LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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ILL MAN At 12.40 p.m. on 27th January, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had received a message from the wife of the doctor on the Island of Colonsay stating that her husband was very ill, and when told of the...
A Dinghy (4)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 9.35 on the evening of the 1st of September, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two people in a dinghy fitted with an outboard motor were shouting for help off the south beach.
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May
Penlee, Cornwall. At 12.48 on the afternoon of the 18th of February, 1960, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a fishing boat had broken down close to the rocks at Tol-Pedn. At one o'clock the life-boat W. and S. was...
Doctor Do-A-Lot
As Doctor George Middleton MBE retires as deputy honorary medical adviser (HMA) of St Davids lifeboat, he reflects back on his first service with the station shortly after his appointment as HMA in 1956.
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Francis M. Dee
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 1st of April, 1953.
the coastguard rang up to say that the Barrow Deep lightvessel had reported that a man in a cabin cruiser which had broken down, had made fast to...
The Launch Scottish Maid
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 7.34 on the evening of the 3rd of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the launch Scottish Maid with one man on board, appeared to be in difficulties. A later message con- firmed that...
Jepa II
Hoylake, Cheshire - On the morning of 31st October, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that a motor cruiser was stranded off Spencer Spit. The West Kirby IRB was towed to Hoylake by road and launched at 11.25. There was a strong north...
The S.S. Motto
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 16th of December, 1957, the honorary secretary was informed that the S.S.
Motto, of Newcastle, was approaching Great Yarmouth with a sick man on board...
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Dunmorc East, Co. Waterford. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of April, 1958, the owner of a local hotel told the honorary secretary that a young man had fallen over the cliffs at Portally while shooting seals and was lying...
Oberon
THIRD MAN RESCUED FROM SAILING DINGHY Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 10th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing boat had capsized off Coopers Beach, East Mersea, and that two...