LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Conchita
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 8.20 a.m.
on 23rd February, 1966, while working on the foreshore, the coxswain noticed a yacht aground on the Lavan sands with a man on board, and realizing that the yacht Conchita would be in danger...
Lydia Eva
JANUARY 19TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
The steam trawler Lydia Eva, which was acting as a tender to the R.A.F., was seen to be dragging her anchors towards a lee shore An ensign knotted in the tail was seen hoisted,...
Zyn Marie
HELP FROM FARMER Campbcltown, Argyllshire. At 1.9 p.m. on 6th July, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Sanda Island lightkeeper had reported the grounding of a cabin cruiser on Paterson's reef. There was a...
Golden Crest
SHAFT COUPLING TROUBLE At 11.17 P-m- on 2nd October, 1965, the motor vessel Golden Crest was seen to be asking for assistance. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 11.27 in a moderate south-westerly breeze and moderate seas. It was...
Douglass and Favourite
DECEMBER 30TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. Two local fishing boats had not returned, and as there was a bad sea at the harbour mouth with a S.E. wind blowing, the motor life-boat W.R.A. was launched at 4.15 P. M . She escorted into...
Far Left - Stan Shows Off His Muscles
Far left - Stan shows off his muscles at Staithes Harbour fete.. - View image in PDF
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Gipsy
On the 29th October the schooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, coal laden, in attempting to take the bar at the mouth of the Boyne, was driven ashore on the North Wall, the wind blowing a heavy gale from the south at the time. The Drogheda life-boat...
The Sailing and Motor Yacht Eleanor
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 4.45 A.M. on the 8th April, 1938, the coastguard reported a small yacht in difficulties.
A strong N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross was launched at 4.55 A.M....
G. V. H.
Cr0mer, Norfolk.—The motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 7.20 A.M.
on the 30th May, 1938, after information had been receired from the coast-guard that the fishing boat G. V. H., of Great Yarmouth, was in...
Ancotts
St. Ives, Cornwall.—On the 16th of September, 1956, the coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was ashore at Western Carricks and that two of her crew had been brought ashore by a motor launch. At 12.40 in the after- noon, the life-boat Edgar...