LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 9.25 on the evening of the 2nd of December, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel six miles south-west-by-south of Shoreham was making distress signals. At 9.35 the life-boat Rosa...
Glad Tidings
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Long- stone lighthouse keepers had reported a boat flying distress signals...
Marie Suzanne
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 3.36 on the afternoon of the 16th of February, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the engine-room of the Belgian trawler Marie Suzanne was on fire nine miles south-east of Clyth Ness. At four o'clock the...
Solent Sedge
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 6.35 on the morning of the 30th of April, 1957, the Needles coastguard reported that the yacht Solent Sedge was ashore on the Shingles with a rope entangled in her propeller. The life-boat S.G.E.
Kanedo
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 10.10 on the night of the 5th of August, 1957, cries for help could be heard from the motor cruiser Kanedo, which was moored close to the pier. A strong south-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was very rough....
A Dinghy (4)
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 6.15 on the evening of the 20th of August, 1957, a message was received from the RoyalUlster Constabulary barracks that a small boat with three men on board was missing at Ballywhiskin,...
Success II
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 17th of Febru- ary, 1958, the coastguard and honorary secretary told the coxswain that three Whitby fishing boats were at sea and that because conditions were bad they would probably...
A Dinghy (7)
TWO RESCUED FROM CAPSIZED DINGHY Dungeness, Kent. At 12.24 on the afternoon of the 18th June, 1962, the coastguard at Lade informed the honorary honorary secretary that a dinghy had overturned about a hundred yards off shore south of the...
Picquigny
CABIN CRUISER TOWED INTO HARBOUR Walmer, Kent. At 5.38 on the morning of the 28th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red rockets had been seen two miles off shore east of the look-out. The life-boat Charles...
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TUG TAKEN IN TOW TO HARBOUR Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 2.24 on the morning of the 12th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen about six miles east of Berwick,...