LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy
JANUARY 29TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 9.31 A.M. the naval base at Great Yarmouth reported, through the coastguard, that an airman could be seen in a dinghy to the N.N.E. A light wind was then blowing from E.N.E., but it...
A Motor Boat
TWO LIFE-BOATS IN ALL-NIGHT SEARCH Torbay, and Exmouth, Devon. At 10.44 on the night of the 16th August, 1962, the Brixham coastguard passed on a report from a boat-owner, whose son had put out in a 20-foot motor boat three hours earlier to...
Mrs Mary Cavell,
October 1995 Mrs Mary Cavell, founder member of the Goodwin Sands and Downs Ladies' lifeboat guild, became the first honorary secretary of the guild in 1952 until 1972 when she remained at committee member until 1983. She was awarded the...
Category: Obituaries
A Sailing Dinghy
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 4.12 on the afternoon of the 31st of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the hon- orary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized about a mile and a half off Chandlers Corner, Lancing, and that her crew were...
A Yacht
Rhyl, Flintshire. On the morning of the 8th August, 1961, the honorary secretary saw that a yacht, which had altered course on approaching Rhyl harbour entrance, appeared to be blown down wind out of control.
There was a...
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HISTORIC LIFEBOATS
In the winter issue, we listed some places to see historic lifeboats. There are a lot of them out there, and we couldn’t mention them all, but some of you wrote in with further...
Category: Articles
Lyn II
Clovelly, Devon. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 26th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fish- ing boat Lyn II was reported missing.
Later it was learned that she had...
An R.A.F. Sunderland Flying Boat
MAY 12TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
At 7.15 in the morning a doctor of Castlebay telephoned to the life-boat honorary secretary that he had received a telephone message from Vatersay post office that an R.A.F. Sunderland...
Virgin IV
AGROUND IN FOG Dunbar, East Lothian. At 2.54 p.m. on 6th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that the m.f.v. Virgin IV had run aground in fog on Long Craig rock, half a mile west of the harbour.
The life-boat Margaret...
Lifeboat Services (From Page 190}
Lifeboat Services (from page 190} Enterprise dinghy Spirtle with one man on board, at 1648. The Pentland Firth Yacht Club's guard boat, The Mendicant, was still in attendance but was unable to make headway in the prevailing...
Category: Services