LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Chota
A CAPSIZED YACHT Plymouth, Devon.—At 5.12 in the afternoon of the 24th of May, 1947, the Yealm coastguard reported that a yacht had capsized a quarter of a mile north-east of Mewstone at the mouth of Yealm River, and the motor life-boat...
A Yacht (1)
Eastbourne, Sussex - At 4.44 p.m. on I2th July, 1966, a yacht with one man on board was reported in difficulties four miles south-east of Beachy Head. A small coaster was standing by the boat. There was a gale from the south-west with a...
Ramona
NEAR PORTLAND BILL Weymouth, Dorset. At 8.30 p.m. on 9th November, 1964, the coxswain was told by a shipping agency that the Dutch motor vessel Ramona was drifting in choppy seas and a moderate south-easterly wind five miles south of...
Florentine
WAS IN DISTRESS May, Argyllshire. At 7.38 p.m. on l6th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the British ship Hebrides had reported a weak radio distress call giving a position south of Mull. This was soon confirmed...
Renown
CRUISER AND CREW OF SIX TOWED TO SAFETY Boulmer, Northumberland. At two minutes past three on the afternoon of Monday the 8th of July, 1963, the Tynemouth coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down and...
The S.S. Bravo
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 10.45 on the night of the 25th of August, 1956, the Lloyds agent at Great Yarmouth telephoned that the S.S. Bravo had an urgent maternity case on board and asked if the life-boat would put out to...
Fedala
Salcombe, Devon. At 11.30 on the morning of the 2nd of April, 1958, the honorary secretary was asked by the shipping agent at Plymouth if the life- boat would launch to take spare machinery parts to the motor vessel Fedala of Rotterdam. The...
New Dawn and Silver Coquet
Amble, Northumberland - At 7.21 a.m. on i8th April, 1967, two cobles were reported at sea with conditions on the bar bad. At 7.58 the cobles were seen to be approaching the harbour, and the life-boat Millie Walton slipped her moorings five...
The Steamers Fulham IV and Izgled
JANUARY 7TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 12.45 P.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a Steamer was ashore at Kingsdown. There was dense fog, a light S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 12.55 P.M. the motor lifeboat...
Silver Queen
NOVEMBER 18TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 7.20 P.M. information was received from the naval base at Great Yarmouth, through the Cromer coastguard, that a boat was in distress half a mile E. by N. of Eccles, and the motor life-boat H. F. Bailey...