LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Oberon
THIRD MAN RESCUED FROM SAILING DINGHY Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 10th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing boat had capsized off Coopers Beach, East Mersea, and that two...
Altonia
HAD BROKEN DOWN At 3.35 p.m. on ist August, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain superintendent that a white cabin cruiser had fired red flares but did not appear to be in danger. It was one hour before low water with a rough sea and a...
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YOUTH CLUNG TO ROCK Ilfracombe, Devon. At 12.5 a.m. on 2nd August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that one of two youths who had been at Woody bay, Lynton, had returned to raise the alarm that the other was missing. At...
Cap Lizard
SAILS WERE TORN Exmouth, South Devon. At 1.30 p.m.
on 4th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was dragging her anchor in rough seas and near gale force north-easterly winds close to...
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FLASHING LIGHT Longhope, Orkney. At 3.30 a.m. on I5th March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a quick flashing light that appeared to be travelling westwards had been observed half a mile off Cantick Head...
Corinne
Dungeness, Kent. At 10.5 a.m. on 24th September, 1965, the yacht Corinne was reported aground at Camber. One of her crew of three had been seen to swim ashore. There was a moderate southsouth- westerly breeze with a choppy...
A Launch
POOR VISIBILITY At 2.15 p.m. on 25th May, 1966, a man informed the motor mechanic that he had seen a launch which seemed to be drifting about three miles south west of Mallaig.
The motor mechanic, together with the honorary...
Seton Queen
Dunbar, East Lothian - At 6.39 p.m.
on 22nd March, 1967, the motor fishing vessel Seton Queen was reported to be running short of fuel. She had been fishing between Barr Rock and May Island and was overdue. This had been...
Miss Modesty
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At i p.m.
on 25th April, 1967, a converted prawner was endeavouring to sail up river but was not making much progress against the ebbing spring tide. The yacht was kept under observation and by 6...
Mudeford's New Lifeboathouse
Mudeford's new lifeboathouse, funded almost entirely by the branch with strong local support, was opened on Sunday June 28 by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution.
The ceremony followed... - View image in PDF
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