LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat (1)
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 17th of July, 1957, a telephone message was received that a motor boat needed help in Scotch Bay. She had a crew of five, one of whom was waving a shirt. The life-boat Dunleary II put...
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...
Fishing Boats (1)
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the 17th October, 1961, several local fishing boats were at sea, and as the weather was rapidly deteriorating it was decided to launch the life-boat to escort them to harbour. The life-boat J. G. Graves of...
A Boat (1)
At 5 p.m. on 25th July, 1966, information was received that a boat had beendriven ashore at Ballycreenan Strand, three and a half miles north east of Ballycotton. A search was carried out along the shore but without success. The life-boat...
A Speed Boat (1)
New Brighton, Cheshire - At 7.10 p.m. on 27th August, 1966, a speedboat was seen in distress in the Rock Channel.The life-boat Norman B. Corlett left her moorings at 7.25. There was a calm sea.
It was two hours before high...
A Yacht (1)
Runswick, Yorkshire - At 4.25 p.m.
on 2Qth July, 1967, it was learnt that a yacht had capsized one mile off Port Mulgrave. The life-boat The Elliot Gill, which had just returned from a harbour fete at Staithes and was being...
Fairweather Father (1)
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and Poole: While on passage from Guernsey to Portsmouth on Thursday August 19, 1982, the 30ft ferro-concrete gaff sloop Fairweather Father broke her rudder 18 miles south west by south of the Needles Lighthouse. A...
Cite d'Aleth (1)
Fishing vessel founders THE FRENCH FISHING VESSEL Cite d'Aleth, in distress, was reported to the honorary secretary of Rosslare Harbour lifeboat station by MRCC Shannon at 0634 on Wednesday January 12. At first it was reported that Cite...
Tijl Uilenspiegel (1)
Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...
Two Inflatable Dinghies (1)
Salcombe lifeboat THE HONORARY SECRETARY of SalCOmbe lifeboat station was informed by Brixham Coastguard at 1313 on Sunday April 10, 1983, that an inflatable dinghy had capsized on the Skerries Bank at the southern end of Start Bay: two...