LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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PATIENT LANDED At 5 p.m. on 3Oth January, 1965, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary for the use of the life-boat to convey a patient who was seriously ill to Rossaveel on the mainland as the weather was unsuitable for the small...
A Fishing Boat (1)
Lymington, Hampshire. At 7.5 a.m.
on 22nd June, 1965, the police informed the acting honorary secretary that a fishing boat was overdue. At 7.25 the inshore rescue boat was launched in a slight, gusting to gentle,...
H.M.S. Plover
Newcastle, Co. Down. H.M.S. Plover, visiting Newcastle, was due to sail early on the fth August, 1965, for the Clyde.
However, her commanding officer and forty ratings were stranded ashore as the liberty boat had grounded...
Sugar Creek
POUNDING AGAINST PIER Dover, Kent. At 7.20 a.m. on 2gth November, 1965, the owner of the yacht Sugar Creek informed the life-boat mechanic that the yacht, from which he had just swum, had broken loose from her moorings in the inner harbour...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 10.32 a.m. on 23rd November, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that an aircraft had come down in the sea in the St. Bride's bay area and her crew of two had baled out. The life-boat Joseph Soar...
Beverwuck
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At I p.m. on 8th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an attempt was to be made to refloat the Dutch dredger Beverwuck which had gone aground on the i8th November, 1965. The dredger...
Northern Star
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 12.30 p.m. on 23rd February, 1966, the coxswain, knowing that there was a fishing coble at sea and realizing that the weather was getting worse, had investigated and had decided to launch the life-boat Friendly...
Harmony
Exmouth, Devon - At 8.40 p.m. on 2nd August, 1966, a yacht was in distress off Brandy Head near Beer. There was fresh west south westerly breeze with moderate sea. It was high water. The lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty...
A Rowing Boat (1)
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At i .50 p.m.
on 25th October, 1966, a rowing boat, with two young men aboard, was reported overdue from a fishing trip. The IRB was launched shortly afterwards. It was five hours after high water....
Janorma
Southcnd-on-Sea, Essex - At 10.10 p.m. on nth December, 1966, a small vessel was seen to be in distress about one and a half miles west of the pier. The lifeboat Greater London II (Civil Service No.
30} was launched at...