LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Silver Spray
Seahani, Co. Durham. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 25th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat Silver Spray had broken down with engine trouble. The life-boat George Elmy was...
Moira
TOWED SAFELY Seaham, Co. Durham. At 5.23 p.m.
on yth June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishing coble about 11 miles off the pier was lying broadside to a moderate sea and a fresh westerly breeze....
Sea Gypsy
Cloughey-Portavogie, Co. Down - At 7.15 p.m. on 30th July, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was in distress off Kearney Point. The life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow slipped her moorings at 7.30.
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A Yacht (7)
Kinghorn, Fife. At approximately 8 p.m. on igth August, 1965, a yacht was seen to capsize half a mile south-west of the station. At 8.2 the IRB launched in a gentle westerly breeze and corresponding sea. She came up with the yacht and took...
A Naval Aeroplane (1)
OCT. 2 0TH. SELSEY, AND SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 1.13 A.M.
a message was received from the coastguard that the Bognor police had reported a naval aeroplane down in the sea off Bognor. A northerly breeze was blowing. The...
Obituaries
Obituaries With deep regret we record the following deaths: SEPTEMBER 1989: Mr Geoff Shakerley, vice chairman and box secretary of Wootton Bassett and District branch from 1977 until his death. He was also a shore helper at Swanage and was...
Category: Obituaries
Linda Anne
EXHAUSTED MEN RESCUED FROM FISHING BOAT Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 8.12 on the evening of the 23rd June, 1963, the Tynemouth coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a resident at Whitley Bay had reported red flares about three...
Vine
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—On the 6th of February, 1957, the motor fishing vessel Vine, of Aberdeen, while return- ing from the fishing grounds to Camp- beltown harbour with a crew of three, struck a reef on the north end of Davaar Island. An...
Jaroma
On 24th August, 1969, the lifeboat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched to the help of the motor fishing vessel Jaroma. A full account of this service, for which special awards were granted, will appear in the March number of...
A Catamaran
Moelfre, Anglesey. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 18th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing boat was drifting towards Dulas west of Moelfre.
A watch was kept on the sailing...