LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Smiling Morn
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—On the 15th of July, 1955, the No. 2 life-boat Lucy Lovers was bound for her station from Oulton Broad following a routine survey. About 1.10 in the afternoon, when she had reached a position one mile south of Southwold,...
Incentive
Girvan, Ayrshire.—About nine o'clock on the night of the 27th of February, 1956, the police reported that the fishing boat Incentive, of Dunure, had sent a radio message that she had lost her rudder and was lying at anchor about two and...
None (8)
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1960, the coastguard asked the honorary secretary for the use of the life-boat to take a doctor to a sick woman on Bardsey Island. The life- boat...
The Ex-Fishing Smack Quix
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 8.55 on the evening of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht, which he had had under observation for some time, had fired a red flare about four miles north-east of...
The Ex-Trinity House Launch Upway
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat appeared to be drifting north with the ebb tide. As a boat with two people on board had been...
A Dinghy (2)
FUEL SHORT Selsey, Sussex. At 12 noon on 29th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had capsized off Aldwick Bay Estate. There was a strong north-easterly breeze and a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. A...
The S.S. Aliki
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 9.58 on the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the Needles coastguard reported that the S.S. Aliki was out of control off Brook Ledge. As the Bembridge life- boat was already out on service, the S.G.E. put out at...
Boy Jack
Torbay, South Devon.—About 10.15 on the morning of the llth of August, 1956, the honorary secretary and the motor mechanic were keeping yachts in the harbour under observation as the weather had deteriorated. One yacht, Boy Jack, seemed to...
Solar Gipsy
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 11.55 on the morning of the 4th of June, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned to say a yacht was being towed by the S.S. Cora fifteen miles south-west of Portland Bill and to ask if the life-boat would take over...
Rissa
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 1.40 early on the morning of the 22nd of June, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a man and two women had landed at Filey in a dinghy. The man had reported that they had come from the yacht Rissa, which was on fire off...