LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bonheur
YACHT'S BAD LUCK Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall. At 12.1 p.m. on iyth August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was anchored in Mullion cove in a strong south-south-westerly gale. The sea was very rough with a...
Honolulu
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 10.45 on the night of the 4th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the boathouse superintendent that the s.s. Markland had reported a small vessel in diffi- culties one mile east of West Shoebury buoy. The life...
Corgi II
Margate, Kent. At 2.22 on the after- noon of the 9th October, 1961, thecoastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that two men in a rowing boat were being blown out to sea a mile and a half off Epple Bay and were waving a towel attached to...
Cardiff Queen
Ilfracombe, Devon - On 30th July, 1966, the life-boat Lloyd's II was afloat at Combe Martin in connection with the local life-boat flag day. After she left Combe Martin Bay at 8.30 p.m. the pleasure steamer Cardiff Queen was seen about...
Fair Maid
MFV sinking SKEGNESS LIFEBOAT, the 37ft Oakley Charles Fred Crantham, launched at 1730 on Wednesday October 4, 1978, to go to the help of the fishing boat Fair Maid aground three miles north of the station in a dangerous position. It was a...
None (1)
WOMAN RESCUED AFTER FALL FROM CLIFF Howth, Co. Dublin. At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 15th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a woman had fallen over a cliff, a few hundred yards south of the Martello tower,...
None (12)
TWENTY-THREE CHILDREN CUT OFF BY TIDE Newhaven, Sussex. At 3.25 on the afternoon of the 29th June, 1963, the Newhaven coastguard informed the coxswain that the police had reported twenty-three children cut off by the tide at Seaford head....
The Naval Salvage Vessel Salvage King
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
Early in the morning news was received at both stations through the coastguard, from the naval authorities, that the naval salvage vessel Salvage King was...
Squire, of Yarmouth
On the 10th March, 1867, the schooner Squire, of Yar- mouth, was observed making for the shore in a disabled state, a heavy gale blowing from E.N.E. at the time. -The North Briton life-boat was soon launched, and gal- lantly pulled through a...
Magdalen Esther
FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN BAY. — At about 1.30 A.M., on the 28th October, it was reported that a vessel was ashore on the Langhame Sands, about eight miles west of Ferryside. The wind was blowing a gale from the S.W., with heavy squalls, and the...