LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Liana
YACHT FOUND AND TOWED TO HARBOUR St. Ives, Cornwall. About 9.30 on the evening of the 20th July, 1962, some local fishermen told the honorary secretary that the crew of the yacht Faith II, which had returned to harbour because of bad weather...
Sprat
TWO MEN RESCUED FROM CRAB BOAT Sheringham, Norfolk. At 10.35 on the morning of the 7th August, 1962, the fisheries officer informed the honorary secretary that a crab boat from West Runton was in difficulties off the...
Prison Talk Brings Cheque
The R.N.L.I. last year received a cheque for £18 10s. 9d. from the Governor of H.M. Prison for Women, Wilmslow. This amount was raised at a sale of work held in aid of the Institution, and the items sold were made by those in Barker...
Category: Donations
Glengary
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - On 30th April, 1969, as the life-boat was about to launch on exercise, the coastguard reported that a fishingvessel appeared to be in difficulties three miles north west of Porthdinllaen point. The life-boat...
Flip
Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork - At 10.15 p.m. on 14th September, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that the motor launch Flip, with a crew of two, was overdue from a fishing trip believed to be in the vicinity of the Barrel rocks. The...
Mike and Pat
The Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 8.30 a.m. on 4th December, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had broken down about 16 miles south south east of the Lizard and had been calling for assistance since the early...
Errata
The following account of a service was omitted in error from the December 1960 number of the Life-boat.
Boulmer, Northumberland. At 5.4 on the morning of the 2nd of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary...
Category: Articles
Harvest Queen
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At eleven o'clock on the night of the 14th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that the local fishing boat Harvest Queen had broken down and was in need of help. At 11.20...
Alycone
Humber, Yorkshire. At 6.28 on the morning of the 19th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that there was a small yacht astern of the Humber lightvessel which needed help.
There was a strong...
Letter of Appreciation
THE Committee of Management has decided that a letter of appreciation should be sent to Coxswain John Bassett of Eastbourne for his part in the service by the Eastbourne life-boat when the trawler British Aviator and the motor vessel...
Category: Committee