LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Blackwater Lightvessel
MAN TAKEN OFF LIGHTVESSEL IN NEAR GALE Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, At 8.30 on the morning of the 2nd April, 1962, the assistant inspector of Irish Lights told the honorary secretary that the mother of a seaman on board the Blackwater...
Troll
TOW FOR YACHT WITH NINE ABOARD Holyhead, Anglesey. At 9.30 on the evening of the 13th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was flashing a light off North Stack and appeared in...
E286
HELICOPTER RESCUES TWO FROM DINGHY Minehead, and Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 11.30 on the morning of the 26th August, 1962, the police at Minehead reported that a dinghy, with a crew of two, was in difficulties off Dunster beach, and at...
Unitas
DUTCH VESSEL TOWED OFF ROCKS IN GALE Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 11.45 on the morning of the 9th December, 1962, the honorary secretary was informed that the motor vessel Unitas of Groningen was in difficulties at Kincasslagh Bay. She had...
The Ex-Life-Boat King John
MOTOR BOAT TOW At 11.15 p.m. on 23rd November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down two to three miles north-east of Dungeness. The life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched at 11.35 in a...
A Canoe (1)
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 2.42 on the afternoon of the 25th of August, 1957, a canoe was seen to capsize in heavy seas two miles off the harbour.
The life-boat Euphrosyne Kendal put out at 3.2 in a very rough sea. There...
Sirius
Seaham, Co. Durham - At 8.1 p.m.
on 26th July, 1966, a yacht about one mile offshore, to the north of Seaham, was seen to be making heavy weather. The Sunderland IRB was requested to investigate.
As the...
Judean
At 1.50 p.m. on i8th November, 1966, it was reported that the trawler Judean had requested assistance in landing a sick man who needed hospital treatment. At 3.30 the coastguard advised the honorary secretary that the Judean was five miles...
None (6)
At 9.30 a.m. on 30th January, 1967, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a boy was ill on Inishmaan Island and would have to be taken to hospital. As no other boat was available the honorary secretary agreed that the...
New Venture
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 5 p.m.
on 2ist June, 1967, information was given that a motor boat with five people on board was stranded on the Ridge. The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched at 5.15...