LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Invicta
At 5 A.M.
on the 30th September the Coxswain of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9, received a message from the pier-head that a ketch was driving down on to the pier. The Coxswain assembled his crew and proceeded to the...
Kathleen Claire
During a moderate N.W. gale with a ground swell on 27th November, a telephone message was received from the owner of the fishing boat Kathleen Clare that his boat was in distress in the North Bay. The Motor Life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched at...
Nisser
MAN OVERBOARD ~ RED flares reported at 11.37 p.m. on 24th July led to the Moelfre, Anglesey, life-boat Watkin Williams, which is a 42-foot Watson type, going to the aid of the yacht Nisser of Hoylake seven miles east of Moelfre at 12.40 a.m....
Jack Alma
Ramsgate, Kent - At 5.13 p.m. on 1st April, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yachtwas trying to enter the harbour.
While the information was being passed a red flare was fired by the yacht. The...
See Wee
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 4.24 a.m. on 16th March, 1969, it was learnt that the motor boat See Wee, with three men on board, on passage from Llandlwyn Island was overdue. The life-boat Cunard, on temporary duty at the station, was...
Winaway of Lowestoft
Caister, Norfolk - At 11.27 a.m. on llth August, 1969, it was learnt that the motor vessel Norwich Belle had sighted a fishing vessel in difficulties near the South Caister shoal buoy.
The life-boat Royal Thames was...
Thomas Sinclair
Angle, Pembrokeshire - At 10.35 p.m.
on 13th November, 1969, news was received that red flares had been sighted by the army authorities off St. Govan's head in the Bullslaughter bay area. The life-boat Richard Vernon...
Dorothy
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 6.35 on the morning of the 6th of July, 1958, the coxswain saw a flare burning north of Whitby harbour. At seven o'clock the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched in a slight sea. There was a moderate...
Clipper
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 5.45 on the morning of the 18th of October, 1958, the coastguard at Orlock in- formed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Clipper of Rotterdam was aground on the Maidens off Larne. At 6.10 the life-boat Sir...
Charmaine
Margate, Kent. At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been drifting eastwards towards the North Spit buoy and was dangerously near Margate sands. The life-boat North...