LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat
NEAR ROSSALL At 11.22 a.m. on i2th May, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat was in difficulties a few hundred yards off the beach at Rossall. The life-boat crew, already standing by in the boathouse...
Marion (1)
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 10th of November, 1960, a south-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was rough. There was heavy rain. The local fishing boat Marion wasat sea, and conditions at the harbour entrance...
Kindly Light and Mercury
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 27th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that anxiety was felt for the safety of two local boats which had taken parties of visitors to the...
A Fishing Boat (1)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 9.38 on the morning of the 19th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat had broken down east of Hopton and needed help. At 9.43 the life-boat Louise Stephens...
Alchemist
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 8.57 a.m. on 26th March, 1967, a yacht, in a position three miles south east of the Needles, was seen firing red flares. The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe proceeded at 9.18 on a flooding tide. There was a...
A Fishing Coble
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 9.45 a.m. on 5th April, 1967, concern was felt for a small fishing coble off Kettleness in the rapidly deteriorating weather conditions.
There was a gale from the west north west with a rough sea. It...
San Marino
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 6.8 p.m. on 2ist July, 1967, the coxswain was informed that a fishing vessel was in danger of going on to the rocks at Poolbeg.
The life-boat John F. Kennedy slipped her moorings at 6.20 in a...
A Dinghy (15)
At 1.50 p.m. on 5th August, 1967, the coxswain was informed that a dinghy had capsized off Seapoint. The life-boat John F. Kennedy slipped her moorings 10 minutes later in a fresh southerly wind and a choppy sea. The tide was...
None (25)
KEEPER LANDED At 9 a.m. on 9th November, 1965, the Inspector of Irish Lights asked the honorary secretary for the life-boat's assistance to place a deputy keeper on Tuskar Rock lighthouse. The life-boat Douglas Hyde set out at 10.45...
English Rose III on Show
When Farnham, Surrey, staged a radio and television show for three days in October, 1966, English Rose HI was exhibited and attracted a great deal of interest.
The expenses of the show, which was arranged by Lloyd &...
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