LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wairakei II
Margate, Kent.—At 5.32 in the after- noon of the 24th of July, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a ship had radioed through the North Foreland Station that Mid-Barrow Lightship had reported a motor launch ashore near No. 11 Buoy. The life...
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,...
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Kilmore, Wexford.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of Monday the 17th of July, 1950, signal flares were observed on the Great Saltee Island. A bird watcher with his wife and two children aged eight and two were known to be on the island...
Memory
Dungeness, Kent.—At 5.30 in the evening of the 16th of September, 1951, a yacht was seen flying distress signals one mile east of the life-boat station, and the life-boat coxswain and three other men put out at once in a fishing boat. A...
Kathene
TOW FOR YACHT ADRIFT FOR TWO DAYS Humber, Yorkshire. At 6.28 on the evening of the 16th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a yacht was drifting towards some ships which were at anchor at the mouth of...
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...
Ira
Caister, Norfolk. At 7.40 p.m. on 12th February, 1966, one of the life-boat shore helpers had heard a distress call from the trawler Ira of Lowestoft stating that the trawler was aground five miles south-east of Haisbro' lighthouse, and...
Beaver
HUSBAND SURVIVED At 8.45 a.m. on 19th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser anchored half a mile offshore, two miles north of Ardrossan, had run out of fuel and appeared to have lost a rudder. No other...
A Sailing Dinghy
CLUNG TO DINGHY Tynemouth, Northumberland. On 5th July, 1964, the life-boat Tynesider was returning from a trip with members of the ladies' life-boat guild aboard when, just off the Northern pier, a capsized sailing dinghy was seen with...