LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Progress (1)
Whitby, and Scarborough, Yorkshire.— On the morning of the 23rd of Novem- ber, 1955, the Whitby fishing fleet were still at sea in worsening weather, and it was thought advisable that a life-boat should stand by the harbour bar to escort...
Roach
Margate, Kent. — At 8.20 on the morning of the 15th of July, 1957, the coastguard reported that a sail- ing yacht appeared to be ashore at Birchington about four and a half miles west of the look-out. Heavy rain squalls obscured the...
Einnan
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 7.35 on the evening of the 24th of Septem- ber, 1958, the coastguard reported that a message had been received from the wife of a salmon fisherman at Machrihanish that a yacht was dragging her anchor in...
Index to the Life-Boat Stations of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
INDEX TO THE LIFE-BOAT STATIONS OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (Thefigures refer to the numbers of the life-boats detailed on pages 42-53.) Aberdovey, Merioneth, 167. Drogheda, Ireland, 265. Littlehaven,...
Category: Articles
Third Gold Medal Since the War
AT 3.15 on the afternoon of 5th February, 1963, Niton radio informed St. Peter Port radio in Guernsey that the Norwegian motor vessel Johan Collett needed help immediately. Her position was fourteen miles west-north- west of Les Hanois...
Category: Services
Comedies of a Cow—And a Burning Chimney
THE false alarms which call out life- boats are very varied. On the 26th October last, with a gale blowing, the Plymouth motor life-boat put out— because a cow had gone wandering.
At 6.30 in the evening the coastguard at...
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Blyth, Northumberland. At 7.50 on the evening of the 6th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a swimmer was in difficulties off Seaton Sluice beach. There was a light south-westerly breeze and the sea was calm....
Inshore Rescue Boats
From July to September the new fast inshore rescue boats were launched on service thirty-three times and rescued seven lives. The following is the list of services or attempted services: Date Station 1963 July 10th: Mudeford July...
Category: Services
Rescue from a Norwegian Ship
AT 5.37 on the morning of the 21st of January, 1955, the honorary secretary of the Cloughey life-boat station, Mr.
D. Thompson, learnt from the Tara coastguard that a Norwegian ship was aground on South Rock and needed help...
Category: Services
The Oil Supply Vessel Smit Lloyd 47
Seven rescued THE OIL SUPPLY VESSEL Smit Lloyd47, dragging her anchor and grounded in a severe easterly gale and heavy swell on the west shore of Peterhead Harbour of Refuge, about five cables from the lifeboat slipway, was reported to the...