LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Brionie
APRIL 22ND. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. During the evening the yacht Brionieran aground two miles W.S.W. of Selsey Bill, while on passage from Lymington to Newhaven with a crew of three. A N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderately rough sea.
Mona
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — On the night of the 6th August the yacht Mona, of Heswall, bound for the Menai Straits with a crew of three, was seen to be riding at anchor in a dangerous position about a mile out of Llandudno bay. A strong...
Freda
Poole, Dorset.—At 8.20 on the even- ing of the 7th of October, 1953, the police reported that a yacht was on the rocks at the Training Bank and had burnt flares. At 8.25 the life- boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched in a ground swell and...
Silver Minx
Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 12th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 35-feet yacht was aground a mile off Dyffryn on St.
Patrick's Causeway. There was a north-...
Fortune II
YACHT RESCUED At 6.10 p.m. on i2th June, 1965, the motor yacht Fortune II was observed flying a distress signal. Her position was three quarters of a mile east-south-east of the harbour. There were light variable airs with a smooth sea and...
Eronwin
YACHT TOWED IN At 6.50 p.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the life-boat was requested to take over from the Trinity House vessel Ready the towing of the yacht Eronwin. The life-boat Kathleen...
Foam, of Dun Laoghaire
AUGUST 12TH. - WICKLOW. About 6.45 in the morning, when the life-boat crew were standing by half an hour after bringing in the yacht Sea Gull, another yacht, the Foam, of Dun Laoghaire, was seen apparently in difficulties in the outer...
Eloise
Margate, Kent. At 6.56 on the evening of the 17th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties on Margate Sands. At 7.4 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched on...
Varina
TOWED TO RAMSGATE At 9.35 a.m. on ist September, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a large motor yacht was four miles east of Elbow buoy and appeared to be broken down. It was two hours after high water when, at 9.44, the life-boat...
La Mouette
Two lifeboats in night search for disabled yacht in heavy seas The Institution's chief of operations has written to Stephen Vince, the Coxswain/Mechanic of Poole lifeboat, to congratulate him on his leadership and boat handling skill...