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Alert

Date: September 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 401

MOTOR LAUNCH SPOTTED BY AIRCRAFT Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 8.35 on the evening of the 25th May, 1962, the life-boat E.M.M. Gordon Cubbin left her moorings in a strong northerly wind and a rough sea to search for the small motor launch...

Joanna

Date: December 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 402

YACHT ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA Selsey, Sussex. At 10,37 on the morning of the 21st July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht, later identified as the Joanna of Shoreham, was in difficulties two to three miles...

A Speed Boat (1)

Date: December 1963

Volume: 37

Issue: 406

FOUR YOUTHS GET ASHORE UNAIDED Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At twenty minutes past two on the afternoon of Sunday the 22nd September, 1963, the coastguard telephoned the honorary secretary to say that a 22-foot sptiedboat with four youths on...

Maria F., of Hamburg

Date: June 1968

Volume: 41

Issue: 424

Bridlington, Yorkshire - On 4th-5th February, 1968, the life-boat William Henry and Mary King was launched to the assistance of the motor vessel Maria F of Hamburg. A full account of this service will appear in the September issue of THE...

Witte-Zee

Date: June 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 408

SINKING DUTCH TUG After the earlier service to the motor vessel Brother George on 23rd February, a decision was made to stand by the vessel while attempts were made to refloat her on the flood tide. There was a strong southerly breeze with a...

Rolfe

Date: June 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 412

Moelfre, Anglesey. At 2.30 p.m. on 3rd March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a young man on board the German motor vessel Rolfe one mile and three quarters north of Moelfre was believed to be suffering from...

Ranger of Essex

Date: June 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 420

Weymouth, Dorset - On 24th January, 1967, the life-boat Frank Spiller Locke saved the catamaran Ranger of Essex and rescued her crew of two. A full account of this service, for which a special award has been made to the coxswain and crew,...

Skegness - Mersey Class Lincolnshire Poacher

Date: Autumn 1990

Volume: 52

Issue: 514

Rain could not dampen the enthusiasm of the guests and spectators who had come to see the naming ceremony of Skegness' new Mersey class lifeboat Lincolnshire Poacher, and the opening of the station's new boathouse. (Photo Jeff... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Frozen Asset:

Date: Winter 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 499

Frozen asset: the relief Waveney Khami on duty at Sheerness in January, pictured after a heavy overnight snowfall during the bad weather that month. The photograph was sent to us bv Coxswain Robin Castle, who drew our attention to the frozen... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

A Happy Band of Crew Members, Guests and Supporters of All Kinds

Date: Autumn 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 522

A happy band of crew members, guests and supporters of all kinds celebrate the opening of the new boathouse at West Kirby. The building replaces one severely damaged by storms in 1990, following which the station had operated from a... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs