LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mollia
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—During thick fog on the afternoon of the 9th of Decem- ber, 1952, a vessel about two miles south-east of the harbour was heard blowing her siren, and at 5.15 the coastguard telephoned that flares had been seen. At 5.22...
Gypsy
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 8.55 on the evening of the 4th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing boat appeared to be drifting about three miles to the eastward, and that one of her crew was waving a flag on an oar...
A Rowing Boat (1)
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 9.40 on the evening of the 7th of August, 1953, the coxswain received a message that three people had gone out fishing at six o'clock in a small rowing boat fitted with an outboard motor, and that they had not...
Meligunis
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 10.35 on the night of the 11 th of December, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had gone aground at Galloway Rock, near Greencastle. At 10.48 the life-boat Lady Scott, Civil Service...
Andante
Girvan, Ayrshire - At 5.20 p.m. on 26th April, 1970, the motor mechanic of the life-boat reported that a yacht was in difficulties off the harbour and drifting towards the dangerous coast south of Girvan. At 5.35 the life-boat James and...
Admiral Sir William Slayter, K.G.B., D.S.O., D.S.C.
The death is reported of Admiral Sir William Slayter, K.C.B., D.S.O., D.S.G., who was a member of the Committee of Management for 18 years and a vice president of the R.N.L.I, since 1962..
Category: Obituaries
A Fishing Boat (1)
Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 8.52 on the evening of the 30th of August, 1958, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a message that a fishing boat was making distress signals off the Barmouth Fairway buoy. At 9.20 the life-boat...
Bluemaster
Dungeness, Kent. At 10.10 on the night of the 13th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the motor vessel Bluemaster, .and that her master wanted to land...
A Rowing Boat (2)
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 4.5 on the afternoon of the 27th of Septem- ber, 1958, the coastguard at Rhyl informed the coxswain that two men in a rowing boat were in difficulties one mile north of the pier. At 4.50 the life- boat...
Sevona
Weymouth, Dorset. At 8.40 on the morning of the 31st of October, 1958, the coastguard at Wyke Regis told the honorary secretary that a motor yacht had broken down three miles south- west of Portland and that H.M. frigate Murray had left...