LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kerry
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 30th September, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the assistant honorary secietary that a small yacht was making distress signals off Warden Ledge buoy in the West Solent. At...
Two Fishing Boats
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AS BOATS CROSS BAR Arbroath, Angus. At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 15th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that two local fishing boats were awaiting the tide to enter...
Droomboot
Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 7.10 a.m. on 22nd August, 1966, a yacht off Dunwich required assistance. There was a gale from the north east with a rough sea. It was two hours before high water. The life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary...
Clovelly Lass
Plymouth, Devon - At 2.25 p.m. on 2nd August, 1966, red flares were reported from a yacht in Cawsand bay. At 2.36 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse left her moorings. It was three hours after low water. There was a south easterly...
Prelude and Marie Christine
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 4.20 p.m. on 2oth February, 1967, two French trawlers, the Prelude and the Marie Christine, were reported to have broken down 10 miles west of Ardnamurchan.
The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin...
Kyloe
St. Helier, Jersey - At 6 a.m. on 3oth April, 1967, the motor cruiser Kyloe was reported overdue on a voyage from Carteret on the French coast. The life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at...
Beal Inse, of Dublin
Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 5.15 p.m.
on 15th May, 1967, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Beal Inse of Dublin was in urgent need of assistance two miles southwest of Valentia. The...
Vingen
Plymouth, Devon - At 7.30 a.m. on 15th May, 1967, information was received that the German ship Unkas of Hamburg was towing the yacht Vingen with a crew of two down channel. The yacht had signalled for assistance owing to engine trouble. The...
Sea Trader
At 5 a.m. on zoth June, 1967, it was learned that a fishing vessel out of Rye was overdue. After further inquiries the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched at 5.30 in a gentle northerly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was ebbing. The...
A Raft
Newcastle, Co. Down. At 4.30 p.m.
on 30th June, 1965, three persons on a raft were reported by the coastguard to be drifting seaward off Tyrella beach.
There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...