LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Dover, Kent. At 5.25 on the evening of the 13th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a local fishing boat was mis- sing off Folkestone. When the life-boat Southern Africa put out at 6.3 it was low water....
Our Jennie
Weymouth, Dorset. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 13th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat needed help two miles east of the Shambles lightvessel. At 8.15 the life- boat Lloyd's was...
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When H.M. Coastguard at Llantwit Major, Glamorganshire, reported that a motor cruiser was anchored and flying a distress signal, IRB B3 stationed at Atlantic College, St.
Donat's Castle,...
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Cromer, Norfolk-At 10.59 a.m. on llth May, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Provider with a crew of three had broken down just above Overstrand. The lifeboat Ruby and Arthur Reed was launched at 11.8...
Estelle
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 4.40 p.m. on 22nd September, 1968, the garda informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had fired a flare between the West pier and Howth. The life-boat John F. Kennedy slipped her moorings at 5 o'clock...
Echo
Howth, Co. Dublin - At 8 p.m. on 16th June, 1969, information was received that a yacht was in difficulties three miles from Howth. At 8.9 the life-boat A.M.T. slipped her moorings in a strong south easterly wind and a moderate sea. It was...
The Iron Ore Ship Beltana
Penlee, Cornwall - At 8 p.m. on 24th August, 1966, the honorary secretary informed the coxswain that the life-boat would be needed at 7 a.m. on 25th August to land a sick man from a Norwegian motor vessel. At 6.45 the life-boat Solomon...
Dunedin Star, of London
At 4 p.m. on 29th September, 1966, a sick man on board the m.v. Dunedin Star,of London, needed to be brought ashore.
At 9.45 the Solomon Browne life-boat was launched. The tide was ebbing. A doctor and ambulance crew were...
Verconella
INJURED MAN ON TANKER Penlee, Cornwall. At midnight on 28th August, 1965, the honorary secretary notified the coxswain that the tanker Verconella was making for Mounts Bay with a badly injured man on board.
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Leon Laura, of Lowestoft
At 7.25 p.m. on fth June, 1966, a vessel was seen flying a distress signal and burning red flares four miles east of the lookout. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick left her moorings at 7.40 in a gentle westerly wind and a slight...