LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Naval Whaler
The Lizard, Cornwall. At 6.30 on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1960, in- formation was received that a naval whaler manned by an officer and four cadets on passage from Falmouth to Penzance was off the Lizard and might be in difficulties...
Enterprise
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 1.30 on the afternoon of the llth of August, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat with two men on board was having considerable diffi- culty in making the shore. The life-boat...
Clydefield
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumber- land. At ten o'clock on the night of 26th April, 1961, the harbour master in- formed the honorary secretary that the tanker Clydefield of Newcastle, on passage for Canada, had a man aboard with an injured...
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Galway Bay, Co. Galway. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th May, 1961, when the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson put off in response to a call from the police at Louisburgh, Co.
Mayo, there was a strong west...
A Motor Boat
Hartlepool, Co, Durham. At nine o'clock on the evening of the 12thSeptember, 1961, the police informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off the Heugh break- water. The life-boat The Princess Royal (Civil...
Zeeland
PATIENT ON DUTCH TUG At 10.3 p.m. on i9th February, 1964, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the Dutch tug Zeeland, which was standing by the coaster David M. off Hayle Bar, had an injured man on board who needed medical attention....
Hanseat
GERMAN BOAT'S APPEAL Torbay, Devon. At 2 a.m. on 3rd July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a radio message received at Niton radio station from the German coastal vessel Hanseat stated that one of the Hanseat's...
Rigil
WAS TOWED CLEAR Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 3.15 a.m. on i8th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was lying close inshore at Holm Head in a moderate sea with fresh to strong north-westerly breezes. It...
Little Lady and Guide Me
LAUNCH TO TWO COBLES IN ROUGH SEA Whitby, Yorkshire. At 9.15 on the morning of the 13th April, 1962, the second coxswain called the attention of the honorary secretary to the fact that the sea was becoming rough at the harbour bar and that...
Lulu
YACHT IN HEAVY WEATHER OFF NEEDLES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 6.46 a.m.
on Monday the 26th August, 1963, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht approximately one mile west of the Brook look-out...