LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Laura II
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 11.20 on the morning of the 8th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a motor boat, whose engine had failed, was being rapidly carried out to sea on the ebb tide. There was a fresh...
A Sailing Dinghy
SAILING DINGHY BEACHED AFTER CAPSIZE Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 24th August, 1962, the mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half north-east of Arklow harbour. The...
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DOCTOR TAKEN TO FRENCH TANKER Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 6th November, 1962, the honorary secretary received a telegram stating that the 37,000 ton tanker Esso Parentis, of Le Havre, had asked for a doctor. At 6.5...
The S.S. Effra and Mardi Gras
FISHING COBLE TOWED TO HARBOUR Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 5.22 on the afternoon of the 12th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Effra had reported that she had the local fishing coble Mardi Gras with a...
A Converted Ship's Boat
TOW FOR CONVERTED SHIP'S BOAT Barrow, Lancashire. At 10.12 on the night of the 9th June, 1963, the Walney Island lighthouse keeper rang up the coxswain to say that three people in a small boat were signalling with a flag a mile...
Venus
SAILING FAMILY RESCUED Dover, Kent. At 5.34 p.m. on Sunday the 29th September, 1963, a message was received that a yacht was in difficulties and was trying to make the harbour in a fresh to strong westerly breeze and a rough sea. The...
Mouette II
Mudeford, Hampshire. At approximately 1.50 p.m. on nth July, 1965, a boy saw a cabin cruiser capsize off Hengistbury Head. He ran to the nearest telephone at the Mudeford beach office, about half a mile away, and the IRB was launched...
The S.S. Cantal
NOVEMBER 25TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. During the afternoon of the 24th of November the Admiralty salvage officer requested that provisions and sundry small gear for salvage purposes should be taken to the S.S. Cantal. She had gone ashore...
An Aeroplane (44)
APRIL 10TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 5.34 P.M. the Margate coastguard telephoned that an unidentified aeroplane had made a forced landing on Margate Sands some three miles from the shore, and the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough (Civil...
The S.S. Ben Olliver
JANUARY 5 T H . - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Shortly before midnight the coastguard reported that a vessel wasmaking distress signals off Worthing. A light northerly wind was blowing, with a slight swell. The motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and...