LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Auspicity
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 8.58 on the morning of the 28th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred between a tanker and a trawler off Point of Ayre. The tanker Auspicity of London had been...
Sommen
INJURED MAN TAKEN OFF SWEDISH VESSEL Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 9.38 on the morning of the 6th February, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Sommen of Gothenberg had wirelessed for medical help as a seaman...
The Royal Sovereign Lightvessel
LAUNCH TO LIGHTVESSEL FOR SICK MAN Eastbourne, Sussex. At 11.15 on the morning of the 1st March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary treasurer that a member of the crew of the Royal Sovereign lightvessel was sick and needed hospital...
Dirkje
INTERPRETER CAME At 10.45 a.m. on iyth June, 1964, the secretary of the Berwick Infirmary told the honorary secretary that a Dutch trawler had asked if a boat could land the skipper as she could not enter the harbour on the ebb tide. As no...
The S.S. Naess Tern
MAN HAD DIED At 8.16 p.m. on I4th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the s.s. Naess Tern of Panama was making for St. Ives Bay with a sick man aboard. The lifeboat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched at...
Girl Betty
ROLLING HEAVILY Wick, Caithness-shire. At 2.40 a.m.
on I4th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Girl Betty of Peterhead was ashore on Proudfoot at the north entrance of Wick Bay....
A Canoe
CANOE HAD OVERTURNED At 10.15 a.m. on 3ist August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a passing ship had reported an overturned canoe. There was a choppy sea with a gentle easterly breeze. It was one hour before low...
P.H. 90
FISHING BOAT OVERDUE At 7.36 a.m. on 22nd August, 1964, the coastguard told the life-boat's mechanic that a fishing boat with one person on board was reported overdue. At 9.33 this report was confirmed and both the Royal Air Force and...
A Boat (1)
MAN COLLAPSED At 6.46 p.m. on 9th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat had overturned in moderate seas and a fresh south-westerly breeze off Bowleaze cove. At 7.5 the lifeboat Frank Spiller Locke put...
A Rowing Boat (2)
WAVING AN OAR Wicklow. At 3.20 p.m. on 25th July, 1964, while the life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow, on temporary duty at Wicklow, was returning to her station from a flag day at Greystones, a small rowing boat was seen drifting about three miles...