LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Prins Boudewijn
Angle, Pembrokeshire. At 7.50 a.m.
on 25th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Belgian trawler Prins Boudewijn of Ostend had been reported on fire one mile west of St. Anne's Head. There was...
Storm
SAFE RETURN Rhyl, Flintshire. About 5 p.m. on 22nd April, 1964, red flares were seen by a man on the beach who immediately told members of the life-boat crew working in the harbour. There was a gentle south-westerly breeze with a slight...
Bradley
THREE RESCUED Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 1.41 a.m.
on 24th May, 1964, the Castletown coastguard told the honorary secretary that the local motor boat Bradley was reported to have broken down if miles west of Chicken Rock...
Runer
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 12.36 a.m. on zoth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that one of many foreign trawlers which had been sheltering in Berwick bay during a gale had just fired red...
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...
Daphne Loo
YACHT WAS LEAKING Padstow, Cornwall. At 10.38 p.m.
on 18th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that flares had been reported at Newland Island. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a slight sea...
A Sailing Dinghy (3)
TWO CAME BACK Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. At 12.39 p.m. on ist September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy had capsized half a mile off Black Rock sands and both occupants were in the sea. There...
A Converted Ship's life-Boat
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 6.35 p.m.
on pth November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a converted ship's life-boat was three hours overdue with eight people on board, including three young children....
Paragon
NEAR LIGHTVESSEL Cloughey, Co. Down. At 2.25 p.m.
on loth December, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Paragon was drifting near South Rock lightvessel with her engines broken down. The...
The Helwick Lightvessel
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 10.15 a-m- on 23fd January, 1965, Trinity House, Swansea, informed the honorary secretary that one of the crew of the Helwick lightvessel was sick and as the Trinity House vessel Alert was not available the...