LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Frambee
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 4.34 on the afternoon of the 7th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the police at Worthing had reported that a yacht had capsized west of the pier off Goring beach. The life-boat Rosa...
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Boy Jim
On the morning of the 13th December the coastguard telephoned that a small motor fishing boat, south of Gorleston pier, was driving ashore and making distress signals. A fresh N.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...
Ramleigh
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about three in the morning of the 30th May, 1938, the local fishing coble Ramleigh put off to haul crab pots about six miles south of Whitby. One of her crew of three was coxswain of the motor life-boat Mary Ann...
Alpha
Girvan, Ayrshire. — At 4.40 in the afternoon of the 20th of March, 1949, the Alpha, of Stranraer, a ketch with an auxiliary engine, was seen to be at anchor three miles south of the har- bour. It looked as if her engines had broken down. A...
Lesley
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 12.20 early on the 15th of August, 1953, the stageman told the coxswain that a yachtsman had reported that he had seen another yacht in distress off R.7 Buoy in the Rock Channel. At 12.45 the life-boat Norman B....
Royal
£ HOLYHEAD.—About 7.45 on the evening of Sunday, the 27th January, while a whole gale was blowing from N.W., accompanied by a very heavy sea and thick weather, a vessel was seen in the outer roads burning signals of distress. The steam...
Gypsy
At 7.30 a.m. on 12th April, 1970, the coastguard reported that a sailing yacht three miles north ofPoint Lynas was in difficulties. The life-boat Watkin Williams was launched at 7.40. There was a south easterly gale with a rough sea. The...
An R.A.F. Mosquito Aeroplane (1)
OCTOBER 11TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 11.29 in the morning the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. Mosquito aeroplane had crashed into the sea three miles north-east of Porthdinllaen Point. A light east-north-east wind was...
Merite
FEBRUARY 21ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 10.40 A.M. t h e coastguard reported a light E. by S. of Peterhead, and later reported that it was still to be seen, drifting northward. A fresh N.E. breeze was blowing with a moderate...