LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Henriette Schulte
Torbay, Devon.—At 8.45 on the even- ing of the 10th of February, 1953, local shipping agents telephoned that a man had fallen down the hold of the S.S. Henriette Schulte, of Emden, seriously injuring himself, and asked if the life-boat would...
The S.S. Ardetta
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 6.45 on the evening of the 27th of July, 1953, the coastguard reported that the S.S.
Ardetta, of Liverpool, which was off Newhaven, had asked for a boat to land a man who had fallen down her hold. The...
Lady Sheena
Margate, Kent - At 9.39 p.m. on nth July, 1966, a sick man on board the m.v.
Lady Sheena, near the east Margate buoy, required medical assistance. At 9.51 a further message requested that the lifeboat take a doctor to the...
The Creel Boat Kingfisher
WAVED FOR HELP Anstruther, Fife. At 11.6 a.m. on 5th February, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man in a small boat off Cellandyke was reported to be waving for help. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...
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RADIO INVICTA Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.5 p.m. on 28th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that one of the personnel of Radio Invicta, a wireless transmitting station on Redsand Towers, had badly injured a foot and...
The German Training Ship Ruhr
Poole, Dorset - At 12.50 p.m. on 6th December, 1969, the life-boat mechanic received a report from the coastguard that the German training ship Ruhr had asked for help in landing a seriously ill man. A rendezvous was arranged five miles...
A Canoe (1)
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 2.42 on the afternoon of the 25th of August, 1957, a canoe was seen to capsize in heavy seas two miles off the harbour.
The life-boat Euphrosyne Kendal put out at 3.2 in a very rough sea. There...
Judean
At 1.50 p.m. on i8th November, 1966, it was reported that the trawler Judean had requested assistance in landing a sick man who needed hospital treatment. At 3.30 the coastguard advised the honorary secretary that the Judean was five miles...
Marguerite
St. Peter Port, Guernsey - At 5 p.m. on 9th February, 1967, the fishing boat Marguerite, with one man on board, was reported overdue. After further inquiries to see if the fishing boat had put in to another port, it was decided to launch the...
Arvidsjauer, of Stockholm
Penlee, Cornwall - At 8 p.m. on 6th March, 1967, the honorary secretary informed the coxswain that the life-boat would be needed at 6 a.m. the following morning to take a doctor out to the m.v.
Arvidsjauer of Stockholm...