LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tempo
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 4.2 on the afternoon of the 18th of December, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a longshore boat about a mile north of the coast- guard look-out was flashing a distress signal. There was a light...
A Fishing Boat
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 12.43 early on the morning of the 23rd November, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that SOS signals were being sent from a small boat drifting south of Welling- ton pier. The...
Bradley
THREE RESCUED Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 1.41 a.m.
on 24th May, 1964, the Castletown coastguard told the honorary secretary that the local motor boat Bradley was reported to have broken down if miles west of Chicken Rock...
Marietta
Girvan, Ayrshire - At 8.45 p.m. on 4th June, 1966, flares were reported being burned by a small boat with six occupants which appeared to be in difficulties north of Girvan pier. The life-boat St. Andrew (Civil Service...
Sea Clown
TOW FOR MOTOR WSSEL WITH FIVE ABOARD Hastings, Sussex. At 3.57 p.m. on Sunday the 21st of July, 1963, the coastguard informed the wife of the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Sea Clown of Rye had broken down off Pett Level. There was...
Lowestoft:
Lowestoft: On Monday May 14, 1984, a 17ft motor cruiser, with one man on board, suffered engine failure off Pakefield Beach; she was driven ashore and on to a groyne by the fresh north-easterly breeze. Reaching the cruiser at 1744,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Elsy, of Vastervik
AUGUST 26TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.52 in the morning the life-boat coxswain saw a vessel lying on the Goodwin Sands.
He telephoned the coastguard station for confirmation and at 9.40 the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary...
Three Brothers
FEBRUARY 11TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
At 9.30 at night the King’s harbour master telephoned that Portwrinkle coastguard had reported flashes. Further reports were received from other coastguards, but it was uncertain whether...
Penguin, of Dartmouth
MARCH 27TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. About 6.15 in the evening the coastguard reported that a motor yacht had stopped and that a blanket was being waved from her. The motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched at 6.30 in a...
A Motor Launch
MAY 11TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 6.16 P .M. a message was received from the coastguard at Cliff End that a motor launch off Barton-on-Sea had broken down, and that its occupants were waving clothing to attract attention. As the sea...