LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ban Righ
.— Dur- ing the morning of the 26th February the wind freshened into a N.W. gale with a moderate sea. About 6.30 a message was received from the Coast- guard that a schooner was ashore at Scotston Head, and the crew of the Life-boat George...
Nan
Coverack, Cornwall.—At 2.5 in the afternoon, on the 13th of September, 1950, the life-boat coxswain saw a small rowing boat with two men in diffi- culties near the rocks off Pedn Myin; and at 2.15 the life-boat The Three Sisters was...
Veteran Collecting Box
When Mrs. V. M. Waldock, of Chislehurst, Kent, attended the annual meeting of the R.N.L.I. on 9th April, 1968, she brought with her her original life-boat collecting box which she had 'some time before 1930 from a Miss Lawson who was the...
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Sea Fox (2)
Search success AT 1820 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1987, Tyne Tees Coastguards were alerted by the mother of one of two men aboard the Hartlepool-based fishing boat Sea Fox that the vessel was six hours overdue at the east coast...
Vivetta and a Naval Cutter of H.M.S. Ganges
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 11.47 on the morning of the 23rd of July, 1950, while racing was in progress, the coastguard transmitted a message re- ceived from the Cork lightvessel. A yacht two to three miles to the north- east, was in...
White Heather
Torbay, Devon.—At 6.15 P.M. on the 27th August the master of the motor boat White Heather reported that a motor boat was in a dangerous position under the cliff face at Berry Head, and that the two men on board were shouting for help. The...
Summer Rose
Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire.— At 5.50 on the afternoon of the 20th of May, 1956, the Portpatrick coast- guard reported that a fishing boat was in distress off Castle Point, Solway Firth, and was drifting towards the rocks. At 6.15 the...
Durhambrook
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 7.13 on the evening of the 7th December, 1961, the motor mechanic passed on to the honorary secretary a message from the coastguard at Orlock. This was that the motor vessel Durhambrook of London had asked for the...
None
— On the night of the 7th April the life-boat coxswain brought from St. Martin's, in his own boat, a girl who was suffering from appendicitis, and her doctor.
It was then decided that the girl must be sent to the...
Clyro
— The motor life-boat Lily Glen—Glasgow was launched at 12.30 A.M. on the 14th August in response to a telephone message from Culzean Castle Maidens that the steam trawler Clyro, of Milford Haven, was ashore. A moderate W.N.W. wind was...