LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats
CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND. — A strong sea having risen with a dense fog on the 10th of May, the Life-boat Cooperator No. 1 was launched at about 8.30 A.M. to the assistance of three fishingboats whose return was rendered...
Mare
Sub-zero escort THE 445-TON CARGO VESSEL Mare, of Honduras, on route from Rotterdam to Dundalk with a cargo of iron ore, ran into difficulties on the night of January 12, 1987 when her load shifted and she developed a 20 to 30 degree list,...
February (1)
FEBRUARY MEETING PORT WEMYSS, ISLAY. The S.S. Agate, laden with coal and bound from Poole to Belfast, lost touch with her convoy during thick weather and ran ashore at Carn Point on the west coast of Islay at 4.30 in the morning of the 30th...
Category: Services
May (1)
HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. On the evening of the 16th of February, 1944, three men came ashore in their own punt from a hopper of the London Midland and Scottish Railway and anchored in the harbour. A westerly breeze was blowing, with a choppy...
Category: Services
None (1)
St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.5 on the morning of the 5th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a man in the Smalls lighthouse was sick and asked if the life-boat would take him ashore. At 8.30 the life-boat...
The Russian Fish Factory Vessel Robert Eykhe
AMBULANCE CALL WHEN on 16th January, 1972, a Russian fish factory ship, anchored 30 miles west of Guernsey, requested assistance to take off a sick man requiring hospital treatment, the St. Peter Port, Guernsey, life-boat went...
Elsa Tholstrup
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 7.8 on the evening of the 13th of November, 1959, the honorary secretary learnt from the pilots of a wireless message received from the tanker Elsa Tholstrup, of Middelfart, Denmark, that she had a...
Colinne
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 6.5 on the morning of the 24th of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fish- ing vessel Colinne of Ullapool had a badly injured man on board who needed medical aid. A...
Saga
Introducing the SAGA Private Healthcare Plan Full cover medical insurance at a price you can afford The Saga Private Healthcare Plan has been developed exclusively for Saga customers aged 60 or over and it includes benefits which you may not...
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Crew Thrown Out of IRB
Two brothers, Christopher and John Cook, who formed the crew of the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, inshore rescue boat, and a 64 year old retired doctor, Dr.
Harrison Broadbent, have received letters of appreciation signed by the...
Category: Services