LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Ramsgate, Kent. At 7.50 p.m. on 2ist August, 1965, a local yacht club told the honorary secretary that three yachts were missing in a race. One was thought to be dismasted five miles inside the North Goodwin lightvessel. The life-boat...

SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Clovelly, Devon. At 2.15 a.m. on nth October, 1965, the coastguard reported that a ship in distress had fired rockets north-west of Hartland Point. The lifeboat William Cantrell Ashley was launched in a moderate easterly...

Southend-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—Beginning on the evening of the 31st of January, 1953, floods inun- dated areas in the east of England to an extent unknown in this country in living memory. The Southend-on- Sea life-boat was...

At 6.4 p.m. on 29th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was drifting out to sea with two boys on board. There was a gentle westerly breeze with a slight sea.

The life-boat Sir Godfrey...

Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 12.50 p.m. on 23rd August, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that a motor boat had capsized five to six miles north of Aberystwyth. At 12.55 the inshore rescue boat launched in a fresh south-westerly...

DRIFTING TO SEA Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.15 p.m. on 16th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that three people in a small dinghy were trying to attract attention. Their craft was off Holland Haven drifting seawards...

The motor vessel Lea to which the Whithy life-boat put out (see page 81). - View image in PDF

Medieval jousting was just one of the displays in 'Fix a Day Out' on Saturday July 8 at Sutton Place, Guildford. Jimmy Savile was there and the proceeds of the day, £1,200, were shared equally between the Royal Marines and the... - View image in PDF