LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Penguin
At 9.5 P.M. on the 27th July a telephone message was received from the coastguard that flares of distress were being shown one mile N.E. of Rhyl Pier. A strong and increasing W.N.W. wind was blowing and the sea was rough. The pulling...
Kittiwake
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 11.0 on the night of the 8th of September, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that the sailing dinghy Kittiwake had put out on a fishing trip that afternoon, but had not returned. At 11.15 the life- boat Jane Holland, on...
Falcon
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 8.30 in the morning of the 3rd of August, 1949, the yacht Falcon broke from her moorings in Piel Harbour. A north-westerly gale and the ebbing tide carried her away to sea. It was not known if anyone was on board, and...
The Garland
TOW FOR SCHOONER WITH SEA CADETS ABOARD Weymouth, Dorset. At 5.16 on the afternoon of the 23rd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning flares half a mile off Abbotsbury. Seven minutes later the...
A Catamaran (1)
DISMASTED CATAMARAN ESCORTED TO MUMBLES The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 3.50p.m. on Sunday the l l th of August, 1963, the Mumbles coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized six miles south of Mumbles Head. At four...
Progress
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 9.45 on the evening of the 13th of May, 1956, the police reported that several red flares had been seen in the Wyre Channel, and at ten o'clock the life-boat Edmund and Mary Robinson, on temporary duty at the...
Ronsay
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 8.19 on the evening of the 23rd of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the yacht Ronsay was in difficulty between Abersoch and Aberaeron. The life- boat St. Albans was launched at...
Vaapiti
At 8.8 p.m. on 6th July, 1969, the coastguard told the second coxswain that a yacht was firing red flares one mile south of Anvil point lighthouse.
At 8.20 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched in a near gale force north...
Modestine
Reserve life-boat O.N. 776 on passage - At 10.30 p.m. on 12th September, 1969, while the life-boat was moored overnight at Oban, the harbour jnaster reported that red flares had been sighted in the vicinity of Lismore island. At 10.40 the...
Weymouth:
Weymouth: On Friday March 2, 1984, the 68ft yacht Constellation was crossing Lyme Bay on passage from Humble to Falmouth when, the weather deteriorating, the north-westerly winds rose to storm force 10. She turned about to return to Hamble... - View image in PDF
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