LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Clarinda
On the morning of the 23rd March the coxswain was told that the small local motor fishing boat Clarinda, with four men on board, had not returned with the rest of the fleet from the Ballantrae Banks. A moderate S.E. gale was blowing, with a...
A Yacht (1)
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 1.58 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small yacht from Moville was overdue. After further enquiries had been made the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil...
Isabella
Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th of September, 1953, the local fishing coble Isabella put to sea with a crew of three to work her crab pots near Brig buoy. The weather was bad, and at 10.50 it was decided to launch the...
Poseidon (1)
On the night of the 23rd of January, 1954, the Montrose, Angus, and the Aberdeen life-boats both went to the help of the fishing boat Poseidon, of Rothesay, whose engines had broken down. A south-easterly gale was blowing, and there was a...
Blossom
Amble, Northumberland.—At 7.30 on the evening of the 12th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that the fish- ing vessel Blossom, of Wick, had broken down in Druridge Bay. The life-boat City of Bradford II, on temporary duty at the station...
Cornel (1)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and Minehead, Somerset.—At 7.40 on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1955, the Tenby coastguard rang up the Tenby life-boat station to say that the motor vessel Cornel, of Cardiff, bound for Bristol with a cargo of...
Fishing Cobles (1)
THIRD COBLE HELPED At 1.30 p.m. on 19th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two fishing cobles had returned from fishing because of rapidly deteriorating weather. The tide was one hour past high water. A fresh...
None (13)
FOR HOSPITAL TREATMENT At 2.30 p.m. on 22nd July, 1964, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had two patients who required medical attention at a mainland hospital. As no other boat was available at the time he requested...
Winning Journalist
Mr. Michael Tosh has become the first man to receive the Institution's award for the best factual newspaper account of a service by a life-boat. His report appeared in the Dundee Courier and Advertiser on nth November, 1964. In it he...
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Venture
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 7.5 on the night of the 25th of January, 1951, the police sent a message that a fishing boat was reported to have made flares off the Tolsta Head. At 7.30 the life-boat William and Harriet was launched in...