LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Old Warship Cyclops
OLD WARSHIP ADRIFT Holynead, Anglesey.—At 9.5 in the morning of the 24th of March, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that an SOS had been picked up by Seaforth and Plymouth Wireless Stations giving a bearing six miles south-west of...
A Cabin Cruiser (1)
West Mersea, Essex. At 4.15 p.m.
on 24th June, ^65, the coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser was drifting down the river Blackwater past Stone.
At 4.20 the IRB launched in a strong gusting to near gale...
Sea Witch
FLARES SEEN Margate, Kent. At 12.6 a.m. on 6th July, 1965, a small vessel was reported to be burning a distress flare close to the shore in Botany Bay. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. u) was launched at 12.19 m a fresh...
Suzy Jane
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. The police reported at 10.55 P-m- on 4tn July> I965» that flares had been seen south-east of Caldy Island. The life-boat Henry Cotnber Brown was launched at 11.12 in a light northerly breeze. There was a slight...
Queen of Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall - At 11 a.m. on 22nd May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor launch had fired an orange flare about three miles south by east from Pendennis.
The life-boat Crawford and...
The Creel Boat Kingfisher
WAVED FOR HELP Anstruther, Fife. At 11.6 a.m. on 5th February, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man in a small boat off Cellandyke was reported to be waving for help. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...
A Converted Ship's Life-Boat
HANDKERCHIEF SIGNAL At 10.42 a.m. the next day, the Rame Head coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Plympton police had reported that a boat needing help about a mile off Bovisand was under observation from Breakwater Fort and did...
Which-a-Way
TWO PICKED UP Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.35 p.m. on 24th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small vessel three miles south of the station was signalling for help. The sea was smooth with light airs from the...
The Angling Boat Lady Molly
STRAPPED ALONGSIDE Hastings, Sussex. At 7.10 p.m. on i6th April, 1965, the honorary secretary was informed by the Hastings and St.
Leonards Angling Club that distress flares had been fired from the angling boat Lady Molly...
Freeleen
ESCORTED At 6.12 p.m. on igth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Freeleen had broken down one and a half miles south of St. Albans Head. The life-boat R.L.P.
was launched at 6...