LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Cloughey, Co. Down.—At 9.15 in the evening of the 28th of July, 1948, the Tara coastguard telephoned that a small motor boat was ashore on Long Pladdy, Ballyquinton Point. There was no immediate danger, as the sea was calm and the...

Howth, Co. Dublin. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 30th July, 1961, the Baily lighthouse watchkeeper informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy had capsized near the lighthouse. At 1.43 the life-boat R.P.L. was launched in a rough sea....

CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 25th March, at 7 A.M., a man arrived at Caister from Winterton, and reported that a dismasted vessel was lying just outside Hasborough Sand, and that the sea at Winterton was so heavy that the Life-boat there could...

TWO CALLS TO DINGHIES IN ONE EVENING Blackpool, Lancashire. At 5.45 on the evening of the 1st June, 1963, the Fleetwood coastguard telephoned to say three youths in a rubber dinghy were drifting out to sea a mile off Rossall Point. At 6.15...

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 6.32 p.m. on ist August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a catamaran lay beached at Scratchells Bay near the Needles; her crew were flying a white shirt at the mast and she was apparently...

At ii.10 a.m. on 9th August, 1967, the coastguard reported that a dinghy had capsized one mile off Tregantle Fort. The IRB was launched at 11.22 and also the harbour master's launch. However, conditions outside the harbour forced the IRB...

ABERYSTWITH.—On the 23rd January, while a whole gale from the S.W. was at its height, accompanied by a very heavy sea, the steamer Ananda, of Greenock, bound from Workington for Swansea with a cargo of pig-iron, was seen in a disabled state...

NEWSPOINT What would Sir William Hillary have thought about the day when Rye Harbour lifeboat rescued 29 children and adults from inflatable toys on a hot summer's day earlier this year (see Lifeboat Services)? When he founded the RNLI...