LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yacht Ilona
The Life-boat William Erie was called in a moderate N.E. wind but thick fog, soon after midnight on the 26—27th January, by a telephone message, which reported a steamer was ashore at St. Alban's Head.
The vessel proved...
A Yacht
ESCORT FOR YACHT AFTER SHE REFLOATS Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 8.40 on the evening of the 4th August, 1962, the coastguard told the honorary secretary of a message received from the police that a local man had taken a woman and two...
A Yacht
YACHT AGROUND At 12.8 p.m. on i3th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was reported aground in heavy seas on the West Barrow sands. No distress signals were seen but, because of a strong south-westerly...
Yacht Medea
YACHT TAKEN IN TOW TO HARBOUR Weymouth, Dorset. At 7.12 on the evening of the 12th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the steam yacht Medea of Colchester, had broken down seven miles west of Portland Bill. There...
A Yacht
Yacht aground THE POLICE informed Barrow coxswain, Robert Charnley, at 2300 on August 24, 1974, that an independent source had reported the sighting of a red flare north of Walney Island. They were advising HM Coastguard, who would be...
Yacht Surprise
On the 13th June two men on board the steam yacht Surprise, of Jersey, which was lying at anchor in the roads, were severely scalded by the bursting of a steam-pipe. The motor life-boat Hearts of Oak put out at 11.15 A.M. A moderate S.W....
A Yacht
12th May. A yacht was in distress, but a motor boat took her in tow.—Rewards, £13..
A Yacht
28th July. A yacht capsized, but a small boat res- cued the crew of four.—Rewards, £6 8s..
A Yacht
CREW WERE SAFE Swanage, Dorset. At 6.7 p.m. on 12th April, 1964, the coastguard informed the assistant honorary secretary that a yacht had grounded on Kimmeridge Ledge. There was a gentle south-westerly breeze with a moderate sea. Visibility...
Yacht Medea
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 4.30 a.m. on 2nd October, 1966, red flares had been sighted in the vicinity of the Hurst Narrows. The life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 5.10 in a strong...