LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rowing Boat (1)
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 12.49 on the afternoon of the 21st of October, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men, who had put out in a rowing boat to search for a body reported in the water, were in difficulties off...
A Dinghy
Taking water ON SUNDAY, JULY 11, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Horton and Port Eynon ILB station that red flares had been reported off Oxwich Point, and at 2007 the ILB was launched and set course at full speed for the...
Kingfish
MOTOR LAUNCH SANK At 3.5 p.m. on 29th August, 1965, the honorary secretary learnt that a motor launch which had gone out across the bar in heavy weather to attempt to salvage a capsized sailing boat had sprung a leak.
The...
Ain Mara
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 7 a.m.
on i8th August, 1965, a yacht was reported ashore at Sgeir Cailleach. At 7.15 the lifeboat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin was launched with the second coxswain in charge, in a south-westerly gale...
Bronwin
Hastings, Sussex. Thirty minutes after midnight on 8th September, 1965, a red flare was sighted two miles south of the Fairlight coastguard lookout. There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a moderate sea and an ebbing tide. The...
Bluebell and Ebenezer
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 7.42 p.m. on 27th November, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that the fishing boat Bluebell had been towing another fishing boat the Ebenezer (which had no lights) when the tow rope...
Stella Peacock
At 1.40 p.m. on 20th April, 1967, it was reported that a cabin cruiser with three men aboard had been taken in tow by Trobe, a vessel attending to the oil rig Sea Quest, and that assistance was required.
The life-boat City...
Skylark
Margate, Kent - At 2.46 p.m. on gth April, 1967, news was received that the motor launch Skylark was in difficulties about 400 yards off Herne Bay. The lifeboat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 3.14 in a north easterly...
H.M. Cable Ship Iris
Ilfracombe, Devon - At 5.50 p.m. on 22nd July, 1967, information was received that a message had come in from H.M.
cable ship Iris requesting medical advice for a sick man on board. Arrangements were made for a doctor to be...
South African Life-Boat Service
A new life-boat service has recently come into being. This has been formed in the Union of South Africa and is known as the National Sea Rescue Institute of South Africa. The organisation is a voluntary one and aims to establish some 38 life...
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