LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Janice
Swanage, Dorset.—At 12.52 on the afternoon of the 25th of April, 1957, the St. Albans Head coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht with her sails blown away was drifting six and a half miles south-by-east of Durlston Head.
The...
Starbeam II
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.58 on the afternoon of the 20th of October, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht had capsized south of Clacton pier. At 1.10 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched in a rough sea.
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Campbeltown, Argyllshire. •—• On the 7th of March, 1947, when the roads were blocked with snow, the president of the District Nursing Association, in consultation with a doctor, asked the life-boat to take a doctor and nurse to Southend to...
A Whaler
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 2.39 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a whaler with a crew of six sea cadets was being carried by the ebb tide on to a lee shore off...
My Heart's Content
YACHT FOUND CLOSE INSHORE UNDER CLIFF Hastings, Sussex. At 8.15 on the morning of the 22nd October, 1962, a yacht was seen close inshore under the cliffs between Hastings and Ecclesbourne Glen. There was a light eastsouth- east breeze and...
Britannia
BOAT AND FIVE TOWED TO SAFETY Hastings, Sussex. At 8.15 on the evening of Monday the 5th of August, 1963, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the motor boat Britannia appeared to be having engine trouble three-quarters of a mile...
A Ship’s Boat marked D.383 V.H.JB.
FEBRUARY 3RD. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. At 5.30 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that a ship’s boat could be seen in the river by the Twelfth Mile Light. A strong south-east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. It was...
S.S. Marianne II
APRIL 5TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 4.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a steamer ashore on the Scroby Sands. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea was smooth.
At 4.50 the motor...
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JUNE 2 9TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
It was reported that a rocket had been seen over Saltee Island in the direction of the Coningbeg Lightship, but it was later learned that it was a flare which had been dropped from a...
John Noakes and Peter Purves Aboard Blue Peter Ii With Lieut-Colonel V J C Cooper Honorary Secretary Beaumaris (Second from Left) Coxswain William Pritchard Cr
John Noakes and Peter Purves, aboard Blue Peter II, with Lieut.-Colonel V. J. C. Cooper, honorary secretary Beaumaris (second from left), Coxswain William Pritchard, crew and helpers.. - View image in PDF
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