Roedean gap. There was a strong south-westerly wind with a moderate sea. The life-boat Kathleen Mary launched at 5.58 on an ebbing tide, and at 6.45...
Alleda
At 9.53 a.m. on 4th September, 1966, a yacht was reported in distress about six miles south of Hastings. At 10.7 the rifeboat Fairlight was launched in a southwesterly gale and a rough sea. It was one hour after low water. The life-boat...
Cedefore
At 1.34 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, the motor yacht Cedefore, with twelve people on board, was seen to be in difficulties off Ramsgate. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings at 1.46 in a strong to gale force south westerly...
New Irish Member
Mr. Frank Lemass, whose home is in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, has joined the Committee of management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Mr. Lemass, who is aged 56, is General Manager of the great Irish transport...
Category: Committee
A Cabin Cruiser
Arbroath, Angus - At 10.40 a.m.
on 13th August, 1967, the motor mechanic was informed that a cabin cruiser was in difficulties near Fairway buoy at the mouth of the Tay. A yacht in the vicinity had been unable to tow the...
Lifeboat Services (from page 137)
north easterly course, was making no headway and drifting towards the rocks, but the three men on board refused help, saying that they were on their way to Ireland.
It was at this point that the Coastguard received...
Category: Services
Jo of Ryde
Injured Yachtsman SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1973, was overcast with rain squalls when, at 5.35 p.m., the deputy launching authority of Eastney station, Hampshire, was informed by Hayling Island Coastguard that a helicopter from the SAR flight, HMS...
33 calls round the island
Almost 2,000 vessels registered to circumnavigate the Isle of Wight in this year’s Round the Island Race on 25 June. Force 6–7 winds and swells of up to 3m meant a busy day for five lifeboat crews, with 23 incidents in all. Cowes’s B class...
Category: Articles
Latifa
Hurricane tow AT ABOUT 1515 on Thursday, October 14, 1976, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Weymouth lifeboat station that the 52-ton yacht Latifa had requested assistance off Portland Bill. She had damaged sails, a shattered...