LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy
SAILING DINGHY BEACHED AFTER CAPSIZE Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 24th August, 1962, the mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half north-east of Arklow harbour. The...
A Motor Boat and a Dinghy
LOST THEIR DINGHY St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 6.15 p.m. on i8th October, I963,thecoastguard told the acting honorary secretary that two fires and a flashing light had been seen on Ramsey Island. At 6.19 the lifeboat Joseph Soar (Civil...
Hebe, of Rotterdam
Ramsgate, Kent.—20th April. The motor vessel Hebe, of Rotterdam, had grounded on the Goodwin Sands, but got off when the tide rose.—Rewards, £5 8s..
New Choice
Longhope, Orkney.—At about 9.20A.M. on the 1st July information was received by telephone from Torness that a trawler was ashore. A moderate easterly wind was blowing. The sea was smooth, but there was a dense fog.
The...
New Training School
The first Coastguard Training School has been opened at Brixham, South Devon. This was made necessary because of the need for intensive training in the use of new rescue aids and techniques..
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremony at Troon
THE naming ceremony took place at Troon, Ayrshire, on 5th October, 1968, of 44-007 Connel Elizabeth Cargill which was provided by a gift from W. A.
Cargill Charitable Trust. Mrs. Connel Leggett, of Edinburgh, eldest grand-...
Category: Inaugurations
Wind
Poole, Dorset - At 3.45 a.m. on 17th November, 1968, it was learnt that flares had been seen near the training bank outside the harbour.
The life-boat Bassett Green slipped her moorings at 4.5 in a fresh east north easterly...
Sheelina
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 1.35 a.m. on 26th July, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that the motor boat Sheelina, with two people on board, was hard aground at the foot of the tower on Dalkey island. The life-boat John F. Kennedy...
Sea Rambler
Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co.
Cork-At 7.50 p.m. on 3Oth August, 1966, a visitor informed the Barry's Cove lifesaving station that a launch was in difficulties in Dunworley bay. The lifeboat Sir Arthur Rose proceeded at 8...
Arnisdale
Montrose, Angus - At 3.40 p.m. on ist November, 1966, it was reported that the trawler Armadale had towed thetrawler Arnisdale nine miles northwards from Red Head to Scurdyness in an increasing north to north easterly wind, taking over eight...