LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rubber Dinghy from a Whitley Bomber
OCTOBER 11TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 9.55 in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a rubber dinghy, with two men on board, was in the sea eleven miles E.S.E. of Skegness. A strong northerly wind was...
The S.S. Explorer, of Leith
Thurso, Caithness-shire - At 10.30 a.m. on 12th March, 1968, a message was received that a member of the crew of the s.s. Explorer of Leith had suffered a heart attack. The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) was launched at 11.30. It...
Kells Bay
At 5.50 p.m. on 25th June, 1969, it was learnt that the fishing vessel Kells Bay was drifting half a mile off shore at Bull head. The life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings in a strong south...
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HELP FOR ORPHANAGE Whitby, Yorkshire. At 4.25 p.m. on 27th February, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary's wife, in the absence of the honorary secretary, that four youths from a local orphanage were missing. At 5.25, on...
Marion and Coastal Star
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 27th of October, 1960, a strong easterly wind was blowing and there was a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. As conditions at the harbour entrance were becoming worse and two local fishing...
Faith Star
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 5.5 on the after- noon of 25th April, 1961, a message was received at the life-boat house that the fishing vessel Faith Star of Fleetwood, with an engine defect, was dragging her anchor off the Point of Air. The message...
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Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 1.10 p.m. on 9th November, 1966, distress signals were reported on Sunk Head tower. At 1.45 the maroons were fired, and at 2.3 the life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched in a fresh northerly breeze and a choppy...
A Dinghy (3)
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.16 p.m. on 20th June, 1965, the honorary secretary was notified that H.M.S. Plover had picked up a small dinghy with two people on board about five miles south-west of Beachy Head. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache...
The Seine Net Boat Mistletoe
Buckie, Banffshire. At 1.47 a.m. on 9th June, 1965, the seine net boat Mistletoe was observed to be aground on the west side of Buckpool harbour. At 2.35 the life-boat Laura Moncur slipped her moorings in a light westerly breeze and a smooth...
Clan Maclver
SICK MAN At 1.30 p.m. on nth March, 1966, the coxswain received a telephone call from a doctor that the life-boat Solomon Browne was needed to bring a sick man off the motor vessel Clan Maclver. At 3.30 the life-boat was launched in a strong...