LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Felmer
Ramsgate, Kent. At 6.38 on the evening of the 10th of October, 1959, the east pier watchman told the cox- swain that red flares had been seen off Ramsgate harbour. At 6.48 the life- boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings in a moderate...
Acis
Ramsgate, Kent. At 2.34 on the afternoon of the 27th of February, 1960, the east pier watchman told the honor- ary secretary that a small yacht was in difficulties three and a half miles off Dumpton Gap. At 2.45 the life-boat Michael and...
Conway
Margate, Kent.—On the afternoon of the 10th of February, 1957, the life- boat Cunard was on passage from Brightlingsea to Margate to carry out temporary duty. At the entrance to the River Colne the coxswain saw a man standing up in a motor...
A Dinghy (2)
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.35 on the morning of the 22nd of May, 1957, the Deal coastguard telephoned that the east pier watchman had reported a dinghy drifting past Quern buoy.
At 7.52 the life-boat Greater London (Civil Service...
Foxfield
Walmer, Kent.—At 9.30 on the morn- ing of the 7th of September, 1957, the Deal coastguard reported that the motor vessel Foxfield. bound for Bel- fast, had taken on board two survivors from a catamaran found sinking near Sandette Bank. The...
An Aircraft
Fraserburgb, Aberdeenshire. At 9.55 on the morning of the 30th of June, 1958, the honorary secretary was in- formed that an aircraft from the Royal Naval Air Station at Lossiemouth had crashed at the Rosehearty rocket...
A Dinghy
HELICOPTER PICKS THREE MEN OUT OF SEA Margate, Kent. At 2.14 on the afternoon of the 20th April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy had capsized a mile and a half north-west of Kingsgate coastguard look-out...
A Motor Boat
DRIFTING BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Dover, Kent. At 3.19 on the afternoon of the 10th June, 1962, a message was received by the honorary secretary from the eastern arm signal station that an outboard motor boat had broken down off Kingsdown near St....
A Dinghy (7)
TWO RESCUED FROM CAPSIZED DINGHY Dungeness, Kent. At 12.24 on the afternoon of the 18th June, 1962, the coastguard at Lade informed the honorary honorary secretary that a dinghy had overturned about a hundred yards off shore south of the...
Picquigny
CABIN CRUISER TOWED INTO HARBOUR Walmer, Kent. At 5.38 on the morning of the 28th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red rockets had been seen two miles off shore east of the look-out. The life-boat Charles...