LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Cruiser
Three saved from cruiser on lee shore The rescue of three people from a disabled 25ft motor cruiser, which was only minutes from being driven on to a lee shore in large seas on the Norfolk coast, has earned Coxswain Anthony Jordon of Wells...
A Steamer (6)
MARCH 3RD. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An unknown steamer had been reported heading for rocks east of the harbour, but she seemed to get clear and then was lost in the darkness. - Rewards, £14 9s. 6d.
A Rubber Dinghy
JANUARY 23RD. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
Just before five in the afternoon the naval authorities at Newhaven telephoned through the coastguard asking for the lifeboat to go out and investigate a rubber dinghy one mile south-east...
A Small Boat
BOAT-THIEVES RESCUED W aimer, Kent.—At 10.10 in the morn- ing of the 1st of November, 1947, a wireless message from the South Good- win Light-vessel said that she had picked up a small boat with two men aboard, and wanted the life-boat to go...
Roy Clemo
PENLEE, Friday February 14, 1986: at 0630 Penlee's 52 ft Arun class lifeboat, Mabel Alice, with Coxswain Ken Thomas at the helm, set out in a force 10 east by southerly storm and poor visibility. The Guernsey registered coaster, Roy...
A Dinghy (2)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 3.22 a.m. on nth June, 1966, a man was reported in the sea clinging to an oar two miles east of the Palace pier. There was a moderate southerly breeze with a slight sea. It was two hours before high water. The...
A Dinghy (7)
At 12.12 a.m. on I9th August, 1966 it was reported that a small dinghy with one occupant was overdue from a fishing trip.
There was a calm sea. It was two hours before low water. The life-boat The Baltic Exchange proceeded...
A Small Boat (5)
BIyth, Northumberland. — 7th September.
A small boat sank in Hartley Bay, but her crew were rescued by men from St. Mary's Island lighthouse.— Rewards, £8 8s..
A Steamer (2)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—18th January. A steamer had stranded, but the crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. — Rewards, £27 12s..
A Landing Craft (3)
NOVEMBER 17TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
A landing craft had gone ashore, but became high and dry at low water and her crew walked ashore. - Rewards, £10 18s. 6d..