LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mumbles Lifeboat Appeal
The road between John O'Groats and Land's End is lined with gold—at least for charities it is. Andrew Jones (I) and Robert Denner (r), are seen here being given a send-off by the Lord Mayor of Swansea, Councillor Michael Murphy,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Vessel (23)
JULY 2ND. - EXMOUTH, AND TORBAY, DEVON. A vessel had been reported on fire six miles S.E by S. of Berry Head, but the Torbay life-boat could find nothing. Next day the life-boats at Exmouth and Torbay were launched to a vessel reported to be...
Blossom
CRUDEN.—On the 27th February, the Life-boat Peep o' Day was launched about 3.30 A.M., and rescued the crew, consisting of 3 men, from the schooner Blossom, of Aberdeen. This vessel had missed stays in the bay, and bad gone ashore on...
The Motor Fishing Boats Braw Lads and Misty Isle
Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th of February, 1954, fishermen at Burn- mouth reported that the motor fishing boats Braw Lads and Misty Isle were making for Burnmouth in bad...
Elim
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 10.50 P.M. on the 18th June, 1939, the coxswain's son saw a flare in the South Bay, betweenthe shore and Lady Isle. A N.W.
wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat Sir David...
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TAKEN TO HOSPITAL At 6 p.m. on 23rd December, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that he had a patient requiring hospital treatment and as no other boat was available requested the use of the life-boat.
The...
Monte Aracus
WOMAN PASSENGER ILL Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 4 p.m. on 3rd March, 1965, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that a passenger on board the motor vessel Monte Aracus of Bilbao was sick and needed medical attention. At 4.35...
Dorothea Weber
GERMAN COASTER AIDED At 1.34 p.m. on i8th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German coaster Dorothea Weber appeared to be in difficulties off the North Goodwin lightvessel. There was a storm force wind...
The Motor Cabin Cruiser De Santelle
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser appeared to be in difficulty a mile east of Thorpe- ness. A moderate south-westerly wind was blowing...
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Sick Girl THE DOCTOR at Armadale asked Mallaig honorary secretary at 1400 on Friday, March 21, if the lifeboat would take a sick girl from Sleat Point to Armadale Pier. The 52' Barnett lifeboat EMM.
Gordon Cubbin...