LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Margate, Kent. At 12.10 on the afternoon of the 27th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the coxswain that a small sailing dinghy was in difficulties about three and a half miles north- north-west of Margate pier. At 12.16 the life-boat North...

Torbay, Devon. At 11.13 on the night of the 2nd of July, 1959, the coast- guard told the honorary secretary that the police at Torquay had reported a small motor launch broken down a mile and a half off Hope's Nose, Torquay.

Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 7.30 on the evening of the 29th of September, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small motor boat appeared to have broken down off Flamborough Head. At 7.55 the life- boat Friendly Forester was...

DUTCH COASTER AGROUND At 11.12 a.m. on i8th March, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch coaster Lenie of Steendam which had grounded on some rocks near Porthdinllaen during the early hours of the morning might...

MOTORS FAILED At 4.20 p.m. on I4th June, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that he had received a message from the motor vessel Anchorman that a small fishing boat, the Saga, had broken down three miles south-east of the harbour and...

TAKEN TO STORNOWAY Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 11.15 P-m. on i2th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Moron of Glasgow, which wished to land a sick man at Stornoway, was now off Bayble, and asked if...

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 3.34 a.m. on I4th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen to the north-east. At 3.47 inshore rescue boat no. 9 launched in a light south-westerly wind, a...

Money-raising for the R.N.L.I, sometimes begins accidentally, as Mr. S.J. Roberts discovered at the Earls Court Radio Show in September. Mr, Roberts, a member of the Institution's staff, is also honorary secretary of the Gauge i Model...