LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Austility
LOADED WITH PETROL St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 1.10 p.m. on gth May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the owners of the motor vessel Austility, of London, laden with petrol, had broken down and was dragging her...
Rolfe
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 2.30 p.m. on 3rd March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a young man on board the German motor vessel Rolfe one mile and three quarters north of Moelfre was believed to be suffering from...
Sea Ranger
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 10 p.m.
on 2nd August, 1965, the motor yacht Queen of the Isles reported that a yacht was sinking three miles east of Menawethan.
Fifteen minutes later the lifeboat...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 11.20 p.m. on 7th November, 1965, the assistant honorary secretary received a message from the Smalls lighthouse stating that there was an injured keeper on the lighthouse. After consulting with the...
The Folk-Boat Huckleberry Finn
Weymouth, Dorset - At 6.50 p.m.
on 29th May, 1966, a yacht reported that the folk-boat Huckleberry Finn was dismasted and adrift about eight and a half miles south east of the Shambles lightvessel.
The...
Scottish Maid and Seaspray
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire - At 5.10 p.m. on 22nd May, 1966, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a yacht was ashore on the Cardiff sands.
The life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans was launched at 5.15 in a gale force...
Good Hope
At 6.10 a.m. on 5th June, 1966, a message was received that the m.f.v.
Good Hope had reported by radio telephone that she had run out of fuel while on passage from Jersey to Plymouth, and was drifting about 15 miles off...
Craighall
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 11.45 P-m- on J6th September, 1966, the honorary secretary heard the local fishing vessel Craighall, which had a sick man on board, asking Stonehouse radio for medical advice. The doctor at Aberdeen was not...
Jouet des Vagues
St. Helier, Jersey - At 5.36 p.m. on ipth October, 1966, Jersey radio reported that the French trawler Jouet des Vagues, of St. Malo, required assistance as she was in difficulties in heavy seas, about nine miles west of La Corbiere...
Blinkbonny
Swanage, Dorset - At 11.7 p.m. on 5th November. 1966, it was reported that the yacht Blinkbonny was overdue on passage from Weymouth to Poole and had last been seen at 7.30 p.m. one mile and a half off Anvil Point. There was a strong north...