LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Esso Portsmouth
Angle, Pembrokeshire. Early on the morning of the 9th of July, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secre- tary that he had heard a violent explosion and seen clouds of black smoke coming from the direction of the Esso jetty at Milford Haven...
Freda
JULY 18TH. - WHITBY, YORKSIIIRE.
During the morning the fishing fleet had returned, as the weather was getting rough, with the exception of one coble, Freda, and at 12.50 in the afternoon, by which time the wind was blowing...
Touching distance
A severed finger, no engine, rough seas: that was the harsh reality a yacht skipper faced off the Devon coast at the end of April. So how would he reach hospital?
‘All we knew when we launched...
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A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
James
DUNBAR.—About noon on the 7th March, when a strong northerly gale was blowing, the steamer James, of Greenock, bound to Campbeltown, was seen drifting towards the shore with signals of distress flying.
The Life-boat Wallace...
Grasby
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1955, the coastguard reported that he had seen red flares three quarters of a mile east-south-east of the coastguard sta- tion. At 5.40 the life-boat Michael Stephens put...
Tango
Walmer, Kent. At 4.51 on the after- noon of the 13th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the master of the East Goodwin lightvessel had reported a motor yacht burning red flares about half a mile east of the...
Pan
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.57 on the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the Norwegian vessel Pan had engine trouble six miles south-east of Dun- cansby Head and needed help imme- diately. The life-boat City...
Rosalind
TOW FOR MOTOR CRUISER IN FULL GALE Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 25th August, 1962, the harbour constable told the motor mechanic that a yacht was broached to four and a half miles east-north-east of...
Warwickbrook
DOCTOR TAKEN TO CHIEF ENGINEER Cromer, Norfolk. At 8.36 on the morning of the llth June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a sick man on board the motor vessel Warwickbrook, of London, who needed medical...