LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Spray
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — At 12.55 P.M. on the 25th October the motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3), which had just returned from the service already described, was warned that a yacht was ashore on Nore Sands, She put off...
Cramarye
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 5.51 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961, the mechanic informed the coastguard that a yacht had dragged her anchors and drifted down on to the pier. The yacht had five men on board. At 6.30 the life-boat Sir...
Airy Mouse
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 24th Sep- tember, 1961, relatives of the crew of five of the yacht Airy Mouse telephoned the honorary secretary to say the yacht, which had left Alderney at 11.30 the...
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...
Zoe
YACHT TOWED IN At 6.20 p.m. on nth July, 1965, a vessel reported a yacht aground on the south side of West Swin Barrow Deep and at 6.33 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched. A gale was blowing from the south...
Valri
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 5.57 a.m. on 23rd May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing flares at Whittaker Beacon. The life-boat Isabella and Edward Irvin was launched at 6.22 in a strong westerly wind...
The Painting Presented to John Dare
The painting presented to John Dare on his retirement as coxswain after 31 years service depicts the Arun City of Plymouth during a service to a yacht at Wembury Rocks.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain David Mason
Bronze Medal Coxswain David Mason of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston for the service to the yacht Olline on 29 August 1996 - see 77w UMxMrt Winter 1996/ 7 for a full report of the service. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain William Catchpole
Bronze Medal Coxswain William Catchpole of Lowestof t for the service to the yacht Red House Lugger on 29 August 1996 - see Tht LHtbott Winter 1996/7 for a full report of the service. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helge
Hoylake, Cheshire. At 12.10 on the afternoon of the 14th of August, 1959.
the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties four miles north of Hilbre Island. Further messages re-...