LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat (2)
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 1.15 on the after- noon of the 26th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small boat with three anglers on board was in difficulties about half a mile off the entrance to Rhyl harbour...
Fishing Boats (1)
Filey, Yorkshire. At 12.40 on the after- noon of the 2nd of March, 1961, when weather conditions were bad, the coast- guard and the honorary secretary dis- cussed the desirability of launching the life-boat, as nine fishing vessels were...
Ally Sloper
Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.1 on the morn- ing of the 8th May, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht, the Ally Sloper, with two men aboard, was in difficulties three miles east of the North Goodwin light- vessel. At...
Yachts
Fleetvvood, Lancashire. At 11.30 on the morning of the 18th June, 1961, the life-boat was launched for her usual exercise to coincide with the dinghy races organised by the Blackpool and Fleetwood Yacht Club, which were to be held in the...
Royal Air Force Launch No. 1386
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 3.30 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, the honorary secretary was asked by the sergeant in charge of Royal Air Force launch No. 1386 if the life-boat could put himself and his crew on board their launch, which...
Beeleigh
Falmouth, Cornwall. At 4.35 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen in the Helford river area. At 5.10,when the life-boat Crawford and Con- stance Conybeare slipped...
The Motor Dinghy Good Intent
Padstow, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 16th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy lying betweenPentire Head and the Meols had fired a red flare. At 8.20, one hour before high water,...
Aileena
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 22nd October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties three miles south-west of Orford light. After further enquiries had been made...
Janet
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 10.30 on the morning of the 4th December, 1961, the harbour master informed the honor- ary secretary that one of the fish mer- chants had heard that the motor fishing vessel Janet had steering trouble. As the...
Two Fishing Boats
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AS BOATS CROSS BAR Arbroath, Angus. At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 15th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that two local fishing boats were awaiting the tide to enter...