LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tarka
DAMAGED FUEL-PIPE Exmouth, Devon. At 9.10 p.m. on 9th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen south of Straight Point. There was a gentle west-north-westerly breeze with a choppy sea. It was two...
Westwind
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 5.5 a.m. on isth May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had broken down north of Little Orme's Head, but no immediate assistance was required as she was anchored. At...
Ocean Breaker
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, a local yacht club told the life-boat coxswain that a yacht was in distress near the club's slipway at Westcliff. At 3.10 the life-boat Greater...
Venture
Dover, Kent.—At 7.15 on the evening of the 16th of February, 1957, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that the motor boat Venture, of Folkestone, with one man aboard, was overdue from a fishing trip off Shakespeare...
Gold Mist (1)
Dover, Kent.—At 1.20 on the after- noon of the 26th of July, 1957, the Sand- gate coastguard telephoned that the yacht Gold Mist, of Newhaven, appeared to be making little progress in heavy weather two and a half miles south of Copt Point....
Dot
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 2.52 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that a local fishing boat was flying a distress signal about two miles south-east of the harbour. The life-boat Greater London (Civil Service...
A Dinghy (7)
At 12.12 a.m. on I9th August, 1966 it was reported that a small dinghy with one occupant was overdue from a fishing trip.
There was a calm sea. It was two hours before low water. The life-boat The Baltic Exchange proceeded...
None (2)
Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 3.35 p.m.
on 14th September, 1966, three men were reported stranded on the Blasket Islands.
There was a westerly gale with a very rough sea. It was high water. The lifeboat Rowland...
Orwell
St. Ives, Cornwall - At 9 a.m. on 25th February, 1967, a message wasreceived that a local doctor wanted the assistance of the life-boat to land the master of the motor vessel Orwell. The vessel was due at St. Ives at 9.20 in a near gale...
(Below) Coxswain Dermot Walsh of Valentia
(Below) Coxswain Dermot Walsh of Valentia was awarded the silver medal for the rescue of ten men from the motor vessel Oranmore in 1970.. - View image in PDF
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