LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Seamist
Damaged steering YARMOUTH COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat station at 0236 on Monday May 3, 1982, that the yacht Seamist of Rhu had sustained damage to her steering gear two hours earlier on...
Feature: Safety at the Seaside
Imagine you're on a beach in the summer sun. Nearby there's a family enjoying a day out. One child is building a huge sandcastle and another is playing in the water with friends.
Their laughter and excited shouts...
Category: Articles
Carol Sandra (1)
Fishing boats wrecked TWO GERMAN STUDENTS, walking on the cliffs near Breil Nook on Flamborough Head on the morning of Monday, May7, 1984, smelt diesel oil and, looking into the water, saw what appeared to be the overturned hull of a...
Ex-Coxswain Murdo Sinclair
Ex-coxswain Murdo Sinclair died on igth July, 1965, at the age of 81. He had been coxswain of the Barra Island life-boat for over fifteen years and was awarded the silver medal of the Institution in 1943 for taking the life-boat forty miles...
Category: Obituaries
Fishing Boats
Selsey, Sussex. During the morning of 23rd July, 1965, the wind increased and anxiety was felt for the safety of four small fishing boats which were about four miles offshore. At 10.30 a.m. the life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched in a...
Pippa
Dungeness, Kent. At 2.25 on the morning of the 17th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a German ship was standing by a British yacht, which had burnt red flares and had asked for the help of the life-boat. At...
Silver Wake
Dover, Kent.—At 12.48 in the morn- ing of the 16th of January, 1949, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Llanstephan Castle had reported that a Sea Scout launch had broken down five miles south of Folkestone, and the life-boat...
Fishing Cobles
Newbiggin, Northumberland. — At 10.35 on the morning of the 5th of April, 1956, the life-boat coxswain reported that the weather had deteriorated and that six fishing cobles were still at sea.
It was decided that the...
Tilaer
Poole, Dorset - At 2.5 p.m. on 3rd November, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties two miles east by south of Bournemouth pier. The life-boat crew were asked to stand by. At 3.30, as...
Timander
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 5.55 on the morning of the 13th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the pilot launch, which was sheltering in Totland bay, had reported that a small yacht needed help. The pilot...