LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ex-Life-Boat King John
MOTOR BOAT TOW At 11.15 p.m. on 23rd November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down two to three miles north-east of Dungeness. The life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched at 11.35 in a...
The S.S. Bravo
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 10.45 on the night of the 25th of August, 1956, the Lloyds agent at Great Yarmouth telephoned that the S.S. Bravo had an urgent maternity case on board and asked if the life-boat would put out to...
Fedala
Salcombe, Devon. At 11.30 on the morning of the 2nd of April, 1958, the honorary secretary was asked by the shipping agent at Plymouth if the life- boat would launch to take spare machinery parts to the motor vessel Fedala of Rotterdam. The...
A Raft
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 6.37 on the evening of the 22nd of June, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorarysecretary a report from the Rhyl police that a child was adrift on a rubber raft, which was floating out to sea off the Golden Sands...
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Galway Bay. On the evening of the 8th of September, 1960, the island medical officer asked for the help of the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson to take a sick woman from the Middle Island to the mainland for hospital treatment. No other...
The Right Hon. The Lord Winster, P.C., K.C.M.G.
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD WINSTER, P.C., K.C.M.G., died on the 8th June, 1961, at the age of 76. He joined the Committee of Management of the Insti- tution in 1932, and was elected a Vice- President in 1955.
He was at one...
Category: Obituaries
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Troon, Ayrshire. At 11.50 on the morning of the 4th June, 1961, a message was received from the resident doctor at Lamlash, Arran, asking if the life-boat would take two doctors from Troon to Lamlash to perform an operation, as there were no...
Violet Sinclair
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 7.21 p.m. on 8th July, 1966, a fishing boat was seen firing distress flares two miles off Llangelynin point. The life-boat The Chieftain was launched at 7.34 in a gentle westerly wind and a moderate sea. She...
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At 9.30 a.m. on 30th January, 1967, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a boy was ill on Inishmaan Island and would have to be taken to hospital. As no other boat was available the honorary secretary agreed that the...
Vee Dee Bee
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 10.57 p.m. on iSth June, 1967, flares were reported in the vicinity of Horse Sand Fort. The life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 11.23 m a light south south westerly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was ebbing....