LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

St. Peter Port, Guernsey - At 12.15 a.m. on 7th July, 1969, following reports of flares seen off the north east end of the island of Guernsey, information was received that the yacht Calypso V, with a crew of four, was in difficulties three...

Harwich, Essex - At 11.4 a.m. on 28th September, 1969, it was learnt that a yacht was in difficulties 500 yards off the Sunk light vessel.

The crew of the light vessel had floated a line to the yacht and this had been...

Wicklow - At 8.25 a.m. on 29th July, 1967, it was learnt that a yacht was in distress 15 miles southeast of Wicklow. A rope had fouled her propeller. The life-boat J. W. Archer was launched at 8.40 in a strong south easterly wind and a rough...

A small yacht was observed on the West Hoyle Bank soon after midday on the 4th August with a signal flying denoting that they required assistance. The crew were assembled and the Life-boat H. G. Powell launched. There was a moderate W.N.W....

Coverack, Cornwall.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1953, a local resident reported that he could see a yacht between two and three miles off Coverack flying two flags at her masthead. At 4.23 the life-boat The Three Sisters...

Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 8.18 on the evening of the 30th of July, 1956, the St. Just coastguard reported that a yacht had been sighted off the Long- ships circling but with her engines running. The life-boat Susan Ashley was launched at...

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.17 early on the morning of the 6th of August, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the police had reported that shouts for help had been heard from a boat off the holiday camp south-west of the pier. At 2.22 the...

ANSWERING FLASH At 7 p.m. on 23rd August, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a small yacht had capsized off the mouth of the river Dart in a moderate to rough sea with strong to near gale force southsouth- westerly winds. At 7.15...