LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tradesman and Masterman
Penlee, Cornwall.—About one o'clock on the afternoon of the llth of Novem- ber, 1950, the coastguard reported an S.O.S. message from the tug Tradesman.
The tug Masterman, of Falmouth, at anchor in Mounts Bay with a crew...
Garlock
Lowes toft, Suffolk.—At 6.58 on the evening of the 24th of August, 1957, it was reported that a yacht had cap- sized off Claremont pier. The life- boat Greater London (Civil Service No.
3), on temporary duty at the station,...
Ros Caoin
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 6.20 on the evening of the 9th of April, 1958, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Ros Caoin needed help at the mouth of the Kenmare River. At 6.30 the life-boat William and Harriot, on...
Tom Pepper
Dover, Kent. At 9.10 on the night of the 26th of May, 1958, the Sandgate coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was drifting without lights a mile and a half south of the coastguard station. At 9.30 the life- boat...
The Motor Yawl Ivy Lass
Walmer, Kent. At 7.52 on the evening of the 8th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor yawl Ivy Lass of Maldon was secured alongside the East Goodwin lightvessel, as she had run short of petrol....
The Ship's Boat Volga
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 10.20 on the night of the 23rd of April, 1959, a stageman told the honorary secretary that a converted ship's boat was adrift off New Brighton with two young men and two girls on board. At 10.32 the life-boat...
Fisher Lass
Stronsay, Orkneys. At 5.36 on the evening of the 2nd of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that the fishing vessel Fisher Lass of Sanday was overdue on passage from Kirkwall to Sanday. At 6.20 the life...
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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...
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Pish and Chase
At 3.30 p.m. on 19th August, 1969, while already at sea, a member of the crew of life-boat 44-001 on temporary duty at Sheerness saw a capsizeddinghy half a mile south west of Darnett Ness. There was a light wind with a slight sea. It was...