LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Alekton
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 12.32 p.m. on 2nd February, 1969, the coastguard reported that the yacht Alekton, with two people on board, had broken down on the east side of Ryde pier and needed the assistance of the life-boat. At 12.47 the...
Naomh Fergus
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 3.45 p.m.
on llth July, 1969, the Ballycotton lighthouse keeper told the honorary secretary that flares had been sighted about eight miles west south west of Ballycotton. At 3.55 the life-boat...
Christina
At 6.4 p.m. on the 28th October, 1969, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted east south east of Ramsgate. At 6.16 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings in a light south...
Blanche
Wells, Norfolk - At 2.45 p.m. on 31st October, 1969, the coxswain noted that the fishing boat Blanche had not returned to harbour with the other local boats. At 3.35 the lifeboat Ernest Tom Neathercoat was launched in a fresh westerly wind...
The Hovercraft Sure
Ramsgate, Kent - At 12.20 p.m. on 4th February, 1967, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a radio telephone request for assistance had been received from the hovercraft Sure which had broken down half a mile south east of the...
A Fishing Boat
Cloughey-Portavogie, Co. Down - At 5.30 a.m. on 22nd April, 1967, a report was received that a fishing boat was leaking and in danger off Strangford bar.
The life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow was launched at 5.45 in a light south...
A Motor Boat
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 10.45 on the morning of the 1st of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat was in difficulties off Bann Mouth.
There was a fresh south-easterly wind...
Helen
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 8.25 on the evening of the llth May, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser, which had a crew of three, had broken down off Dinmore and had asked for help. At 8.50, when the life-boat...
Enterprise
SPEED BOAT TOWED At 5.3 p.m. on 6th June, 1964, the coastguard told the mechanic that a speedboat had been seen about to strike the rocks off Hoe bathing pool. At 5.18 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse left in a near...
Osprey
TOWED TO LOWESTOFT Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 11.30 a.m. on 24th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a converted life-boat, Osprey, was burning red flares about one mile east-north-east of the lookout.