LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Girvan, Ayrshire. At six o'clock on the evening of the 23rd of June, 1959, while the life-boat Robert Lindsay was returning to her station after her overhaul at Gourock the coxswain saw a motor vessel stranded on the Brest Rocks south of...

MOTOR BOAT AGROUND AT HARBOUR MOUTH Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.

At 9.30 on the morning of the 29th September, 1962, the coxswain saw the motor boat Puffin enter the harbour on her return from the fishing grounds to...

WOMAN BROUGHT TO MAINLAND FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 13th May, 1963, the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take a woman, who was dangerously ill, from Aran to the...

Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 5.50 on the evening of the 15th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had capsized in Hartlepool Bay near the shore and that two people were clinging to her.

Skegness, Lincolnshire. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 17th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the 12-feetboat Bluebelle, which was fitted with an outboard motor, had been last seen at two...

Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 2.25 p.m. on 26th February, 1964, the coastguard saw a small sailing dinghy capsize about one and a half miles off shore. As it had previously been agreed that in the honorary secretary's absence, the...

WHITE FOR DANGER At 6.32 p.m. on the same day, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a catamaran lay beached at Scratchells bay near the Needles; her crew were flying a white shirt at the mast and she was apparently damaged. There...

ENGINE FAILURE T At 4.53 p.m. on igth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two people were trying to row ashore from a motor fishing vessel anchored five miles south-south-east of Hastings. The honorary secretary...