LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Wells, Norfolk.—At ten o'clock on the evening of the 28th of May, 1956, a yacht was seen to be in difficulties north-east of Wells. At 10.30 the life-boat Cecil Paine was launched.
The sea was smooth, a moderate east-...
Rose Valley (1)
Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—At 12.5 OB the afternoon of the 15th of December 1956, a message was received thai the motor fishing vessel Rose VaUtf of Burnmouth was three miles east of Burnmouth with a broken fuel pipe and needed help. The...
Joreen
Bembridge. Isle of Wight.—At 1.45 on the afternoon of the 14th of September, 1957. the Foreland coastguard reported that a yacht, which had been kept under observation for some time, had hoisted a distress signal. The life-boat Jesse Lumb...
None (2)
Galway Bay. At noon on the 28th of April, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message from the local doctor asking if the life-boat would bring a doctor from Rossaveal to Kilronan for consultation about a patient. At 12.15 the life-boat...
Gladstone Star's Boat
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. On the 27th of June, 1958, while the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was at sea carrying out machinery trials, the coxswain received a message from the pilot boat British Angler that a...
An Aircraft
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 12.25 on the afternoon of the 29th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea near North Briggs buoy. The life-boat Sarah Ward and William David...
Rikiki
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.43 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, a message was received that a small speed boat with two people on board had made fast to Jethon buoy and was in danger of being swamped. A near gale was blowing from...
A Sailing Boat and Dinghy
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 9.40 on the evening of the 28th August, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from some boys that a boat was being carried out to sea by the strong ebb tide and that the...
Airy Mouse
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 8.15 p.m. on 3rd January, 1964, the duty signalman informed the honorary secretary that red and white flares had been seen on the west coast. There was a gentle southerly breeze with a slight sea, and it was high...
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CHILD WAS ILL At 4 p.m. on i6th April, 1964, the nurse on the Inisheer Island told the acting honorary secretary that a child suffering from appendicitis needed to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment. As no other boat was...