LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anja
Torbay, Devon. At 4.23 on the after- noon of the 13th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Dutch motor vessel Anja of Foxhol was on fire five miles east of Start Point. The life-boat Lloyd's, on...
Mrs. Walter, of Southampton
Mrs. Walter, of Southampton, died in April, only a month after she had resigned the Honorary Secretaryship of the Southampton Branch, on account of ill-health and advancing years. She was in her eighty-seventh year....
Category: Obituaries
White Lady II
On the 26th June the coastguard reported that the motor boat White Lady II, of Torquay, was in difficulties off the Imperial Hotel, Torquay. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. At 2.15 P.M. the motor life-boat George Shee...
Cormorant
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 10.17 P-m- on 3oth June, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that they had under observation a yacht which was making no headway. It seemed to have dropped anchor in a dangerous position close to Little...
A Canoe (2)
Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 7.10 p.m. on 29th May, 1966, a tractor driver saw a capsized canoe with two persons clinging to it in broken water one mile south west of the life-boathouse. They were trying to make for the beach but due to the...
Eendracht
DUTCH COASTER AGROUND IN GALE Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 12.30 early on the morning of the 20th December, 1962, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that a Dutch coaster was burning flares and was drifting towards the...
Marzo
At 7.20 r.M.
| on 14th May the signal was lircd denoting the Life-bout was required to assist some vessel in distress, and a ; steamer was seen in the fog making for the shore to the east of...
Cape Nelson
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 2.45 p.m. on loth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Cape Nelson, which was expected off the Tyne at five o'clock, wished to land a sick seaman. As soon as the...
Jessy
PORT LOGAN, WIGTOWNSHIRE.—Information was received at 5.15 P.M. on the 10th April that a vessel was showing distress signals in Luce Bay. The Life-boat Frederick Allen was as quickly as possible transported on her carriage to the most...
Alfred
The Life-boat Stanton Meyrick of Pimlico proceeded to the assistance of the brig Alfred at 10 A.M. on the 30th October, the wind, from the west, blowinghard, with heavy squalls and thick weather. The Alfred was in the midst of broken water...