LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Blossom
Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 3.31 on the afternoon of the 25th of April, 1959the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Blossom had broken down between Sunderland and Seaham. At 3.40 the life-boat Edward and Isabella...
Helicopter Takes Off Lightvessel's Crew
After the gale had abated a helicopter was able to take off the crew of the North Carr lightvessel. - View image in PDF
(see page 391). - View image in PDF
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Gull
Margate, Kent. At 2.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser, which had been under observation, appeared to have broken down and was drifting with the tide about seven...
A Sailing Boat and a Rowing Boat
Criccieth, Caernarvonshire.—At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 14th of August, 1956, the second coxswain reported that he had seen a sailing boat capsize about a mile and a half from Castle Point. The life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was...
A Yacht (1)
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 12.5 on the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a boat had been reported appar- ently in distress off the Cliff Hotel, Holland-on-Sea. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was...
Golden Gift
Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.—At 12.10 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1956, a small fishing boat was seen from the boathouse to be firing distresssignals about one mile and a quarter north-east of the life-boat...
Sylvia
Longhope, Orkneys. — Early on the morning of the 31st of January, 1957, the fishing yawl Sylvia, of Kirkwall, put out for lobster fishing. Before she was due to return a strong gale blew up, and as it was known that it would be extremely...
Jaskolka
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 7.25 on the morning of the 4th of November, 1957, Humber radio reported that the Polish trawler Jas- kolka was in trouble 18 miles north- east of Smith's Knoll. Her engine room was flooded and...
A Trawler
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 7.27 on the morning of the 17th of January,1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a trawler was ashore on Frisland Rocks. The life-boat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin put out at 7.45. There was a...
None (6)
Howth, Co. Dublin. At 5.48 on the evening of the 12th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a boy had fallen over a cliff at Bal- scadden Bay. At six o'clock, when the life-boat Mary Stanford, on temporary duty at...