LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 2.30 P.M. on the 30th August the coxswain saw a dinghy, which was racing, capsize.

She was helped by an attendant launch.

A few minutes later another dinghy filled, and the life-boat Agnes Cross was...

Swanage, Dorset.—-On the afternoon of the 23rd March the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat had broken down one mile south of Southbourne coastguard station, and that another motor boat, which had put out from Bournemouth to help her,...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — On the afternoon of the 19th August the signalman reported that two boats were in distress between the pier and-Chapman light, off Canvey Island. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain....

Holyhead, Anglesey. At 12.43 on the afternoon of the 28th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Fleurita of Chester had engine trouble and was drifting off Rocky Coast. At 12.52 the...

Cloughey, Co. Down. At 10.56 on the morning of the 3rd of November, 1958, the life-boat Constance Calverley, which was at sea undergoing machinery trials, received a message by radio-telephone from the reserve life-boat Helen Sutton, which...

Walmer, Kent. At 2.38 on the morning of the 7th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the South Goodwin lightvessel had reported a flashing light three miles east-north-east of her position. At 2.55 the life-boat...

Torbay, Devon. At 2.58 on the after- noon of the 16th July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat was flying distress flags two miles south-south-east of Berry Head. There was a moderate north-westerly...

From time to time the R.N.L.I. is asked about the sale of ex-life-boats, the interest in old life-boats now being considerable. A waiting list of over 400 people was the situation in July of this year.

A private buyer, who...