LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitby, Yorkshire. At 4.10 p.m. on yth June, 1965, the police notified the honorary secretary that a yacht off Sandsend was signalling and needed help, so at 4.30 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched. There was a light southeasterly...

ENGINE FAILURE Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 9.15 p.m.

on 5th June, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that a distress signal had been observed half-a-mile off shore at Mablethorpe. At 9.45 the lifeboat...

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 29th of December, 1958, the coxswain saw an object burning near the pier. The life- boat Douglas Hyde put out at 7.15 in a rough sea, with a strong westerly wind...

Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 17th of December, 1959. the honorary secretary was in- formed that a launch, which had left Knoydart at eleven o'clock for Mallaig, was an hour and a half overdue. The life-boat E...

Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.55 on the morning of the 27th of October, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was close inshore at Rotting- dean, but that she did not appear to be in immediate danger. At 9.15 the coastguard stated that the...

Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At 7.45 on the morning of the 17th of December, 1955, a message was received from the harbour office that the local fishing boat Winifred, with a crew of four, had broken down three miles south-east of Flamborough...

Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.5. on the afternoon of the llth of December, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two red rockets had been reported in Norman's Bay, and that a boat was burning red flares about four miles...

Ramsgate, Kent - At 5.14 p.m. on 23rd September, 1968, the coastguard reported that a small boat in Pegwell bay needed assistance. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 5.25 in a fresh westerly breeze with a slight sea...