LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Army D.U.K.W.
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1953, the coastguard reported that an Army D.U.K.W. was in distress near Manor- bier, and at 2.39 the life-boat John R.
Webb was launched. The sea was...
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Aith, Shetlands.—At 2.35 on the after- noon of the 2nd of October, 1953, the doctor at Walls rang up to say there was a case of serious illness on the island of Papa Stour, and the weather was too bad for a shore-boat to take him to the...
Maggie Deas
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 18th of October, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing coble had burnt flares two miles north of Heugh lighthouse. At 5.55 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 1.23 early on the morningof the 20th of April, 1954, the Gorles- ton coastguard rang up to say that Britannia Pier at Great Yarmouth had caught fire and to ask for the life-boat, as there...
Speedwell
On receipt of a message on the morning of the 1st July, stating that a yacht was aground on the West Hoyle Bank, the Life-boat Admiral Briggs was launched at 11.45, and on reaching the vessel found she was the Speedwell, cutter-rigged, of...
Mersey
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 2nd April, while a strong breeze was blowing from the S., the schooner Mersey, of Dublin, bound from Waterford, in ballast, for Point of Ayre, anchored near the rocks outside Conister. She was then in a dangerous...
Five Brothers
The Motor Life-boat Albert Edward was launched at 9.30 A M. on the 29th December during a strong W.N.W. breeze, and assisted to save the sprit-sail barge Five Brothers, of Rochester, which had had her spars carried away, whilst bound from...
Try Again
On the 13th April the coble Try Again, returning from fishing in a strong breeze from S.E. and a rough sea, was in very great danger, and the Life-boat put off to assist her. She was the last boat of the fleet to return, and after the...
Maria McMillan
DUNGARVAN,1 CO. WATERFORD.—While a moderate breeze was blowing from the S.E., accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the 5th April, a vessel was seen burning flares, and on this being reported at the Life-boat station immediate steps were taken...
Naomh Fergus
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 12.55 p.m. on 24th August, 1968, the honorary secretary received a report that the fishing boat Naomh Fergus with a crew of three had fired flares three and a half miles west by south of Ballycotton lighthouse. The...