LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

.—On the 13th Decem- ber the barge Sepoy, of Dover, was wrecked off Cromer. Both the Cromer life-boats went to her help and the motor life-boat rescued the crew of two.

—Rewards to the crew of the motor life-boat, bar to...

EMPTY YACHT ADRIFT Wicklow.—At 10.80 in the morning of the 10th of November, 1947, the owner of the sailing yacht Vega, of Wicklow, reported that his yacht was adrift 5 miles to the east and, as no other boat was available, asked for the...

Redcar, Yorkshire. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 7th May, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht, with a crew cf two, off Marske appeared to have broken her top mast. There was a westerly gale with a...

Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 12.15 early on the morning of the llth September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht on passage from Humber to Bridlington was overdue. The life-boat Tillie Morrison,...

Swanage, Dorset - At 3.51 p.m. on 7th July, 1969, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized in Swanage bay. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 4.2 in a fresh north westerly wind with a choppy sea. The tide was flooding.<...

Up to the end of June 1963 the new fast inshore rescue boats have been launched on service five times. The following is the list of services or at- tempted services: June 1st: Aberystwyth I.R.B. es- corted in a sailing boat in tow of a speed...

Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland - At 5.57 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, a catamaran sailing in Berwick Bay was reported to have fired a red flare.

At 6.2 the life-boat William and Mary Durham was launched in a strong west...

Whitstable’s B class lifeboat Oxford Town & Gown helped save the 1901-built wooden sailing barge Marjorie, which was holed in a collision during a barge race on 9 August. When the lifeboat arrived on scene, Marjorie had already been...