LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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BODY FOUND St. Ives, Cornwall. At 5.11 p.m. on 15th September, 1965, a man was reported trapped on the rocks to the north of Portheras Cove and at 5.30 the life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched with the honorary medical...
Bun Brosna
Galway Bay. At 10.15 a-m- on 3fd September, 1965, Valentia Radio informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was in distress half a mile south of North Aran lighthouse. There was a strong north-westerly breeze with a rough sea. The...
Diana
YACHT LEAKING At 5.55 a.m. on I5th November, 1965, the coastguard reported that a yacht with her engine broken down was in need of assistance and that a pilot cutter was standing by. The life-boat Mabel E.
Holland was...
Havlyn (1)
CARGO MIGHT SHIFT Holyhead, Anglesey. At 11.15 p.m.
on 28th November, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the Norwegian motor vessel Havlyn intended to weigh anchor and proceed to...
The States of Jersey Pilot Cutter La Rosiere
St. Helier, Jersey. At 3.43 p.m. on i6th January, 1966, Jersey Radio informed the duty harbour official that the States of Jersey pilot cutter La Rosiere had struck a rock near Corbiere Lighthouse on the south west corner of the island and...
Springwater
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 6.30 p.m. on 8th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the tanker Springwater had an injured man on board and a doctor was urgently required. At 7.14 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service...
Newby Wyke
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 4.30 p.m. on 29th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Newby Wyke, of Hull, due at Bridlington about 4.15, had a very sick man on board. There was a moderate north westerly...
Shell Duck
Cromer, Norfolk - At 9.48 a.m. on 2nd June, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Shell Duck had been seen by a helicopter apparently broken down surrounded by oil three miles south west of Newarp...
Siox Kayak
Dungeness, Kent. At 9.20 on the morning of the 19th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing dinghy was in diffi- culties two miles east of Dungeness Point. The life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched at...
A Yacht (2)
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 9.30 on the evening of the 7th of August 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had a yacht under observation. Seventeen minutes later they asked for the...