LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat
HELICOPTERS HELPED Fowey, Cornwall. At 4.46 p.m. on 2ist October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat had been reported ashore on the east side of Dodman Point. One body had been recovered but another was...
Amanda Jane
Barry Dock, Glamorgan. At 5.2 on the afternoon of the 6th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small yacht Amanda Jane of Cardiff was making distress signals off Sully hospital a little to the east of Barry. A...
Anita Maree
Torbay, Devon. At 5.35 p.m. on Friday, 23rd July 1965, the Brixham coastguard told the honorary secretary that a visitor had telephoned that two people were drifting out to sea in a small boat a mile off Orestone Rock. At 5.55 the life-boat...
A Trimaran
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 4.25 p.m. on 29th August, 1965, the coastguard, who had been keeping observation on a trimaran off Warrenby, notified the honorary secretary that the boat did not appear to be making headway in the west-north-westerly...
A Dinghy (3)
DINGHY IN DANGER At 3.30 p.m. on i8th August, 1965, as soon as the life-boat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin reached the pier from the previous service, a visitor reported to the motor mechanic that a dinghy was in difficulties in Loch Nevis. The...
The Sailing Barge Will Everard
Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.20 a.m. on 29th October, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted two miles south of the Breakwater. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 1.33 in a strong westerly breeze...
Kingfisher, Lily and Three Brothers
COBLES ESCORTED IN NEAR GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the harbour master told the honorary secretary he felt anxious for the safety of the fishing cobles Kingfisher, Lily and Three Brothers,...
Lady Molly
GUIDED TO BOAT BY PARAFFIN FLARES Hastings, Sussex. At 8.35 on the evening of the 6th October, 1962, two members of the local angling club reported that the motor boat Mahaba was overdue. There was a light northeast breeze with a smooth sea....
The Scarweather Lightvessel
SICK MAN FROM LIGHTVESSEL BROUGHT ASHORE The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 10th February, 1963, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Superintendent of Trinity House, Swansea, asking for a...
Bounty
MAN ABOARD FISHING BOAT RESCUED Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 1.8 early on the morning of the 3rd May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he could see a vessel flashing SOS about three miles south-east of the harbour....