LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat
Kirkcudbright.—At 5.30 on the even- ing of the 20th of February, 1954, the Ross Island lighthouse keeper reported that a motor boat was drifting on the ebb tide. The coxswain had also seen her, and at 6.15 the life-boat J....
Pedler
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 8.40 on the evening of the 27th of June, 1955, the coastguard reported that the sailing yacht Pedler, which had a crew of two, had capsized off Primrose Valley. A fishing coble and another vacht went to her help, and at...
Prim
Fowey, Cornwall.—During the morn- ing of the 15th of January, 1950, the Polruan coastguard had under observa- tion a fishing boat with a motor boat in tow. At 12.10 in the afternoon he reported that the boats were in distress about two miles...
Overlord
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 16th May, 1961, the signal station reported that the yacht Overlord, which had a crew of six, had been dismasted thirty miles west of Hanois lighthouse and that the tanker Volvatella...
A Motor Dinghy
HELICOPTER THERE Moelfre, Anglesey. At 2.55 p.m. on i6th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was in difficulties off Lligwy. At 3.5 the life-boat Watkin Williams launched in a gentle south-westerly...
Radio Caroline
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 2.20 a.m. on 22nd December, 1965, the coastguard reported that the captain of "Radio Caroline", a wireless transmitting station, had been badly bitten by the dog that was kept on board and that a doctor was...
A Dinghy and a Rowing Boat
Whitstable, Kent - At 6 p.m. on 26th March, 1966, following the completion of a previous service, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man with his five year old son had put off in a small dinghy from Shell Ness and were...
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JUNE 6TH. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 5.32 P.M. the South Shields coastguard reported that three boys were marooned on rocks. The tide was half flood, and the weather fine, with a slight sea.
A motor...
Bendilow
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—The motor life-boat Langham was launched at 11.22 A.M. on the 22nd May, as information had been received through the coastguard that the yacht Bendilow, of Portsmouth, was in a dangerous position near Sandown pier....
Fishing Cobles (1)
SIX COBLES ESCORTED IN NEAR GALE Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.5 on the morning of the 24th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that several local fishing cobles were still at sea. As the weather was becoming worse the...