LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 3.21 on the afternoon of the 27th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat was anchored about a quarter of a mile east of the Medusa buoy and that a fisherman was standing...
Lady Sophia
THREE TAKEN OFF At 9.30 a.m. on i6th August, 19645 Dublin harbour office told the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulty south of Pigeon House. There was a fresh south-easterly wind with a choppy sea and an ebbing tide. At 9.53...
Little Orme
SAW RED FLARE Rhyl, Flintshire. At 4.20 p.m. on nth October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Little Orme had sighted a red flare near the river Clwyd. The sea was moderate with a heavy swell and...
Yachts
Fleetvvood, Lancashire. At 11.30 on the morning of the 18th June, 1961, the life-boat was launched for her usual exercise to coincide with the dinghy races organised by the Blackpool and Fleetwood Yacht Club, which were to be held in the...
King Charles
Penlee, Cornwall. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 19th September, 1961, the honorary secretary was in- formed that the motor vessel King Charles of London was making for Mount's Bay with a sick man on board, who urgently needed...
Mercurius H
At 11.45 p.m. on 26th June, 1967, a message was received that a sick man on board the motor vessel Mercurius H of Rotterdam needed medical attention. The life-boat Lloyd's II with a doctor on board was launched at 12.12 a.m. in a light...
A Yacht
Blyth, Northumberland. At 2 p.m.
on 15th May, 1965, the new Blyth IRB launched on exercise for the purpose of training crew members. During the course of the exercise, which was held at high water in a moderate southerly...
Silver Queen
LIFE-BOAT ESCORTS FISHING VESSEL IN TOW Torbay, Devon. At 5.4 on the afternoon of the 20th May, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the police at Torbay that a boat near Thatcher rock needed help. The...
Betima
FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO HARBOUR Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 1.43 on the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, a resident at Penivar informed the honorary secretary that a motor fishing vessel had apparently broken down and was drifting in the...
Lundy
FISHERMAN SIGHTS CASUALTY FROM TREE TOP Swanage, Dorset. At 4.22 on the afternoon of the 23rd of November, 1962, a fisherman reported to the honorary secretary that he had seen, from the top of a tree, a fishing vessel drifting a mile off...