LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Providence
North-East England Boulmer, Northumberland. At 8.50 a.m. on I2th March, 1964, anxiety was felt for the fishing coble Providence which was at sea in deteriorating weather. There was a fresh east-south-easterly breeze with a rough sea, and it...
Enterprise
SPEED BOAT TOWED At 5.3 p.m. on 6th June, 1964, the coastguard told the mechanic that a speedboat had been seen about to strike the rocks off Hoe bathing pool. At 5.18 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse left in a near...
Eronwin
YACHT TOWED IN At 6.50 p.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the life-boat was requested to take over from the Trinity House vessel Ready the towing of the yacht Eronwin. The life-boat Kathleen...
Fishing Cobles
ESCORT FOR NINE COBLES Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.30 on the morning of the 13th April, 1962, when nine cobles of the local fishing fleet were at sea in a freshening wind, the honorary secretary decided to launch the lifeboat The Isa & Penryn...
Ellington
At 5.30 A.M. on the 18th February it was reported that signals of distress were being shown by a vessel ashore at Sand's Head. The crew of the Life-boat Queen Victoria were at once summoned and the Life-boat was launched. The steamer...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
(S«e Diagrams «« next page.) The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat. Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house...
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Dawn Wind
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 6.45 P.M. on the 12th July the Cliff End coastguard reported that a disabled motor yacht was at anchor in the entrance to Christchurch harbour, and was in danger of drifting ashore. A moderate S.S.W. gale was...
Gwendoline
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...
Spray
Stromness, Orkneys. At one o'clock early on the morning of the 21st of July, 1960, the police informed the honorary secretary that after a small yacht had stranded under Ness Battery one of her crew had come ashore to get help, but on...
Ann
Margate, Kent - At 5.37 p.m. on i3th August, 1966, a small yacht was reported aground about five miles north west of Margate and her crew were flashing a light. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at...