LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hattie
On the morning of the 8th July, a boat was observed about four miles from the shore at Bude, with a signal flying. She tacked about several times, as if intending to make Bude. The crew assembled, and the Elizabeth Moore Garden Life-boat...
Deli
Newhaven, Sussex. — At 6.55 in the evening, on the 17th of September, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht about two miles to westward and a mile off shore, was drifting eastwards.
She seemed to be out of control....
Three False Alarms. A Whale, a Bather, and a Meteorological Balloon
ON the evening of the 2nd of Septem- ber, the coastguard at St. Anthony telephoned that he could see a small sailing yacht which appeared to have capsized and have a man clinging to it. There was a heavy sea running.
It was...
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Dusmarie
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 9.30 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1954, a boatman reported that while he had been in his boat on a pleasure trip from the Naze to Walton River with passengers on board, he had seen a yacht go ashore on...
Sandetti
BOAT ON FIRE Selsey, Sussex. At 2.12 a.m. on i3th July, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boat was on fire four miles south of Thorney Island and that a helicopter had been sent. The lifeboat Canadian Pacific was...
Cap Lizard
Torbay, Devon. At 1.20 a.m. on 2ist December, 1965, the coastguard reported that a red rocket had been seen in a position five to six miles off Dartmouth in the area of Start Bay.
The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent...
Gay Gull and a Fishing Boat
TWO SERVICES IN BAD WEATHER Wicklow, Co. Wicklow. At 7.10 a.m.
on Friday the 16th of August, 1963, the coxswain was told that a local fishing boat which had left for the fishing ground eight miles north of Wicklow had not...
Kestrel
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 3.16 on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy was in distress a quarter of a mile east of Mersea Island. At 3.25 the life-boat Sir Godfrey...
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Zircon
On the bar TWO RED FLARES sighted on the south side of Portmadoc Estuary, near and inside the bar, were reported to the honorary secretary of Pwllheli lifeboat station by Coastguard Porthdinllaen at 0035 on Thursday, September 1. The wind...