LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Skiff
Wicklow. At 10.30 on the morning of the 19th of November, 1959, the second coxswain came to the conclusion that a 16-ft. fishing skiff with an out- board motor, which had put out at six o'clock and had not returned, might be in danger....
Ranger
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. —- At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1956, immediately after the life- boat had returned from a previous service, a message was received from the Southend (Argyll) coastguard that a small...
Pan
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.57 on the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the Norwegian vessel Pan had engine trouble six miles south-east of Dun- cansby Head and needed help imme- diately. The life-boat City...
Melona
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.46 on the morning of the 6th of October, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a boat anchored three miles south- east of Clacton pier was showing dis- tress signals. At 10.5 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was...
A Dinghy
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 6th of October, 1956, a resident of Roa Island reported that a sixteen-feet dinghy had capsized in Walney Channel. At 2.30 the life- boat Herbert Leigh was launched. The sea was choppy,...
John Briscoe
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 4.35 on the afternoon of the 31st of May, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say a motor fishing vessel was on the rocks at Divas Head. The life-saving ap- paratus team and a helicopter had been summoned, and at...
A Dinghy (1)
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 7th of July, 1957, the honorary secretary received a tele- phone message that two men were being blown out to sea in a small dinghy. At 3.50 the life-boat The Elliott Gill was launched in...
A Canoe
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—While the life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3), on temporary duty at the station, was on show for the local life-boat day, on the 2nd of August, 1957, the coxswain was told that a canoe had capsized a mile and a...
Little Meg
Redcar, Yorkshire, At 10.20 on the morning of the 20th of October, 1957, the Saltburn coastguard telephoned that a yacht had capsized off Saltburn.
At 10.45 the life-boat City of Leeds was launched in a moderate sea. A...
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Galway Bay. At 3.30 on the after- noon of the 29th of May, 1958, the local doctor requested the use of the life-boat to take a patient urgently needing surgical help to the mainland.
At 3.40 the life-boat William and...