LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M.S. Birdham
At 2.52 p.m. on 23rd June, 1967, a message was received that a naval vessel was on fire off the Cock of Arran. An amended position of the casualty was given as between Skipness Point and Lochranza. The life-boat City of Glasgow II slipped...
Emmanuel, Margaret Anne, and Kate and Videt
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 2.35 p.m. on 14th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four cobles, one of which had 25 passengers on board, were still at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather conditions.
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Two Dinghies (2)
At 10.38 p.m. on iyth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 999 call had been received from Skipsea reporting that two dinghies were unable to beach due to a heavy swell. After further enquiries had been made...
Mandragon
Margate, Kent. At 4.56 p.m. on 8th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares have been seen north west of the West Girdler buoy. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. n) was launched at 5.22 in a...
Two Danish Motor Fishing Vessels, The Mary Iversen and The Gadanus
MAY 13TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 11.52 in the morning the coastguard reported two Danish motor fishing vessels, the Mary Iversen and the Gadanus, in difficulties on the Inner Middle Sandbank.
A...
The Norseman, of Montrose
OCTOBER 31ST. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 8.5 at night the Portpatrick coastguard reported a fishing vessel making distress signals off the Isle of Whithorn. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, with heavy rain. The sea was very rough. The motor...
An R.A.F. Launch
JANUARY 16TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
At 1.50 P.M. a message was received from the Stepper Point coastguard that a large R.A.F. launch, which had arrived under Pentire Head, needed help. A fresh N.N.E. breeze was blowing with...
A Sailing Boat (2)
MAY 30TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, AND WORTHING, SUSSEX. During the afternoon a sailing boat, with a crew of two, father and son, capsized about two miles off Goring. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea.
At...
A Canoe
JULY 17TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 8.21 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a canoe, with a boy on board, had capsized oil Ness Point. A gentle S.W. breeze was blowing, but the sea was...
Norwal and Svint
JULY 10TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
At 2.40 in the morning the Stepper Point coastguard reported that an SOS was being flashed six miles N.N.E. of Stepper Point.
As it was known that convoys were passing and...