LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Galway Bay. At 5.30 p.m. on i8th February, 1966, the local medical officer of health informed the honorary secretary that he had taken a woman patient from Inishmaan Island to Kilronan in a small fishing boat, but due to weather conditions...
Viking
BLOWN ASHORE Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 12.1 p.m.
on 6th June, 1964, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that one of the local pleasure boats had been blown ashore by the fresh south-easterly breeze and that...
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APPENDICITIS PATIENT Islay, Inner Hebrides. At 10.20 p.m.
on 2 ist July, 1964, a local doctor told the honorary secretary that an appendicitis patient was in urgent need of an operation.
The air ambulance...
Namanda
YACHT AGROUND Kirkcudbright. At 5.06 p.m. on nth April, 1965, a local boatman informed the honorary secretary that he had seen a cabin cruiser on the rocks off the Balmangan shore of Ross Bay. There was a strong westerly breeze with a slight...
Ocean Gain
FIREMEN ON BOARD North Sunderland, Northumberland.
On the evening of i6th October, 1963, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that he had been told that two vessels had been in collision in Newton Bay and that one...
Stakesly Rose, Success, Pilot Me and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire. On the after- noon of the 22nd of January, 1959, the coxswain was informed that four local fishing boats were still at sea. As there was a big fresh coming down the river and a strong northerly wind was blowing, it was...
Blossom
Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 3.31 on the afternoon of the 25th of April, 1959the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Blossom had broken down between Sunderland and Seaham. At 3.40 the life-boat Edward and Isabella...
Sarah Ann
Holy Island, Northumberland. At five o'clock on the morning of the llth of May, 1959, the skiff Sarah Ann left harbour to fish for crabs and lobsters.
By 10.30 all the local fishing boats with the exception of...
Fishing Boats (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire. On the 4th of April, 1960, there was a heavy ground sea on the bar, which made it dangerous for boats to enter harbour. As the local fishing fleet was still at sea, in- cluding a number of small cobles, it was decided to...
Heart of Gold
Margate, Kent.—At 3.2 on the after- noon of the 5th of September, 1956, the coastguard reported that a fishing- vessel was showing distress signals about three miles north-east of Mar- gate. At 3.12 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil...