LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dorothy (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.50 on the night of the 30th of August, 1956, a message was received that the local fishing boat Dorothy was calling for help on her wireless. At 10.15 the no. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Heptcorth was laun- ched in a slight...
Kindly Light
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 12.25 on the afternoon of the 6th of January, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a local fish- ing boat was overdue. There was a rough sea and a strong southerly...
Pentland Swell
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 6.23 on the morning of the 27th of March, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishjng vessel had been seen approaching Wick from the south- east, although the harbour had been closed to shipping...
Remembrance
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 9.5 on the morning of the 18th of May, 1959, the coxswain, who had just returned from fishing in his motor boat, learnt that the local coble Remembrance was still at sea. As the sea on the bar might be dangerous for...
None (5)
Galway Bay. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th of July, 1959, a request was received from the local doctor for the use of the life-boat to convey a child, who urgently needed hospital treatment, from Inishmaan Island to the...
Fishing Boats (2)
Whitby, Yorkshire. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th of Decem- ber, 1959, it was decided to launch the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth to stand by while five local fishing vessels re- turned to harbour in very bad weather.
Zoraida
Montrose, Angus. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 29th August, 1961, a local fisherman told the honorary secretary that the ketch Zoraida was drifting three miles north of Montrose.
The life-boat The Good Hope was launched...
None
Galway Bay, Co. Galway. At 2.40 on the afternoon of the 13th October, 1961, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat would take a sick woman cff the island of Inishere and an injured child from Kilronan and bring them...
None (5)
SICK WOMAN BROUGHT FROM ISLAND Galway Bay. At noon on the 27th February, 1962, the local doctor received an urgent message to go to Inishmaan Island to attend a sick woman. As no other suitable boat was available, the doctor asked for the...
Padstow: on the Morning of January 26
Padstow: On the morning of January 26 the local fishing vessel Lamorna ran into difficulties when a rope got wrapped round her propeller about three quarters of a mile off Newquay Head.
She put out an anchor to await help... - View image in PDF
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