LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Oxygen Given to Man Trapped In Porthole
AT 1.3 on the afternoon of 8th Decem- ber, 1962, the honorary secretary of the Southend-on-Sea life-boat station, Mr.
P. G. Garon, learnt from the coast- guard that the Dutch motor vessel Temar of 198 tons was on fire. She...
Category: Services
Emily
CLOVELLY.—On the llth May the Coastguard patrol reported at 1 A.M.
that a vessel was showing signals of distress off the pier. He had hailed her, and her crew had stated that their boat had been washed away and they were...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
LINCOLNSHIRE.—The Lincolnshire Shipwreck Society—the last remaining of the County Shipwreck Associations — having been brought into union with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the latter has completely renovated the four life-boat...
Category: Articles
Mr. J. R. Barnett, O.B.E., M.I.N.A.
Mr. J. R. Barnett, O.B.E., M.I.N.A., was for many years Consulting Naval Architect to the Institution. He died at his home in Glasgow on 13th January, 1965, shortly after reaching his looth birthday. When the first experiments with motor...
Category: Obituaries
Argo
On the morn- ing of the 15th August the coastguard brought news that a yacht in Dundrum Bay was flying distress signals. As the Newcastle life-boat was off service, it was decided to send the Cloughey motor life-boat William Maynardt arid...
Drakedene
Walmer, Kent.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 25th of November, 1954, the coxswain noticed that a ship in the Downs was showing a flag signi- fying that she was disabled. At 10.40, at high water, the life-boat Charles Dibdin, Civil...
Liberty
Kirkcudbright. At 11.10 on the night of the 28th December, 1961, the bow- man told the honorary secretary that the local motor fishing vessel Liberty was on the rocks at Ross Island with engine trouble. She had one man...
A Dinghy (2)
At 10.30 a.m. on 5th November, 1967, a member of the life-boat crew saw a sailing dinghy capsize in Mumbles Bay. As there was no boat in the vicinity the IRB carried on board the life-boat Charles H. Barret was launched at 10.33 in a strong...
Galtee More
At 6.20A.M.
on the 17th September the Life-boat Sir Arthur Blackwood was launched in response to signals of distress from a steamer. There was a thick fog at the time and on arriving on the scene of the casualty the...
Aethon
AIDED ENGINEER'S WIFE At 2.40 p.m. on 9th September, 1964, the coxswain superintendent heard from a Hull shipping agent that the chief engineer's wife on board the cargo vessel Aethon of Piraeus needed urgent medical attention. The...