LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Clytie
Hoylake, Cheshire. Between nine o'clock and 10.50 on the morning of the 12th of June, 1960, the coxswain kept the yacht Clytie, which was lying at anchor in the Swash to the north of Hilbre Island, under observation. Dur- ing this time...
A Fishing Boat
Barrow, Lancashire. At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1960, the coastguard told the coxswain that the tanker Kellia had reported that there was a small fishing boat alongside her with one man on board who had broken an arm...
A Sailing Boat
Snoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 27th August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had capsized outside the harbour.
The occupants of the boat, two men and...
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Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 19th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man was stranded on the bank of the river Tees near no. 5 light buoy. There were light south-westerly airs...
A Dinghy
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 6.50 on the evening of the 17th June, 1961,the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an eleven-feet dinghy, with a doctor and his son on board, was adrift about a mile and a half north-east of Rhos...
Border Falcon
Penlee, Cornwall. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 12th December, 1961, the port medical officer informed the honorary secretary that a seventeen- year-old apprentice on board the tanker Border Falcon of Newcastle was ill and...
River Afton
INJURED MAN TAKEN OFF MOTOR VESSEL Penlee, Cornwall. At 10.30 on the night of the 4th March, 1962, the honorary secretary was informed that a doctor was needed to attend an injured member of the crew of the motor vessel River A/ton of...
Mary, Duchess of Montrose
MARY, DUCHESS OF MONTROSE, who died in February, 1957, had been made an Honorary Life Governor of the Institution, the highest award conferred on an honorary worker, in 1955. She had been president of the Arran Ladies' Life-boat Guild...
Category: Obituaries
Silver Strand
Islay, Hebrides.—At 9.15 on the morn- ing of the 5th of May, 1957, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that a yacht was ashore on the Black Rock in the Sound of Islay and needed help.
The life-boat Edward Z. Dresden, on...
Bonita
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 7.45 oil the evening of the 7th of July, 1957. the Penmon coastguard telephoned to say a flare had been seen between Great Ormes Head and Puffin Island. The life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched at 8.10...