LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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CHILD TO HOSPITAL Stronsay, Orkneys. At 3.25 p.m. on 11 th October, 1965, the secretary of the hospital board told the honorary secretary that there was a child on the Isle of Sanday in need of urgent hospital treatment. The life-boat The...
Taka Maru
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 11.19 a.m. on 3ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a yacht anchored off Rhyl had fired a red flare. The life-boat Lucy Lavers, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a strong north-westerly wind and...
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Exmouth, Devon - At 2.40 a.m. on igth May, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was lying injured at the foot of the cliffs between Otter and Brandy Head, near Budleigh Salterton, and he could not be reached from the...
Oranje Nassau
Penlee, Cornwall - At n a.m. on 28th May, 1966, the honorary secretary was told that the life-boat would be needed at about 8 a.m. the following day to bring an injured man ashore from the Dutch motor vessel Oranje...
Alethea Anne
Hastings, Sussex. At 3.38 on the afternoon of the 14th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that an unknown vessel had broken down about three miles east of Rye Harbour. When the lifeboat M.T.C. was launched at 3.58...
The Sand Dredger Nigel
TOW FOR DREDGER Angle, Pembrokeshire. At 9.50 p.m.
on aoth March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel in the vicinity of St. Govan's lightvessel needed immediate help. There was a fresh...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Alert
POLICE CLEARED WAY At 12.30 p.m. on :8th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy was being driven ashore in a moderate to fresh southeasterly wind and moderate sea at Barmston.
The tide...
A Catamaran and a Dinghy
CATAMARAN DISMASTED Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 11.53 a.m. on 3rd May, 1964, the coastguard reported that a catamaran with a crew of two had been dismasted half a mile off Winthorpe and was drifting northward.
At 12.15 p.m....
A Motor Boat (1)
BOAT WAS OVERDUE Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 10.15 p.m. on 24th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men who had gone in a canoe to help a motor boat with an engine breakdown had been away for a long time. Although...
Deevale
RED FLARES SEEN Lerwick, Shetlands. At about 12.20 a.m. on 27th April, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted from the direction of Ham on the island of Bressay. There were light southerly airs...