LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Arctic Brigand
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.30 on the 5th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a man on board the trawler Arctic Brigand who was suffering from an epileptic fit and required immediate medical attention....
The Humber Lightship
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 10.8 oil the morning of the 1st of March, 1953, the Spurn coastguard telephoned that the master of the Humber lightship had requested the help of the life-boat to land a sick man. The life-boat City of Bradford II was...
The S.S. Indian Exporter
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 1.20 early on the morning of the 16th of May, 1953, the Teesmouth life-boat station telephoned to say that the S.S. Indian Exporter, of Calcutta, had asked for a boat to land a sick seaman. The Teesmouth life-boat was...
Fokke Dejong
HELP FOR DUTCH At 12.5 a.m. on 5th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the superintendent coxswain that the Dutch motor vessel Fokke dejong needed the help of the lifeboat to land a sick man. It was arranged that the life-boat would...
The S.S. Caronte
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 7.22 on the evening of the 14th of November, 1954, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Caronte, of Rouen, which was at anchor one and a half miles south-cast of Spurn Point, had re- ported that she had a...
A Small Boat
New Brighton, Cheshire. — At ten o'clock on the morning of the 10th of February, 1951, the son of an oldfisherman, formerly a life-boat second coxswain, reported that his father had left New Brighton stage in a small boat at seven that...
The Dowsing Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire - At 9.30 a.m.
on 19th October, 1966, news was received that a member of the crew of the Dowsing lightvessel required to be taken ashore for medical treatment. As there was no urgency it was decided to...
A Wellington Bombing Aeroplane (1)
JULY 26TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At about 2.42 in the morning the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea about a mile north of Cromer, and the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 3 A.M.. A moderate...
The Coningbeg Lightship
MARCH 23RD. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
A telegram was received at 5.30 in the afternoon asking that the life-boat might be used to bring off a sick man from the Coningbeg Lightship. The weather was too bad for an ordinary...
'The Signal Was Eventually Fired, and If Nothing Else, Provided Excitement for the Many Holidaymakers Now Lining the Cliff Top.'
'The signal was eventually fired, and if nothing else, provided excitement for the many holidaymakers now lining the cliff top.'. - View image in PDF
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