LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

YACHT TAKEN IN TOW IN GALE Howth, Co. Dublin. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the Baily lighthouse-keeper informed the honorary secretary that a motor yacht which he had kept under observation for twenty-five minutes was...

PANAMANIAN VESSEL ESCORTED IN GALE Wick, Caithness-shire. Wick harbour authority advised the honorary secretary at three o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday the 26th September, 1963, that the 628-ton Panamanian cargo vessel Eastport,...

AT MUCKLE ROE Aith, Shetlands. At 12.30 p.m. on 4th December, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat had been reported aground on the rocks at Muckle Roe, opposite the isle of Papa Little. The life-boat John...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 18th of January, 1956, the weather deteriorated while six local fishing boats were still at sea, and it was decided that the no. 1 life-boat should launch to escort them into the harbour. At 10.54 the...

Coxswain Benjamin Armitage of Hoylake died on the llth of August, 1960, at the age of 71. He was appoin- ted second coxswain in 1946 and cox- swain in 1948. He retired in 1951. In February 1943 he was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry...

Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 4.40 on the morning of the 10th of November, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that there were four local fishing boats at sea. The weather had deteriorated rapidly and the sky was overcast, with rain....

Galway Bay. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1960, the local doctor asked if the life-boat could take a six-year-old child with suspected appendicitis to the mainland for hospital treatment. As no other suitable...

JAN. 3RD. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

During the morning the sailing boat Roustabout, of Lowestoft, left harbour with a crew of four. At 11.30 A.M. the life-boat coxswain, who had gone to the coastguard lookout, saw the boat...