LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Trip
FISHING COBLE TAKEN IN TOW Seaham, Co. Durham. At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 7th April, 1962, the Seaham coastguard received a report from Easington that a fishing coble was in distress. A gentle west-by-north wind was blowing, and the sea...
King Fisher
FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO HARBOUR Blyth, Northumberland. At 10.51 on the night of the 20th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing vessel had fired a distress signal one mile east of St. Mary's...
A Dinghy (1)
TWO BOYS TAKEN OFF DRIFTING BOAT New Brighton, Cheshire. At 7.45 on the evening of the 21st July, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy with two boys on board was adrift off Brazil buoy as her engine had broken down....
A Rowing Boat
FIVE RESCUED FROM ROWING BOAT Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 23rd August, 1962, the Orlock coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Blackhead lighthouse that a rowing boat with a crew of five...
Gillian
TOW FOR YACHT IN FOG Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 20th October, 1962, the honorary secretary received a message from the coastguard that a small yacht with one man on board appeared in difficulties off St....
A Motor Boat
TOW FOR BOAT OUT ON FISHING TRIP Torbay, Devon. At 9.46 on the evening of the 22nd May, 1963, the Brixham coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a resident of Torquay had reported that two men were shouting and waving in a small...
Tringer
AUXILIARY CUTTER TOWED TO PORTSMOUTH Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 10.12 on the evening of Sunday the 25th August, 1963, the Bembridge coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen half a mile north of No Mans Land...
Davneen
YACHT DRIFTS 400 YARDS FROM SHORE Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 5.20 on the afternoon of Sunday the 8th September, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that an auxiliary yacht had been broken down for three-quarters of an hour about...
None (2)
FALL FROM CLIFF Swanage, Dorset. At 3.13 p.m. on I3th October, 1963, the coastguard told the assistant honorary secretary that a man had fallen over the cliff by Anvil Point. At 3.20 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched in a gentle...
A Motor Boat
ANXIOUS PARENTS Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 1.35 a.m. on 2oth May, 1964, the Tynemouth coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the parents of two youths who had not returned from a fishing trip in an 18-foot motor boat were...