LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Anne
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 8.20 on the morning of the 29th of November, 1959, a watchman on board the navigation barge moored off Lytham told the honorary secretary that a pas- sing vessel had reported that the pilot cutter St....
Deo Gratias
Ilfracombe, Devon. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched with the district engineer on board for an engine trial in a moderate easterly wind and a choppy sea. It was...
None (7)
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 8.30 on the morning of the 26th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was asked by the local medical officer if the life-boat would take the county surgeon and his assistants from Cahirciveen to Valentia Island as...
DOLPHIN IN PUBLIC RELATIONS EXERCISE
The IRB at Hartlepoool, Co. Durham, had an unusual service on 21st June, 1970, which it turned into 'a public relations exercise owing to the beach being packed with visitors and a rather smelling dead dolphin causing some headaches to...
Category: Articles
Cogswell & Harrison Ltd
THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FLASHLIGHT DYNALITE FLASHES The world's most powerful flashlight, specially Imported from the U.S.A. This six-cell flashlight is 80,000 candle power and is entirely waterproof, made of strong plastic and...
Category: Advertisement
None (2)
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 7.20 on the morning of the 14th of December, 1956, the St. John Ambulance Area Commissioner reported that an urgent call had been received from a doctor at Sark informing him of a maternity case requiring...
Terrible Twins
Caister, Norfolk. At 9.35 on the morning of the llth of May, 1958, the motor mechanic saw a small ship's boat, which had broken down with engine trouble north of Caister Elbow buoy.
Ten minutes later the life-boat Jose...
A Motor Boat
TOW FOR BOAT OUT ON FISHING TRIP Torbay, Devon. At 9.46 on the evening of the 22nd May, 1963, the Brixham coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a resident of Torquay had reported that two men were shouting and waving in a small...
A Sailing Boat
HELICOPTER RESCUE FROM SAILING BOAT Holyhead, Anglesey. At 6.55 on the evening of the 1st June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two people were clinging to an overturned sailing boat three miles north-east of the...
Phoenician
FISHING VESSEL'S ENGINE BREAKS DOWN New Brighton, Cheshire. At half past twelve on the morning of Monday the 5th of August, 1963, the coxswain repor- ted that the fishing vessel Phoenician had broken down with engine trouble and had...