LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Girvan, Ayrshire - At 11.30 p.m. on 14th December, 1966, the lighthouse keeper on Pladda was reported to be ill.
The life-boat was asked to convey him to hospital. The life-boat St. Andrew (Civil Service No. 10) slipped her...
Margaret Sinclair
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides - At 12.45 p.m. on 29th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Margaret Sinclair was long overdue on a passage from Stornoway to Castlebay. The lifeboat The James...
Diver Boy
Newhaven, Sussex - At 4.40 p.m. on 8th January, 1967, the coastguard in-formed the honorary secretary that two red flares had been reported seven to 10 miles off Seaford Head. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 4.50 in a gentle...
Telima
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 9.36 p.m. on loth June, 1967, it was reported that a cabin cruiser had gone aground in Scratchells bay. After further investigation, the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe and the IRB were launched at 10.59 in...
Antigua
Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 1.9 a.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Sunk pilot cutter had observed two red flares south of the Sunk lightvessel and was proceeding to investigate.
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Pride of Hythe and Sucu Sucu
FISHING BOAT SINKING Ramsgate, Kent. At 4.45 p.m. on ist August, 1965, the east pier watchman reported that a small fishing boat near Quern Buoy was signalling for help.
At 4.59 the life-boat Michael and Lilly Davis put out...
Lady Ursula
FISHING BOAT TOWED IN At 7.35 p.m. on 3ist August, 1965, the Prawle Point coastguard reported that the crew of two of a small boat half a mile south-west of Start Point were waving clothing and that the boat appeared to be drifting. At 7.46...
The Irish Ship River Avoca
Holyhead, Anglesey. At 10.30 p.m.
on 25th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that the Irish ship River Avoca required a doctor to attend and bring ashore a member of the crew suffering from severe and continuous stomach...
Ketchedro
SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND The Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall.
At 12.32 a.m. on 25th November, 1965, the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen two miles south-west of the Lizard light. The life-boat The Duke of Cornwall...
The Replica Longship Dyflin
Pillaging will be delayed slightly...
It is not often that a lifeboat tows a Viking longship, but it does happen! Moelfre's Tyne class lifeboat Robert and Violet is pictured doing just this on 15 July 1990 after...