LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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APPENDICITIS PATIENT At 1.50 p.m. on I4th October, 1963, a doctor told the honorary secretary that he had a patient with appendicitis who required hospital attention. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings at 2.30 in a...
A Hovercraft
At 3.52 p.m. on 23rd August, 1966, information was received that a hovercraft had broken down west of the bathing pool. At 4.9 the life-boat Fairlight was launched. It was one hour before high water. The life-boat towed the hovercraft, which...
A Yacht (6)
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 1.20 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, news was received that a yacht was being driven ashore on Pilling sands. At 1.30 the lifeboat Ann Letitia Russell was launched in a southerly gale and a rough sea. It was one hour...
Motor Fishing Vessels
Whitby, Yorkshire - At n a.m. on 2ist November, 1966, the coxswain decided that conditions were such that the life-boat should be launched to stand by three motor fishing vessels returning from fishing in deteriorating weather. At 11.10 the...
The Motor Fishing Coble Eagle
The Motor Life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 3.20 P.M. on the 5th December, as a strong N.N.E. gale had sprung up, "bringing a rough sea, and it was known that the local motor fishing coble Eagle was at sea. The Life-boat found...
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Aberdovey, Merioneth. At 6.50 p.m.
on 7th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two people were stranded on an isolated rock below the cliffs at Berth. At 6.55 the inshore rescue boat launched in a...
A Dinghy (1)
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 5.5 p.m. on i6th June, 1966, a message was received that a dinghy had capsized off Dalkey and her crew of three were in the sea. There was a fresh southerly wind and a choppy sea. It was high...
Leon Laura
Dunbar, East Lothian - At 2.25 p.m.
on iQth January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Leon Laura required assistance one and a half miles north east of Dunbar. The life-boat...
Peggy II, and Jean and Barbara
DECEMBER 19TH. - FILEY, YORK-SHIRE. During the afternoon it was thought advisable for the motor life-boat to put out, as the fishing cobles were still at sea.
The sea was slight, but the strong northeasterly breeze was...
REMEMBERED ALWAYS
Grief can affect us all in different ways. One way people find comfort is by creating an online space to honour their loved one's life. A Forever by the Sea tribute fund allows you to collect and share treasured memories, stories and...
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