LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Foynes
Dover, Kent.-—On the afternoon of the 31st of July, 1949, the life-boat crew stood by, as a large number of boats were afloat in the har- bour and a south-westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. They saw the yacht Foynes in danger...
Seahawk
Tynemouth, Northumberland.—At 4.31 in the afternoon of the 6th of August, 1949, the day on which the County Borough Centenary Celebra- tions opened, the South Shields police reported that a sailing yacht had cap- sized off the Trow Rocks,...
Crackerjack
A SERVICE AND A FALSE ALARM Selsey, Sussex. At 6.4 p.m. on Thursday the 29th August, 1963, the coastguard reported to the assistant honorary secretary that a merchant ship had taken the yacht Crackerjack, of Southampton, with a crew of two,...
Tanera
HELICOPTER AND BOATS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 3.25 p.m.
on Saturday the 14th September, 1963, the honorary secretary was told by the coastguard that the ship Collena had reported that the yacht Tanera...
A Boat
Buckie, Banffshire - At 12.20 a.m. on 10th September, 1967, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht or fishing boat was in distress in the vicinity of Covesea Skerries, Lossiemouth. The life-boat Laura Moncur slipped...
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...
Book Reviews
• Grahame Farr's The Tubular Lifeboats 1850-1939 is in many ways the most interesting of his papers on lifeboat history. It is available from the author at 98 Combe Avenue, Portishead, Bristol BS20 9JX, price 60p including posting and...
Category: Articles
Theta
Margate, Kent.—At 9.45 in the morn- ing of the 27th of February, 1949, the coastguard reported that a yacht, three miles to the north-eastwards, was drifting rapidly towards the shore. A strong west-north-west wind was blow- ing and the sea...
Cariad
TOW FOR YACHT WITH TWO ABOARD Ilfracombe, Devon. At 11.50 on the night of the 20th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was flashing sos off Highveer Point, Lynmouth. There was a moderate breeze...
Tango
TOW FOR YACHT WITH SAILS BLOWN AWAY Selsey, Sussex. At 7.5 on the evening of the 6th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with three people on board, which was close inshore off Elmer Sands, was...