LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Fishing Boats
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AS BOATS CROSS BAR Arbroath, Angus. At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 15th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that two local fishing boats were awaiting the tide to enter...
Cera
At 8 a.m. on I4th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser, the Cera, was making heavy weather on passage from Calais to Ramsgate. Later the South Goodwin lighrvessel reported that the cruiser had...
Dhow Moa
Dungeness, Kent. At 10.5 a.m. on i8th June, 1965, the coxswain heard that the yacht Dhow Moa was having difficulty in making Folkestone harbour because of bad weather and had been aground on two occasions. The life-boat Mabel E.
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A Yacht
Blyth, Northumberland. At 2 p.m.
on 15th May, 1965, the new Blyth IRB launched on exercise for the purpose of training crew members. During the course of the exercise, which was held at high water in a moderate southerly...
Nymfea
SHIPS IN COLLISION Eastbourne, Sussex. At 1.5 a.m. on 15th July, 1965, a collision was reported to have occurred ten miles south-by-east of Beachy Head. One of the vessels was sinking. At 1.20 the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched in a...
Imp
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 5 p.m.
on 29th August, 1965, the acting second coxswain heard a distress message being passed to Niton radio station from the yacht Dream of Holland saying that a capsized dinghy with two people...
Exmouth: on Sunday June 12 Exmouth D Class Inflatable Lifeboat
Exmouth: On Sunday June 12 Exmouth D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Clive Harris and Crew Member Christopher Douglas, launched to help a 14-year-old boy cut off by the tide on the rocks at Orcombe Point. Helmsman Harris first... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services continued from page 262
continued from page 262 at once to administer the kiss of life to the unconcious man. He was successfully revived and as the ambulance had arrived at Llangranog, the coxswain decided to beach the fishing vessel there. The man was taken...
Category: Services
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...
A Yacht (1)
NO SURVIVORS FOUND FROM BURNT YACHT Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At seven minutes past one on the afternoon of Sunday the 28th of July, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht had been reported on fire and had...