LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Penlee, Cornwall. — Owing to the prolonged bad weather at the end of January and the beginning of February, it had been impossible to relieve the keepers of the Wolf Rock Lighthouse, and the relief was so long overdue that they had run very...
The S.S. Briardene and the S. S. Roine
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 2.8 early on the morning of the 20th of March, 1953, the Gorles- ton coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Briardene, of Sunderland, had collided with the S. S. Roine, of Helsi...
Sally and Sunbeam
Margate, Kent.—At 6.35 on the morn- ing of the 28th of September, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a tug with a yacht in tow had run ashore on the Hook Sands. At 6.45 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. 11 was launched....
Boston Valiant
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 5.45 on the afternoon of the 2nd of October, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the trawler Boston Valiant, outward bound from Fleetwood to the fishing grounds,had asked for a doctor to meet her in Ramsey Bay as the...
Drake Dene
Clovelly, Devon. At 10.40 on the morning of the 5th of January, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that there was a small vessel in the bay flying a signal asking for medical help. As it was low water and no other vessel was...
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Galway Bay. At noon on the 28th of April, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message from the local doctor asking if the life-boat would bring a doctor from Rossaveal to Kilronan for consultation about a patient. At 12.15 the life-boat...
Universal Dipchick
Islay, Hebrides. At 11.53 on the morning of the 15th of July, 1960, a report was received that the motor vessel Universal Dipchick was calling for the assistance of a life-boat as she had lost her anchor and was drifting towards the Black...
Rose
Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 1.10 on the after- noon of the 3rd of March, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a small fishing boat was in danger of being driven on to the rocks in upper Tralee Bay. The wind was of gale force from the...
Bullfrog
The following account of a service by the Lizard, Cornwall, life-boat on the 30th June, 1961, was received too late for inclusion in the September number of the Life-boat: At 11.23 in the morning the coast- guard informed the honorary...
Arka
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 10.30 on the night of the 9th October, 1961, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that a Polish fishing vessel was aground near the old pier lighthouse.
At eleven o'clock, the...