LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 10.27 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1960, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a girl had been seen floating from the beach on a rubber mattress. The life- boat Louise...

Plymouth, Devon. At 1.45 early on the morning of the 13th of July, 1960, the coastguard told the coxswain thata dinghy with two naval ratings return- ing to their ship was missing. The life- boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse put out at...

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.53 on the morning of the 27th of July, 1960, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a helicopter had been seen to crash half a mile east of Gorleston coastguard look- out. The...

Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1960, the honorary secretary received a report that a man was missing from a party of visitors who had been bathing at Keel Strand. The life-boat Rowland Watts left her...

Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 5th of September, 1960, a Mayday message was received from Valentia radio station that the fishing vessel Ros Ceaion was adrift in Blasket Sound and needed help. There was a moderate...

The Institution also announces with deep regret the deaths of the following former coxswains:— COXSWAIN JAMES ROACH, of Plymouth.

COXSWAIN EDDIE MADRON, of Penlee..

The Institution also announces with deep regret the deaths of the following former coxswains:— COXSWAIN JAMES ROACH, of Plymouth.

COXSWAIN EDDIE MADRON, of Penlee..

Weymouth, Dorset. At 3.8 on the afternoon of the 6th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a whaler from H.M.N.Z.S.

Taranaki, with three men aboard, hadcapsized in the middle of Portland harbour...