LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — At 3.55 in the afternoon of the 4th of September, 1949, some holiday visitors reported that a boat with a man and a small girl on board was on the rocks at the foot of Creadon cliffs. At 4.10 the life-boat...
Detlef Mittman
INJURED MAN At 6.15 p.m. on I2th August, 1965, the coxswain was notified that the Port Medical Officer wished to board a German tanker which had an injured man on board. The tanker was due off the harbour at 8 p.m. As it was low water it was...
Sinus
Sheringham, Norfolk. At i.io p.m.
on 5th September, 1965, the motor cruiser Sinus was reported to have broken down four miles north-east of the lifeboat station. The coastguard was informed and the motor cruiser was kept...
London Harmony
Penlee, Cornwall. At 1.20 a.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that the tanker London Harmony, due in Mount's Bay about 9 o'clock, wished to land a sick man. There was a gentle north-easterly breeze with a smooth sea...
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Stronsay, Orkneys. At 10.45 P-m- °n 22nd December, 1965, a doctor on Eday Island told the honorary secretary that a three-year-old boy had been run over by a motor vehicle and had sustained a broken leg and head injuries, and had since...
Arctic Brigand
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.30 on the 5th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a man on board the trawler Arctic Brigand who was suffering from an epileptic fit and required immediate medical attention....
Beverwick
Tynemouth, Northumberland. On the 6th February, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that an attempt was to be made to refloat the Dutch dredger Beverwick which had stranded on the Tynemouth pier, and that the captain in charge of the...
Blandford
Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 11.8 a.m. on 4th March, 1966, a message was received that the tanker Blandford had a sick man on board and that the services of a doctor were urgently required. After contacting a doctor the life-boat Edian...
Duke of Normandy
St. Helier, Jersey-At io.2ia.m. on 8th March, 1966, the duty harbour officer received a Mayday message via Jersey radio from the tug Duke of Normandy saying that she had struck a rock near Les Vascelius on the Les Minquiers reef. The...
The Danish Fishing Vessel Senious
Lerwick, Shetlands - At 12.35 a-mon 22nd March, 1966, a vessel was reported aground to the east of Lerwick harbour. There was a moderate north westerly breeze and a calm sea. The lifeboat Claude Cecil Staniforth set out 20 minutes later on...