LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy
HELICOPTER AND LIFE-BOAT IN SEARCH FOR DINGHY Cromer, Norfolk. At 12.34 on the afternoon of the 12th May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy was in difficulty four miles north-east of...
Shark Tempest
Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 4.20 p.m.
on 12th April, 1968, a report was received that a small boat was firing flares 500 yards from Stackpool quay. The life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched at 4.28 in a moderate easterly...
Mary Anne
Swanage, Dorset. At 12.44 on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a two-masted fishing vessel, Mary Anne, had hoisted a distress signal east of Durlston Head.
Her...
Pradnik
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 8.32 on the morning of the 5th of December, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Pradnik of Gdynia, Poland, was signalling for immediate medical assistance. There was a fresh...
Rolfe
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 2.30 p.m. on 3rd March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a young man on board the German motor vessel Rolfe one mile and three quarters north of Moelfre was believed to be suffering from...
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Douglas, Isle of Man. At 9.25 p.m.
on loth May, 1965, the police informed the honorary secretary that a young boy had fallen over the cliffs near the lower field of Ballavarane Farm, Lonan. The cliffs at that point are...
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At 9.24 p.m. on 20th August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a young man had been cut off by the tide at Whitby Hight light and that the lifesaving apparatus team were proceeding with cliff rescue gear. The honorary secretary alerted the...
Minna
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides - At 11 a.m. on 2yth March, 1967, a message was received that the fishing cruiser Minna had asked for immediate medical assistance for a member of her crew who had fallen overboard off Kepoch Head. He had been...
Cheryl II
St. Helier, Jersey - at 10.20 p.m. on nth August, 1967, the honorary secretary was informed that a fishing boat, with one man on board, was overdue. The lifeboat Elizabeth Rippon slipped her moorings at 10.45 in a strong west south westerly...
A Dinghy (14)
St. David's Pembrokeshire - At 5.35 p.m. on 24th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man who was standing on a rock near South Bishop lighthouse was signalling for assistance. There was sailing dinghy in...