LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jane
Ilfracombe, North Devon.—At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 3rd of May, 1956, Lloyds agent at Lynmouth reported to the coxswain that the small motor boat Jane, of Ilfracombe, was drifting with the tide off Lynmouth. At 6.50 the life-boat Robert...
Wire
Wells, Norfolk.—At ten o'clock on the evening of the 28th of May, 1956, a yacht was seen to be in difficulties north-east of Wells. At 10.30 the life-boat Cecil Paine was launched.
The sea was smooth, a moderate east-...
Maria
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 7.10 on the evening of the 3rd of January, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard tele- phoned to say a woman had reported that her husband had put out in the twenty-feet motor boat Maria early that morning and had not returned...
African Queen
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.1 on the evening of the 6th of June, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was burning flares near the No. 5 Sea Reach buoy. At 9.25 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Sen-ice No. 30) was launched....
Jochelle
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.20 on the morning of the 18th of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser was aground on the Barrow sands. At 11.40 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No.
30) was...
Joreen
Bembridge. Isle of Wight.—At 1.45 on the afternoon of the 14th of September, 1957. the Foreland coastguard reported that a yacht, which had been kept under observation for some time, had hoisted a distress signal. The life-boat Jesse Lumb...
The Belgian Motor Yacht Cap Lizard
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.14 on the morning of the 24th of May, 1958, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the Brake Sands and bumping badly.
At 10.23 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
Gladstone Star's Boat
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. On the 27th of June, 1958, while the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was at sea carrying out machinery trials, the coxswain received a message from the pilot boat British Angler that a...
An Aircraft
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 12.25 on the afternoon of the 29th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea near North Briggs buoy. The life-boat Sarah Ward and William David...
Lillibet
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.17 on the morning of the 19th of August, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Kentish Knock lightvessel that the yacht Lillibet was proceeding towards Middle Knock buoy with her...