LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bridesmaid
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 2.16 in the morning of the 30th of December, 1948, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that a distress call had been sent out by the Fleetwood steam trawler Brides- maid, which was ashore at the north end of Islay...
A Motor Boat
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—On the 15th of August, 1949, an officer of the Irish Army and a priest, who were on holiday, went out from Drogheda in a motor boat. About four in the after- noon the engine broke down, the boat anchored, and the...
Catharina W.
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 31st of July, 1959, the Malin Head radio station informed the honorary secretary of a distress message received from a Dutch coaster stating that she had broken down north of Arran...
The United States Motor Vessel American Merchant
AFTER HEART ATTACK Penlee, Cornwall. At 8 p.m. on I2th October, 1963, the port doctor told the honorary secretary that he had received a message from Niton radio station that the United States motor vessel American Merchant had a man on...
Couthie
Margate, Kent - At 10.50 p.m. on 28th July, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Couthie, with a crew of two on board, had gone ashore at Gresham bay, Birchington. The coastguards were standing by on shore and...
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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - At 10.45 P-m- on 2nd July, 1967, a message was received that medical assistance was required for a sick man working on the building of a new lighthouse on Claf Island. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2, with...
Ailsea
Peel, Isle of Man - At 4.55 a.m. on 22nd April, 1966, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Ailsea had run ashore half a mile north east of Jurby Head. The crew of the life-boat assembled, but a message was then...
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Two swimmers ALREADY OUT ON EXERCISE, On the evening of Tuesday, August 30, Port Talbot D class ILB remained afloat to cover an organised open water swim.
The wind was south west force 4, the sea rough and the tide flooding...
The S.S. Royal Fusilier
JUNE 3RD. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 1.20 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that news had been received that a ship had been bombed and was sinking some seven miles east of Coquet, and the motor life-boat Frederick and Emma...
The Minesweepers Edwardian and Peter Carey
AUGUST 11TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 1.30 P.M. a destroyer lying off Margate and two minesweepers were being attacked by German aeroplanes. A fresh westerly breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary...