LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Heartsease
Dover, Kent.—At 8.35 in the evening, on the 9th of July, 1950, the Sandgate coastguai'd telephoned that a sailing ship seemed to be in difficulties east of Dover. At 8.50 the life-boat Southern Africa left her moorings. The sea was...
Albatross
Walmer, Kent.—At 5.10 on the morning of the 26th of August, 1951, the Deal Coastguard telephoned he had seen two red flares four miles south-by- east of the coastguard station. At 5.30 the life-boat Charles Dibdin, Civil Service No. 2, was...
Felmer
Ramsgate, Kent. At 6.38 on the evening of the 10th of October, 1959, the east pier watchman told the cox- swain that red flares had been seen off Ramsgate harbour. At 6.48 the life- boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings in a moderate...
Rohilla
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 9.6 on the night of the 15th of September, 1957, the Foreland coastguard passed on a report that red flares had been seen on the outer boom near Horse Sand fort. The life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 9.18 in a...
Little Meg
Redcar, Yorkshire, At 10.20 on the morning of the 20th of October, 1957, the Saltburn coastguard telephoned that a yacht had capsized off Saltburn.
At 10.45 the life-boat City of Leeds was launched in a moderate sea. A...
Sampan
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. On the evening of the 8th of March, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat, which had left Newhaven for Shoreham Harbour at noon, had not arrived. At 10.30 the life-boat Rosa Woodd and...
Dolce Vita
MOTOR BOAT TOWED BACK TO HARBOUR Weymouth, Dorset. At ten o'clock on the night of Sunday the 18th August, 1963, the Wyke coastguard reported to the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen a mile east of Grove Point. At 10.22...
Nanyao
Dover, Kent. At 6.59 on the morning of the 6th of January, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was adrift ten miles south-west of Dover. When the life- boat Southern Africa put out at 7.30 there was a...
Rake's Retreat
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 3rd August, 1961, a cabin cruiser was seen to have tried unsuccessfully to pick up a moor- ing buoy at Friar's Bay, Beaumaris. A south-westerly gale was blowing with a very...
Sea Ventures III
Swanage, Dorset. At forty-five minutes past midnight on 29th July, 1965, a white flashing light was observed half a mile offPeverel Point. At 1.17 a.m.
the life-boat R.L.P. was launched. There was a gale blowing from the...