LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anne
FLARES WERE SEEN Dungeness, Kent. At 8.35 p.m. on 22nd October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off Dengemarsh. There was a moderate westerly breeze with a rough sea. At 9.30 the life-boat Mabel...
Nell
IN ROUGH SEAS Torbay, South Devon. At 11.28 a.m.
on 9th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a large yacht was anchored off Teignmouth in rough seas and a strong easterly wind. It was three hours...
A Dinghy and a Boat
Whitstable, Kent. At approximately 2.15 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that a small dinghy with one person on board was in difficulties a half a mile off shore. At 2.20 the IRB launched in a strong southwesterly...
Sugar Creek
POUNDING AGAINST PIER Dover, Kent. At 7.20 a.m. on 2gth November, 1965, the owner of the yacht Sugar Creek informed the life-boat mechanic that the yacht, from which he had just swum, had broken loose from her moorings in the inner harbour...
Kenfine, of Dover
Dover, Kent - At 1.47 p.m. on I2th July, 1966, the harbour control station informed the honorary secretary that an auxiliary motor yacht was dismasted and in difficulties about one mile and a half south of the breakwater. Her engine had...
The Panamanian Motor Vessel Pacific Trader
Walmer, Kent - At 3.45 p.m. on 2yth December, 1966, a large steamer was thought to be aground near the B.I.
buoy on the Brake Sands. Visibility was poor and the vessel was just visible. The life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
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JULY 29TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 1 P.M. the coastguard informed the life-boat station that the South Goodwin Light-vessel had reported a small open boat with a crew of two, drifting on to the Goodwin Sands.
A strong S.W. wind...
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SEPTEMBER 2ND. - MARGATE, KENT.
During the afternoon the coastguard reported that a party of bathers off Nayland Rock had got into difficulties. A fresh easterly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. As it was dead low water...
Lavender
OCTOBER 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 5.35 in the morning the coastguard reported red flares at Goodwin Knoll. A moderate north-north-east breeze was blowing, but the sea was heavy. The motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 6.3 and found...