LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
None (3)
Barra Island, Hebrides. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th of February, 1959, the local doctor re- quested the use of the life-boat to take the coxswain's son, who was seriously ill, to hospital at South Uist. The life-...
Christina
Torbay, Devon. At 11.13 on the night of the 2nd of July, 1959, the coast- guard told the honorary secretary that the police at Torquay had reported a small motor launch broken down a mile and a half off Hope's Nose, Torquay.
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Saint Iluce
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 6.9 on the evening of the 16th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a resident of Seaview had reported seeing a yacht apparently in distress off Seaview. At 6.15, when the tide...
A Small Boat
HELICOPTERS HELPED Fowey, Cornwall. At 4.46 p.m. on 2ist October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat had been reported ashore on the east side of Dodman Point. One body had been recovered but another was...
Nore Vienna
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.42 p.m. on lyth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the British ship Clangula had taken the schooner Nore Vienna, which had her sails blown away, in tow eight miles south of the Nab...
A Sailing Boat and a Rowing Boat
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 3.36 on the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dismasted sailing boat had been reported off Bramble buoy andthat her crew of two were asking for help. The...
Sea Flower and Brighter Dawn
Boulmer, Northumberland. On the afternoon of the 12th July, 1961, con- cern was felt for two local fishing cobles Sea Flower and Brighter Dawn, which were overdue from fishing. The crews of other boats had reported on returning that...
Two Fishing Boats
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AS BOATS CROSS BAR Arbroath, Angus. At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 15th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that two local fishing boats were awaiting the tide to enter...
Clovelly Lass
Plymouth, Devon - At 2.25 p.m. on 2nd August, 1966, red flares were reported from a yacht in Cawsand bay. At 2.36 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse left her moorings. It was three hours after low water. There was a south easterly...
Kathleen (1)
Amble, Northumberland - During the afternoon of loth August, 1966, the pleasure boat Kathleen was reported overdue. The life-boat Millie Walton left her moorings at 4.56 p.m. in a gale force westerly wind and a rough sea. It was low water....