LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Daphne Loo
YACHT WAS LEAKING Padstow, Cornwall. At 10.38 p.m.
on 18th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that flares had been reported at Newland Island. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a slight sea...
Volunteer
TOW FOR FISHING VESSEL AFTER ENGINE BREAKDOWN Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.27 p.m. on Wednesday the 10th of July, 1963, the Shoreham coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Volunteer, of Shoreham, was making distress...
A Punt
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—A routine exer- cise had been arranged for the life-boat A.E.D. at 2.30 on the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1953, but at 1.40, when the coxswain, motor mechanic and his assistant were preparing her for sea, the...
Trent Class and Atlantic 21 Lifeboat.
A great complement: in order to maintain adequate cover in the area. Great Yarmouth and Gorieston lifeboat station operates both a Trent class and Atlantic 21 lifeboat.
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Avondow
CREW TAKEN OFF At 2.50 p.m. on 9th December, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trawler was aground on Boray Holm, Gairsay. The life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndmanputoutat^.s in a strong south-westerly wind and a rough...
Sailing Dinghies
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 6.45 p.m.
on 3rd October, 1965, the secretary of the Penmaenmawr Yacht Club reported that a number of their sailing dinghies had been caught in a sudden squall and had overturned. The sailing club...
A Lobster BBoat
Howth, Dublin.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th of March, 1956, the Civic Guard at Skerries reported that a lobster boat from Rush was in difficultues about three miles off shore between Rush and Lambay. At 3.30 the...
Gwydyr Castle
On the night of the 20th March the harbour tug and the Life-boat Bradford were again called out to the assistance of the barque Gwydyr Castle, of Liverpool, which had stranded on the north end of the Goodwin Sands while bound from Port Pirie...
Yimkin
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. — On the morning of the 31st of August, 1952, it was reported that a small yacht had capsized between Black Rock Buoy and Hurst Point, and at 11.35 the life-boat S.G.E. left her moorings. The sea was rough, with a...
A Dinghy
Meanwhile, a report had reached Clyde Coastguard that another small boat, this time an open dinghy with three people on board, was being blown offshore from the mainland at Saltcoats while its occupants tried in vain to paddle ashore with...