LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Cruisers Lady Betty and Celeriter
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 7.30 on the morning of the 7th of November, 1952, the life-boat E.M.E.D. left Harwich for her station, after towing in the motor barge Sway. At the same time the Walton-on-the-Naze j coastguard telephoned the...
Alamein
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 12.31 on the afternoon of the 25th of August.
1957, the Foreland coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht seemed to be drifting off Xew Ground buoy but was not showing distress signals. The vacht...
Dowssabell
LIFE-BOAT STOOD BY At 10.52 a.m. on 25th September, 1965, the coxswain superintendent was notified by the coastguard that a small boat had broken down one and a half miles northeast of the Outer Binks buoy. There was a near gale from the...
Herta
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire.
At 7.38 a.m. on 24th November, 1965, the Dutch vessel Herta was reported aground three miles north-east of the Nelson buoy. The life-boat Sarah Townsend Porritt went to the scene at 8.20...
Fishing Boats
PAKEFIELD, SUFFOLK.—A heavy gale sprung up suddenly from the N.E. on the morning of the 20th July, seriously jeopardizing several small fishing-boats belonging to Lowestoft which were fishing about four miles from the land S.E. of Pakefield....
A Dinghy
Dungeness, Kent. —At 11.50 in the morning of the 27th of July, 1949, the Lade coastguard reported a dinghy off Littlestone making distress signals, and at noon the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched in a light breeze with...
Snark
Mdeburgh, Suffolk.—At 11.20 A.M. on the 4th July the coastguard reported that a small sailing yacht two miles south of Aldeburgh was making very heavy weather. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a < rough sea. The No. 1 motor...
Stormdrift II
Montrose, Angus - At 6.50 a.m. on 27th July, 1966, the m.f.v. Stormdrift II of Montrose was reported immobilized with fouled propellers five miles southeast of Scurdyness. The life-boat TheGood Hope was launched at 7.19 in a light westerly...
Rani
Dover, Kent - At 3.18 a.m. on 30th July, 1967, the coxswain was informed that a yacht with a broken mast was almost ashore in Fan bay, about three miles east of Dover. The life-boat Faithful Forester slipped her moorings at 3.29 in a strong...
A Mustang Aeroplane
JULY 29TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 11.23 in the morning the Fairlight coastguard reported that a Mustang aeroplane had come down in the sea two and a half miles from Hastings. A light south-west wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor...