LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At daybreak, on I the morning of the 27th Aug., the yacht I Sulla, of London, riding at anchor in i Holknam Bay, was seen to be exhibiting ) a signal of distress. There was a heavy ) gale from the north blowing at the time, j which had...

Appledore, Devon. — On the 22nd September two men and a woman were cruising off Instow in the sailing yacht No. 7, belonging to Instow Sailing Club.

During the afternoon the wind freshened, until a moderate W.N.W. gale was...

Dover, Kent.-—On the afternoon of the 31st of July, 1949, the life-boat crew stood by, as a large number of boats were afloat in the har- bour and a south-westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. They saw the yacht Foynes in danger...

A SERVICE AND A FALSE ALARM Selsey, Sussex. At 6.4 p.m. on Thursday the 29th August, 1963, the coastguard reported to the assistant honorary secretary that a merchant ship had taken the yacht Crackerjack, of Southampton, with a crew of two,...

HELICOPTER AND BOATS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 3.25 p.m.

on Saturday the 14th September, 1963, the honorary secretary was told by the coastguard that the ship Collena had reported that the yacht Tanera...

Buckie, Banffshire - At 12.20 a.m. on 10th September, 1967, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht or fishing boat was in distress in the vicinity of Covesea Skerries, Lossiemouth. The life-boat Laura Moncur slipped...

St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 4.58 p.m. on 28th November, 1965, the honorary secretary learnt from the coastguard that the motor vessel Marchion Enterprise had taken the yacht Barranquilla in tow with a broken propeller shaft coupling...

Jan. 1.—JOHN ROWNAN, of Knalton, Co. Wa- terford, on the occasion' of the wreck of the barque Gwmissa, at Knalton Cove, afforded shel- ter to 3 of the crew who had got ashore, and af- terwards assisted to save 6 others of- the crew, all...