LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy
COLD AND EXHAUSTED MEN GIVEN RUM Youghal, Co. Cork. At 3.15 on the afternoon of Thursday the 22nd August, 1963, the coxswain saw a capsized dinghy outside the harbour. At 3.25 the life-boat Herbert John was launched in a fresh south-westerly...
Calypso V
YACHT AND FOUR TOWED TO SAFETY Weymouth, Dorset. At 7.17 on the evening of Wednesday the 18th September, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning red flares a mile off Portland Bill. The life-boat Frank...
Jenny III
The following account of a service by the Newhaven, Sussex, life-boat on the 27th of September, 1959, was received too late for inclusion in the December 1959 number of the Life- boat.
At 12.5 in the afternoon, the coast-...
Lady Lundy
TOWED IN At 8.28 a.m. on i6th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor cruiser Lady Lundy had called for assistance by radiotelephony through North Foreland radio station. She was approximately four miles...
A Dinghy
Barrow, Lancashire - At 1.23 a.m.
on 23rd August, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small dinghy was overdue from a fishing trip offBiggar bank. The life-boat Herbert Leigh was launched at 1.45. It...
Universal Dipper
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 9.40 a.m. on 6th June, 1967, a report was received that the motor fishing vessel Universal Dipper was aground half a mile west of Sker Point. As the vessel was high and dry it was decided to delay the...
Jorjika
At 6.37 p.m. on 26th July, 1967, it was learnt that a yacht was in difficulties off Holland-on-Sea beach. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 7 o'clock in a gentle south westerly breeze and a choppy sea. The IRB was also...
A Catamaran (1)
DONATION MADE Dunbar, East Lothian. At 840 p.m.
on I5th June, 1965, a member of the public told the coxswain that a catamaran had capsized about 300/400 yards off the harbour entrance. The life-boat Margaret put out at 8.51...
Provider
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 1.20 p.m. on 8th June, 1966, an R/T message was received from the m.f.v. Provider stating she had sprung a serious leak about seven miles north east of Whitby. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth launched at 1.25 in a...
Mr. Courtenay H. Edmonds
Mr. Courtenay H. EdmondsWith the death of Mr. Courtenay H.
Edmonds, of Exeter, at the end of 1923, the Institution lost the oldest of its Hon- orary Secretaries. Mr. Edmonds became Honorary Secretary to the Exeter Branch...
Category: Obituaries