LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Heimdal (1)
Wicklow, and Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—• At 10.12 on the morning of the 8th of December, 1954, the Wicklow life- boat's motor mechanic heard a mes- sage from the Portpatrick radio station that the Swedish steamer Heimdal was drifting near...
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
Kirkcudbright.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of January, 1957, a message was received from the police that two men had put out in a small dinghy to go duck-shooting on the morning of the day before and had not returned....
Fishing Boats and Ursula
Walmer, Kent. At 1.55 on the after- noon of the 27th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that residents at Walmer and Kingsdown had seen a number of small fishing boats in difficulties because of a sudden...
Cap Lizard
ALONE IN YACHT At 12.58 p.m. on 2ist September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht with one man aboard was reported to be in distress 35 miles south-east of Lizard lighthouse, and was asking for a tow to Penzance....
None (9)
New Quay,Cardiganshire-At2p.m.
on 16th August, 1967, the coastguard reported that a man had fallen over the cliffs at Llangranog. As it was considered that a small boat might be of assistance the IRB was launched at 2.6 in...
Cymba
Sailor rescued as yacht is driven on to lee shoreThe coxswain and helmsman of Whitby's two lifeboats, the 44ft Waveney White Rose of Yorkshire and the D class inflatable Gwynaeth, have both been awarded bronze medals for gallantry for...
H.M. Trawler Flotta and H.M. Trawler Filey Bay
NOVEMBER 6TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At about 9.15 in the evening the naval officer in charge asked, through the coastguard, for the life-boat to be ready to launch to the help of H.M. Trawler Flotta.
Mary, of Liverpool
About 2 o'clock on the 7th March, at which time it was blowing hard from the E., with a heavy sea, the schooner Mary, of Liverpool, bound from Maryport Eostrevor, struck on the South Bull near the mouth of the Boyne. The No. 2 Life-boat...
Ann
HARTLEPOOL.—On the 24th March the schooner Ann, of Colchester, was seen about 6 A.M. making for Hartlepool, apparently in distress. When she was within about 2 miles of the harbour the No. 3 Life-boat John Clay Barlow put off to her, and...
Caroline, Seaward, Phoenician, and Reaper
Similar service was rendered on the 10th December by the Life-boat to the crews, numbering in all eighteen men, of the schooners Caroline, Seaward, Phoenician, and Reaper. A very severe gale from the W.N.W. had suddenly sprung up, causing a...