LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 6th of November, 1952, a man on the Island of Jura reported that five men he employed had gone to Brosdale Island to collect some sheep, but were marooned there in bad weather. There was...
Undaunted
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 1.45 on the afternoon of the 27th of December, 1952, a telephone message was received from a man in Melvich that a fishing boat was in distress six miles east- north-east of Port Skerra. At 2.10 the life-boat...
Evertsen
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 12.42 in the afternoon of the 4th of April, 1948, the Gorleston coastguard reported that the Dutch motor vessel Evertsen, which was off the harbour, had signalled for a doctor. Six...
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 3.25 in the afternoon of the 31st of July, 1949, information was received through the coastguard at Easington that a rubber dinghy was drifting half a mile off Easington, and the life-boat City of Bradford //was...
A Dinghy (1)
Douglas, Isle of Man - At 12.37 p.m.
on 13th August, 1968, the coastguard reported that a rubber dinghy, with two people on board, was adrift one mile east of Cornan beach. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1 was...
Elblag
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 11.15 P-mon loth November, 1966, news was received that the Polish motor vessel Elblag, of Szczecin, which was twenty miles south of Lowestoft, had a sick man on board. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson,on temporary duty...
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 10 a.m.
on 26th January, 1965, the Irish Lights Office asked the honorary secretary for the use of the life-boat to convey a sick man from the Coningbeg Lightvessel to the mainland. The life-boat...
A Sailing Dinghy (3)
Harwich, Essex - At 2.43 p.m. on 30th May, 1966, a small sailing dinghy was reported to have capsized one mile off Dovercourt beach. The IRB launched at 2.48 in a moderate east north easterly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The...
A Boat (1)
SMALL BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Newhaven, Sussex. At 9.30 on the evening of the 7th May, 1963, the police informed the honorary secretary that a man had put to sea in the afternoon in a small boat and had not yet returned.
At 9.40...
Wave Dancer
Fishing trip on the rocks Anstruther - Scotland South Division A Glenrothes man's fishing trip ended on the rocks on 24 July, 1988 when engine failure on his 25ft cruiser Wave Dancer caused the boat to drift on to rocks by a nearby...