LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nessie
TOW FOR FISHING BOAT WITH BROKEN RUDDER Sunderland, Durham. At 3.12 on the afternoon of the 3rd September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a beach attendant at Seaburn had reported a boat burning red flares two...
Silver Star
THREE MEN RESCUED Filey, Yorkshire. At 1.47 p.m. on I3th October, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a motor vessel had broken down four and a half miles off Gristhorpe and had fired three distress flares. The life-boat...
Sea Rigs
MAINSAIL WAS TORN At 8 a.m. on i4th December, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man on St. Agnes had seen a small yacht anchored off the Big Smith Ledges and appearing to be dragging her anchors.
There...
Calypso
ENGINE TROUBLE Clovelly, Devon. At 7.15 p.m. on i4th July, 1965, the police reported that a boat had broken down one mile off shore from Higher Sharpnose, about eight miles south of Hartland Point. The life-boat William Cantrell Ashley was...
None (14)
Exmouth, Devon - At 2.40 a.m. on igth May, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was lying injured at the foot of the cliffs between Otter and Brandy Head, near Budleigh Salterton, and he could not be reached from the...
A Dinghy (2)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 3.22 a.m. on nth June, 1966, a man was reported in the sea clinging to an oar two miles east of the Palace pier. There was a moderate southerly breeze with a slight sea. It was two hours before high water. The...
A Rowing Boat (1)
Wicklow. At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1958, the cox- swain was told that a partly submerged boat was being driven southwards three miles north-east of Wicklow. At 4.30 the life-boat /. W. Archer was...
Confide
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 6.43 on the evening of the 14th of October, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a local fishing boat was overdue and the relations of the crew were becoming anxious. At 8.2 the life- boat Lady...
A Rubber Dinghy
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 4.55 on the afternoon of the 17th of June, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that two girls in a rubber dinghy were drifting out to sea half a mile south of Pendine Village. At 5.30 the life-boat Henry Comber Broirn...
Alethea Anne
Hastings, Sussex. At 3.38 on the afternoon of the 14th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that an unknown vessel had broken down about three miles east of Rye Harbour. When the lifeboat M.T.C. was launched at 3.58...