LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Maid of Kent and Dragon
SWANAGE.—On the 30th of September the Life-boat Charlotte Mary was launched, and brought ashore the crews—7 men in all—from the schooner Maid of Kent and the yacht Dragon, which vessels were in very dangerous positions during a heavy gale...
Luffra, of Douglas
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—A small yacht, the Luffra, of Douglas, was reported to be in distress and quite unmanageable off Santon Head while a whole gale was blowing from N.E. with a very heavy sea, on the 29th May. The Life-boat...
Fiona
The sailing yacht Fiona, of Glasgow, when | out cruising near Coquet Island on the llth May, missed stays and stranded on the ' Coquet Steel.' A strong W. gale was blowing and the Life-boat Mary Andrew was launched to assist her. The...
Acorn
At 8.30 P.M. on the 9th July, during thick weather, a telephone message was received at Cemaes stating that the services of the Life-boat Charles Henry Ashley were required. The Life-boat was launched without loss of time, and proceeded to...
Tarka
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.47 in the afternoon, on the 14th of December, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel was making distress signals about three-quarters of a mile east of the coast- guard station. At 3.55 the life-boat Prudential...
Vixen, of Dublin
Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—On the morning of the 2nd June a Coast Life- Saving Service Inspector telephoned that a yacht was in danger off Greystones harbour. She was the Vixen, of Dublin, bound, with her owner on board, for Wicklow. The wind...
Solstice
YACHT TOWED TO SAFETY AT 4.45 p.m. on 20th November, 1971, information was received that the yacht Solstice was firing red flares in a position four miles west of Les Hanois light, Guernsey, C.I. Fifteen minutes later the St. Peter Port life...
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...