LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Renette
TOW FOR YACHT IN ROUGH SEA Runswick, Yorkshire. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 29th April, 1962, the coxswain and other members of the life-boat crew saw a yacht in difficulties north of Staithes. The honorary secretary was...
Svenska
Margate, Kent.—At 12.42 on the after- noon of the 24th of July, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht had run ashore on the Hook Sands.
At 12.50 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI was...
Stormalong
Walmer, Kent.—At 8.2 on the even- ing of the 12th of July, 1956, Deal coastguard rang up to say that the South Goodwin lightvessel had re- ported that a yacht was in distress near the lightvessel. The life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service...
Wima
Cromer, Norfolk. At 6.20 on the evening of the 27th of August, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht had broken down and was drifting east of Cromer. At 6.37 the motor vessel Antiquity of London approached the...
Clai
Dover, Kent. At 6.10 on the evening of the 12th of July, 1959, the coastguardinformed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning red flares two miles off Leathercoat Point. A Dutch tug had gone to her help and had connected a tow line....
Salonika
Ramsgate, Kent. At 7.53 on the evening of the 10th of July, 1960, the watchman on the east pier told the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the Brake Sands three and a half miles south of Ramsgate. The life-boat Michael...
Blue Nobby
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 4.25 on the after- noon of the 15th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be broken down five to six miles north-by- west of the coastguard look-out. The life-boat...
Silver Thistle
Penlee, Cornwall - At 10.40 p.m. on 17th May, 1969, news was received that a yacht had engine failure five miles east of Runnelstone buoy. At 10.50 the life-boat Thomas McGunn, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. It was low water...
Havorn
At 3.2 p.m. on 28th August, 1969, the coastguard reported that a yacht was in distress off St. Alban's head.
The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 3.12 in a fresh north westerly wind.
It was two hours...
Zair, of Maldon
AUGUST 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 7.15 in the morning the coastguard reported that a yacht was in difficulties east of Clacton pier, and that the Clacton life-boat was unable to launch, owing to the lowness of the tide. He asked...