LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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North Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 5.53 on the evening of the 30th of December, 1959, the honorary secretary was informed by the local Trinity House depot that a man had been taken ill in the Longstone lighthouse. As the sea was too rough...
A Sailing Dinghy
Torbay, Devon. At 12.3 on the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honor- ary secretary a report from the police that a sailing dinghy had capsized off Levermead beach and that a man could be seen in the...
Britta
Dover, Kent. At 7.8 on the evening of the 15th of February, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that the Swedish motor vessel Britta of Helsingborg, which had been in col- lision with the Italian tanker Mirella d'Amico...
A Yacht (2)
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 27th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht had capsized in Lligwy Bay. At 12.25 the life-boat Watkin Williams was launched. It was high water and there was a rough...
A Rowing Boat
EXHAUSTED MEN TAKEN OFF BOAT Weymouth, Dorset. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 19th May, 1962, the motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a local resident had reported a small rowing boat drifting out to sea off Green Hill...
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NURSE TAKEN TO MAINLAND IN GALE Islay, Inner Hebrides. At 4.45 on the morning of the 8th March, 1963, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a patient of his needed an operation urgently. The doctor had asked for an air ambulance...
Fishing Cobles (1)
COBLE TAKEN IN TOW TO HARBOUR Filey, Yorkshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 29th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that ten local fishing cobles were at sea in deteriorating...
Mona
INEXPERIENCED YACHTSMEN IN DAMAGED BOAT Sheringham, Norfolk. At 10.5 on the morning of Wednesday, 21st August, 1963, a fisherman returning from crabbing in squally weather with poor visibility and light wind from the west-north-west reported...
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Aith, Shetlands. At 3.10 p.m. on 5th October, 1964, a local doctor told the honorary secretary that a patient on Foula was seriously ill and needed urgent hospital treatment. At 3.35, when the doctor boarded the life-boat, the John and...
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APPRECIATION RECEIVED Aith, Shetlands. At 2.40 p.m. on I4th August, 1965, the local doctor was told by the district nurse on the Island of Foula that a patient was seriously ill. Her removal to hospital was necessary and the assistance of...