LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Roma (1)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—On the afternoon of the llth April the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat three miles S.W. by W. of Shoreham Harbour was burning flares. A strong N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea and squalls of...
Jemima Puddleduck
Caister, Norfolk.—At 4.38 on the morning of the 7th of August, 1955, the life-boat motor mechanic saw flares on the North Scroby Sand. At 5.10 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched.
There was a ground swell and a light...
Coila
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 1.20 in the afternoon of the 17th of April, 1952, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned a wireless message from a steamer that the motor yacht Coila, of Plymouth, on passage to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, was flying distress...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of James Thomas Upperton, the coxswain of the Shoreham Harbour life-boat. Cox- swain Upperton first joined the crew in 1910. He became second coxswain in 1940 and in 1947 he was appointed coxswain. He is a holder...
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Falcon
Barrow, Lancashire - At 5 p.m. on 24th September, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Falcon appeared to be in difficulty at the south end of Walney.
The IRB was launched to investigate at...
Catrina
TOW FOR CATAMARAN IN NEAR GALE Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 2.3 on the afternoon of the 9th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor yacht appeared to be in difficulties northnorth- east of Fishguard. The...
Seagrid
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 7.2 on the evening of the 28th of September, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Seagrid, which was on passage to Aberystwyth with a crew of two, appeared to be dismasted and was making slow progress. She...
Missel Thrush
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 4.34 on the afternoon of the 25th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a 25-feet yacht needed help about a mile east-north-east of Platte Fougere.
There was a light easterly wind...
Mary Anne
Plymouth, Devon. At 7.30 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht near Mewstone had fired distress signals. At 7.44, when the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse was launched, a gentle...
New Venture
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 5 p.m.
on 2ist June, 1967, information was given that a motor boat with five people on board was stranded on the Ridge. The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched at 5.15...