LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Queen Alexandra
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 1.45 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1951, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Queen Alexandra, of Fleetwood, with a crew of twelve, had wirelessed that she was aground in the Sound of...
Mono Lisa
Blyth, Northumberland.—At 5.36 in the evening of the 15th of September, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small boat seemed to be in trouble in Cambois Bay, and at 5.50 the life-boat Winston Churchill, Civil Service No. 8 was launched....
Black and Tan
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 11.35 on the morning of the 13th of August, 1956.
the local look-out reported that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties and was drifting out to sea. The life- boat Watkin Williams was launched...
Burma Emerald
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 29th of November, 1956, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned to say the tanker Burma Emerald, of London, was aground on the revetment wall near the Formby buoy. At 5.20 the life-boat...
The Motor Yawl Ivy Lass
Walmer, Kent. At 7.52 on the evening of the 8th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor yawl Ivy Lass of Maldon was secured alongside the East Goodwin lightvessel, as she had run short of petrol....
Mollihawke IV
Blyth, Northumberland. At 8.40 on the evening of the 30th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was dragging her anchor one mile south of the Sow and Pig buoy. At 8.54 the life-boat City of Bradford...
Petite Marie-Claude
Plymouth, Devon. At 9.54 on the morning of the 28th of October, 1958, the coastguard at Rame Head informed the honorary secretary that the French trawler Petite Marie-Claude had an engine failure off Looe Bay three and a half miles...
The Sailing Boat Sweetie Pie
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.36 on the afternoon of the 20th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had had her mast carried away one mile east of the look-out. At three o'clock there...
Exchange
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.8 on the evening of the 24th of December, 1959, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a message received from the police at Sheerness that shouts for help had been heard near the Harty ferry in...
Fairwinds
Swanage, Dorset. At 6.44 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the motor vessel Camroux I of London had a yacht in tow which she wished to hand over. As no other boat was available,...