LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Hastings, and Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 4.22 on the afternoon of the 13th of January, 1957, the Fairlight coast- guard telephoned that a sailing dinghy needed help four miles south of Bex- hill. At 4.37 the Hastings life-boat M.T.C. was...
Moray Lass
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 10.25 on the night of the 21st of February, 1957, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that flares had been seen near the shore in Ayr Bay. A quarter of an hour later the life-boat James and Barbara Aitken put out in a...
Ferm
Newburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At 9.20 On the night of the 1st of March, 1957, a member of the life-boat crew reported that he had seen a distress signal near the mouth of the River Ythan. The Belhelvie coastguard was immediately contacted but...
Swee
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. — About eight o'clock on the evening of the 13th of April, 1957, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the auxili- ary yacht Swee, of Port St. Mary, was trying to attract the attention of the Langness...
Ystwyth
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—At 6.20 on the evening of the 22nd of Septem- ber. 1957, the coastguard passed on a report from the police that two people on board a yacht were in difficulties off the pier and were baling and signal- ling. The...
Rescue from Trawler Aground Near Eilmore
About 10.45 on the night of Thursday, the 19th of December, 1957, the lights of a vessel passing between the two Saltee islands off the Wexford coast were seen from Kilmore Quay.
It was a wild night, and as the coast is a...
Category: Services
None (2)
Clovelly, Devon.—At nine o'clock on the evening of the 6th of December, 1957, the coxswain informed the honor- ary secretary that a child, aged two, was very ill on Lundy Island and that a doctor had asked if the life-boat would take him...
Pres. Roosevelt
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. On the 26th of April, 1958, the coaster Pres. Roosevelt, of Groningen, was anchored a mile north-west of the life- boat station with engine trouble and was sheltering from the weather. A boat with four...
A Motor Fishing Vessel
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 28th of October, 1954, the film unit at Fishguard mak- ing the film Moby Dick reported that a dummy whale being used for the film had broken away from the tug towing it. The film...
Styvel
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 11.48 on the night of the 17th of November, 1955, a message was received from the Valentia radio station that the trawler Styvel, of Concarneau. France, which had a crew of ten, had wirelessed that she had broken down...