LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Isabel May
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 9.15 on the evening of the 4th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had broken down with engine trouble twelve miles north-west of Point Lynas.
At 9.30...
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Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 10.55 on the morning of the 9th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of a report received from the police that a small boy was in the sea off Rossall Point. At 11.5 the life-boat Ann...
Serpae
Troon, Ayrshire. At 2.42 on the morning of the 22nd of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the 30-feet motor launch Serpae had left Portencross for Saltcoats at ten o'clock the night before, but had not...
A Rowing Boat (3)
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the collier Effra had sighted a small rowing boat with two men on board which needed help four miles north-east...
A Fishing Skiff
Wicklow. At 10.30 on the morning of the 19th of November, 1959, the second coxswain came to the conclusion that a 16-ft. fishing skiff with an out- board motor, which had put out at six o'clock and had not returned, might be in danger....
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...
Marjory Joan
Seaham, Co. Durham. At seven o'clock on the evening of the llth of June, 1960, some local fishermen toldthe coxswain that the fishing coble Marjory Joan of Sunderland was over- due. At 7.10 the life-boat George Elmy was launched, an hour...
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....
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Galway Bay. At 3.30 on the after- noon of the 29th of May, 1958, the local doctor requested the use of the life-boat to take a patient urgently needing surgical help to the mainland.
At 3.40 the life-boat William and...
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DOCTORS TAKEN FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION Troon, Ayrshire. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 1st April, 1962, the coxswain received a request from the Kilmarnock infirmary for the lifeboat to take two doctors to Lamlash to perform an...