LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Imp
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 5 p.m.
on 29th August, 1965, the acting second coxswain heard a distress message being passed to Niton radio station from the yacht Dream of Holland saying that a capsized dinghy with two people...
A French Trawler
Margate, Kent. At 10.10 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, red jlares were seen one mile east of the north-east Spit buoy. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. //) launched at 10.34 in a strong gale from the west with a very rough sea....
Wakeful, Success and Provider
PROPELLER FOULED At 4.20 p.m. on 25th November, 1965, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Wakeful had partially fouled her propeller and was returning to harbour from the fishing...
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At 12.48 p.m. on 26th June, 1966, information was received that an elderly woman had fallen over Arrowan cliff, four miles west of Coverack, and the assistance of the life-boat was required as the position could not be approached from the...
Sari Marts
TOW FOR BOAT WITH ANGLERS ABOARD Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At' 3.20 on the afternoon of the 23rd July, 1962, the master of the mail steamer St.
Andrew informed the coxswain that the fishing boat Sari Marts had...
Kingfisher, Lily and Three Brothers
COBLES ESCORTED IN NEAR GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the harbour master told the honorary secretary he felt anxious for the safety of the fishing cobles Kingfisher, Lily and Three Brothers,...
Sea Fisher
FISHING VESSEL ESCORTED IN NEAR GALE Whitby, Yorkshire. At 8.40 on the morning of the 12th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing vessel had broken down off Whitby harbour and that the motor...
Bravest Act of Life-Saving
THK Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1962 has been won by Bowman John Kerr, of Blyth, for his part in the rescue of the crew of two of the motor vessel Paullgate on the 18th November. A...
Category: Awards
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SICK CHILD TAKEN FROM ISLAND IN GALE Gahvay Bay. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 8th March, 1963, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat could take a child suffering from appendicitis to Rossaveel for...
Arka
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY POLISH TRAWLER North Sunderland, Northumberland. At 4.30 a.m. on Saturday the 20th of July, 1963, the Seahouses coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Arka, of Gdynia, was aground on Knavestone Rock....