LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gladina
Exmouth, Devon. At 8.15 on the evening of the 30th June, 1961, the life- boat George and Mary Strachan, while returning from Plymouth to her station after survey, came up with the cabin cruiser Gladina of Torquay two miles south of Berry...
Amanda Jane
Barry Dock, Glamorgan. At 5.2 on the afternoon of the 6th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small yacht Amanda Jane of Cardiff was making distress signals off Sully hospital a little to the east of Barry. A...
Prelude and Marie Christine
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 4.20 p.m. on 2oth February, 1967, two French trawlers, the Prelude and the Marie Christine, were reported to have broken down 10 miles west of Ardnamurchan.
The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin...
Vingen
Plymouth, Devon - At 7.30 a.m. on 15th May, 1967, information was received that the German ship Unkas of Hamburg was towing the yacht Vingen with a crew of two down channel. The yacht had signalled for assistance owing to engine trouble. The...
Terra Nova, Girl Ann
Kirkcudbright - At 5 p.m. on 29th July, 1967, it was reported that a boat hadgone ashore and broken up on the north side of Ross Bay. It was thought that the casualty might be the local motor fishing vessel Girl Ann which was out fishing at...
A Raft
Newcastle, Co. Down. At 4.30 p.m.
on 30th June, 1965, three persons on a raft were reported by the coastguard to be drifting seaward off Tyrella beach.
There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...
Nymfea
SHIPS IN COLLISION Eastbourne, Sussex. At 1.5 a.m. on 15th July, 1965, a collision was reported to have occurred ten miles south-by-east of Beachy Head. One of the vessels was sinking. At 1.20 the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched in a...
A Dinghy (3)
DINGHY IN DANGER At 3.30 p.m. on i8th August, 1965, as soon as the life-boat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin reached the pier from the previous service, a visitor reported to the motor mechanic that a dinghy was in difficulties in Loch Nevis. The...
Farringay
Holyhead, Anglesey. At 4.15 a.m. on 22nd September, 1965, the m.v. Farringay was reported by the coastguard to have broken down twenty miles west of South Stack lighthouse. She did not require immediate assistance. At 8.50 the honorary...
Cherie
TOWED MOTOR BOAT At 11.54 a-m. on 25th November, 1965, the east pier watchman saw a motor boat in difficulties off Broadstairs.
The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis set out at 12.7 p.m. in a southerly gale force wind and a...