LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Ruby and Curlew
Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.13 p.m. on 26th October, 1969, news was received that red flares had been sighted off Broadstairs bay. At 7.30 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings in a slight south westerly wind with a...
Emerald Isle
Portrush, Co. Antrim. The coastguard reported at 1.57 a.m. on 23rd June, 1965, that a fishing boat was flashing her navigational lights in Portstewart bay. The life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) was launched at 2.15 with the bowman...
Miranda
Redcar, Yorkshire. At approximately 9.10 p.m. on i4th June, 1965, the owner of the speedboat Miranda informed the coxswain-mechanic that his boat with two people on board had broken down half a mile north-east of the station and was drifting...
The Motor skiff Rosslyn
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 3.15 p.m. on yth July, 1965, a member of the IRB crew was told that a motor skiff carrying two people was in difficulties half a mile north of St. Ives Pier Head. At 3.15 the IRB launched in a northerly breeze and came...
A Fishing Vessel
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 7.40 a.m. on 30th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that a small fishing vessel had fired red flares from a position half a mile east of the harbour. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was launched at...
Jane
AUG. 16TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 2 A.M. a message was received from the Wyke Regis coastguard that a small yacht was showing red flares a quarter of a mile east of Portland Bill. The weather was fine and the sea calm. The...
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APRIL 9TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 4.30 in the afternoon a report was received through the Abergele police and the Rhyl coastguard that people had seen an airman come down by parachute into the sea off...
Press Home, of Castlebay
APRIL 17TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
The motor fishing vessel Press Home, of Castlebay, was reported to be four hours overdue, and at 11.45 the motor lifeboat Lloyd's was launched in a moderate northerly wind, with a...
A Small Motor Boat (1)
JUNE 28TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 11.55 at night on the 27th the Foreland coastguard reported that a small motor boat, with four people on board, had left Wootton at 5.30 that afternoon for Bembridge and had not arrived. The motor...
Stormcock, of Padstow
JULY 13TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON. At 9.15 in the evening the Hartland Point coastguard reported a cabin cruiser apparently broken down, and at 9.30 the motor life-boat City of Nottingham was launched in a moderate north-westerly wind, with a...