LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nicolinda
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.25 on the night of the 13th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the Norwegian tanker Sagona that red flares had been seen east of the West Sunk...
Coxswain Albert Bird (R) Aberdeen Entertains Skipper John Thomas Former Assistant Mechanic at Dungeness and the Man Who Saved His Life When Dungeness Lifeboat R
Coxswain Albert Bird (r.), Aberdeen, entertains Skipper John Thomas, former assistant mechanic at Dungeness and the man who saved his life when Dungeness lifeboat rescued six men from Teeswood in the great Channel gale of 1956; a service for... - View image in PDF
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Enchantress
The Lizard, Cornwall.—At 3.9 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1955, the coastguard reported that the yacht Enchantress, of St. Ives, which had three naval officers on board, had capsized half a mile south of The Lizard signal station,...
Anne Agnes
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. — At 10.25 on the night of the 1st of Septem- ber, 1955, the P'ormby coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht needed help three and a half miles west of Lytham pier.
At eleven o'clock...
Clytie
Hoylake, Cheshire. Between nine o'clock and 10.50 on the morning of the 12th of June, 1960, the coxswain kept the yacht Clytie, which was lying at anchor in the Swash to the north of Hilbre Island, under observation. Dur- ing this time...
Louisa
^Walton and Frinton's lifeboat in action on a irvice to another yacht on 21 October 1990 sands to the south of the service on the i page.
The lifeboat had been launched at 0413 to i the Sheerness lifeboat, a helicopter...
A Small Boat (1)
Runswick, Yorkshire.—On the morn- ing of the 31st of July, 1949, the life- boat mechanic, with a telescope, was watching a yacht manoeuvring and saw a small boat, two miles east of Runswick Bay, flying a distress signal. It was then 11.45,...
Brunette
On the evening of the 6th Sep- tember the weather was calm, but there was a heavy swell on the bar, and the yacht Brunette, of New- castle-on-Tyne, with four young people on board, three brothers and their sister, was seen to be drifting...
Morandi
Early on the morning of the 23rd June four young men left Lynmouth for Mumbles in the auxiliary yacht Morandi, of Mumbles.
Soon after she put out the engine broke down. With the help of her sails she got as far as...