LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rigil
WAS TOWED CLEAR Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 3.15 a.m. on i8th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was lying close inshore at Holm Head in a moderate sea with fresh to strong north-westerly breezes. It...
Little Lady and Guide Me
LAUNCH TO TWO COBLES IN ROUGH SEA Whitby, Yorkshire. At 9.15 on the morning of the 13th April, 1962, the second coxswain called the attention of the honorary secretary to the fact that the sea was becoming rough at the harbour bar and that...
Lulu
YACHT IN HEAVY WEATHER OFF NEEDLES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 6.46 a.m.
on Monday the 26th August, 1963, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht approximately one mile west of the Brook look-out...
Enterprise
Stromness, Orkneys. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 13th of March, 1959, the assistant motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that he had heard the motor fishing vessel Enterprise calling for help on his radio.
A Motor Boat
Falmouth, Cornwall. On the after- noon of the 17th of May, 1959, the police at Falmouth informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had lost her rudder and had struck a rock near Rosemullion Point. The life-boat Crawford and Constance...
Three Life-Boat Centenaries
Lizard AT a dinner held at the Housel Bay Hotel, the Lizard, on the 24th of April, 1959, to mark the hundredth anniver- sary of the founding of the life-boat station, Earl Howe, Chairman of the Committee of Management, presented a...
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Fame
Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 2.45 on the morning of the 17th of May, 1960, the life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) was launched one hour after high water to the help of the motor fishing vessel Fame of Lossiemouttu which was ashore on...
Authenticity
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 5.22 on the morning of the 28th of May, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small vessel was aground on the eastern side of the Middle Scroby sands. At six o'clock the...
Golden Hope
ENGINE BREAKDOWN At 8.22 a.m. on 25th October, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that the skipper of the fishing-vessel Golden Hope had radioed, asking for his vessel to be kept under observation because her engine had broken down. The...
Blue Dolphin
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 4.43 a.m.
on 13th May, 1968, the coastguard reported that a flare had been seen near the North Buxey buoy. The life-boat Valentine Wyndham-Quin was launched at 5.15 in a south westerly gale with a...