LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Longhope and Lyme Regis Accident Inquiries
THE LOSS of the whole crew of eight of the Longhope life-boat, which capsized on the evening of 17th March, 1969, was reported in the June number of THE LIFE-BOAT. When the June number went to press the circumstances attending the disaster...
Category: Articles
Two Yachts and a Guard Boat
THREE LIFE-BOAT CALLS IN ONE AFTERNOON Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 1.45 on the afternoon of Saturday the 7th September, 1963, the life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was prepar- ing to launch on exercise in aid of the R.A.F.'s...
The Motor Boats Seagull and Jennifer
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 3 p.m. on 34th June, 1965, a member of the inshore rescue boat crew waS informed that' an flntboard motor boat had .broken down <$E St. Ives Head and that another motor boat had gone to, her assistance. On...
Friendship, Black Beauty and English Rose
Cromer, Norfolk. At 2.53 on the afternoon of the 15th August, 1961, on the advice of the coxswain of the no. 1 life-boat, the no. 2 life-boat Harriot Dixon was launched on an ebbing tide to go to the help of the crab boats which were hauling...
Violet Stephenson, Seaflower and Golden Gleam
Boulmer, Northumberland - At 1.25 p.m. on 8th August, 1967, concern was felt for three cobles salmon fishing off Alnmouth in deteriorating weather conditions. The life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched at 2.10 in a moderate...
Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
SOUTH BANK, LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 22 AN OUTSTANDING DAY: THE CROWN OF A MEMORABLE YEAR LIFEBOAT PEOPLE from all parts of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, and, indeed, from many other parts of the world, came to the Royal Festival...
Category: Meetings
The Dory Yukkie and Yacht Mandriella
On edge of surf A DORY IN TROUBLE just outside (he surf at Polzeath, six miles west of Port Isaac lifeboat station, was reported to the honorary secretary by HM Coastguard at 1751 on Sunday, May 30.
It was overcast with...
Lifeboat Services March April and May 1982
Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: May 3 Abersoch, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic 21: April 10, 11 and May 13 Aberystwyth, Dyfed Relief D class inflatable: April 8 and May 4 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 42ft Beach: March 28 D class inflatable: March 28 Amble,...
Category: Services
The Ferries European Gateway and Speedlink (3)
Ferry collision HARWICH HARBOUR RADIO received a call at 2251 on Sunday December 19, 1982, from the outward bound roll-on roll-off ferry European Gateway reporting that she was in collision with the inward bound ferry Speedlink Vanguard in...