LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Boat and a Rowing Boat
Criccieth, Caernarvonshire.—At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 14th of August, 1956, the second coxswain reported that he had seen a sailing boat capsize about a mile and a half from Castle Point. The life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was...
Seagrid
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 7.2 on the evening of the 28th of September, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Seagrid, which was on passage to Aberystwyth with a crew of two, appeared to be dismasted and was making slow progress. She...
Missel Thrush
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 4.34 on the afternoon of the 25th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a 25-feet yacht needed help about a mile east-north-east of Platte Fougere.
There was a light easterly wind...
Mary Anne
Plymouth, Devon. At 7.30 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht near Mewstone had fired distress signals. At 7.44, when the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse was launched, a gentle...
Lady B.
At 4.24 p.m. on I2th August, 1966, a yacht was reported to have capsized about a mile and a half off Frinton-on-Sea. There was a moderate south westerly breeze with a corresponding sea. It was two hours after low water. The life-boat Edian...
New Venture
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 5 p.m.
on 2ist June, 1967, information was given that a motor boat with five people on board was stranded on the Ridge. The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched at 5.15...
Jondee
Engine broken down ON TUESDAY, MAY 11, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Tenby lifeboat station at 1337 that a motor yacht, Jondee of Saundersfoot, was in trouble 300-400 yards off Lydstep Head, some five miles west of the...
The Wreck of the "Islander."
A TRAGIC disaster occurred on the coast of Cornwall during a severe gale which struck the coast towards the end of August, when the cutter Islander, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, was driven ashore in Lantivet Bay, about three miles from Fowey...
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Lifeboat Services
South West Division Trapped under sea wall AT 1852 on Tuesday September 11, 1984, Lyme Regis honorary secretary was informed by Portland Coastguard that some people had been cut off by the tide at Black Beach groynes, some six cables to the...
Category: Services
Claesjenguy
The Flying Dutchman WHEN his 24-foot yacht Claesjenguy lost her rigging off Hastings on June 2, Mr P. W. Stoel, a Dutchman working for the BBC, had cause to be grateful for the services of three RNLI lifeboats.
Although he...