LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Elsie
At 1.5 A.M.
on the 26th September signals were observed from a vessel to the north- eastward of the station. They were duly reported to the Coxswain, who promptly summoned his crew. The Mark Lane was launched, and found a...
Cuban
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 7th of June. 1956, the Sonthend coastguard reported that a steam lighter had fired three orange flares off Uguadale Point in Kil- brannan Sound. The life-boat City of Glasgow II put...
A Small Boat
Dungeness, Kent.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 13th of August, 1957, a report was received that a small boat appeared to be dragging her anchors one mile north-east of the station.
The boat was kept under...
Two Fishing Vessels
TWO FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED TO HARBOUR Whitby, Yorkshire. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 6th April, 1963, it was decided, in view of the very heavy swell on the harbour bar, to launch the life-boat to escort two fishing vessels...
A Motor Boat
Plymouth, South Devon. At 1.5 a.m. on 3ist May, 1965, the coastguard informed the life-boat's motor mechanic that a small motor boat about two miles off the Mewstone appeared to be making no progress. There was a fresh northerly breeze...
A Sailing Boat
THREE RESCUED Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.20 a.m. on yth June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat with a crew of three had capsized one mile west of the pier. It was i| hours after high tide, there...
Tamar on trial
The Tamar class is the RNLI’s newest and most sophisticated all-weather lifeboat, and its roll out continues. This year, Ireland’s first Tamar arrives at Kilmore Quay. Bembridge and Shoreham Harbour are also on the 2010 Tamar list and, in...
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Two Ship's Boats Belonging to the Olav Ringdal Jr., of Oslo
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 10.12 on the morning of the 12th of De- cember, 1952, the coastguard passed on a message from Burnham Radio that two ship's boats were being driven towards Sker Point in Swansea Bay.
The...
Incentive
Girvan, Ayrshire.—About nine o'clock on the night of the 27th of February, 1956, the police reported that the fishing boat Incentive, of Dunure, had sent a radio message that she had lost her rudder and was lying at anchor about two and...
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