LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Andy Cap
MOTOR YACHT TOWED THROUGH ROUGH SEA Ramsgate, Kent. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 12th September, 1962, the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis had just reached her moorings after an exercise when the east pier watchman reported that a yacht...
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IRB's ALSO LAUNCHED Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 6.45 p.m. on loth August, 1965, news came that a cafe owner at Fontigary Bay had reported a number of children were trapped on the rocks on a rising tide. The life-boat Rachel and Mary...
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 1.25 a.m. on 2nd August, 1965, the police reported that a girl was missing on the island of Eigg. At 1.45 the life-boat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin proceeded in a light north-easterly breeze and a slight sea. It was...
The Danish Motor Vessel Northwind
DANISH SHIP HELPED At 7.33 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that a coaster with a deck cargo two and a half miles south-south-west of Ventnor appeared to have broken down, so at 7.45 the lifeboat Jesse Lumb was launched....
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BODY FOUND St. Ives, Cornwall. At 5.11 p.m. on 15th September, 1965, a man was reported trapped on the rocks to the north of Portheras Cove and at 5.30 the life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched with the honorary medical...
Diana
YACHT LEAKING At 5.55 a.m. on I5th November, 1965, the coastguard reported that a yacht with her engine broken down was in need of assistance and that a pilot cutter was standing by. The life-boat Mabel E.
Holland was...
Ameland
Life-Boat O.N. 70-001. At 12.10 a.m.
on yth February, 1966, the crew of the first seventy foot steel life-boat, anchored in Clovelly roads, intercepted a message on the radio from the German motor vessel Ameland stating...
A Fishing Boat (2)
Angle, Pembrokeshire. At 8.15 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961. the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a local fishing boat from Milford Haven could not be found in the harbour, but that a small boat with two people on...
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FATHER AND SON At 5.25 p.m. on 5th September, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a boy was reported to be stranded on Renney rocks but that further investigation was necessary. At 5.36 the message was confirmed. It was one hour...
A Converted Ship's Life-Boat (1)
PERILOUS PROXIMITY Moelfre, Anglesey. At 8.45 p.m. on 7th July, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a converted ship's life-boat was reported to be drifting helplessly towards Dulas rocks in heavy seas before a...