LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Slaney
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 2.50 early on the morning of the 15th of January, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the S.S.
Slaney, of Hull, was making for Yar- mouth Roads with a man suffering from...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain John Watters, who has been coxswain of the Fowey, Cornwall, life-boat since 1934. In 1947 Cox- swain Watters was awarded the bronze medal for the rescue of seven men from the auxiliary motor vessel...
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A Fishing Vessel
Dover, Kent.—At 10.35 in the morn- ing of the 15th of March, 1950, the signal station at the eastern arm of Dover Harbour reported a small motor boat drifting about a mile and a half off Dover, with her crew of two waving for help. At 10.50...
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—At 2.5 in the afternoon on the 19th of March, 1950, a message was relayed by the Valentia radio station from the Coningbeg Light- vessel. She asked for the life-boat as a man on board the lightvessel was sick, suffering...
None (1)
Valentla, Co. Kerry. — During bad weather in December, 1951, the Valentia Radio Station was damaged and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs decided to establish an emergency station at Cork. On the 30th it asked the life-boat station if...
Cantabria (1)
Cromer, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—On the 2nd November, 1938, the Cromer life-boat rescued five from the Spanish steamer Cantabria, which was slowly sinking after being shelled by an armed auxiliary cruiser flying the flag of...
Rosemary
TOW FOR COXSWAIN'S FISHING BOAT Montrose, Angus. At noon on the 23rd August, 1962, the coxswain reported by radio-telephone from his motor fishing boat Rosemary that he needed help two miles off Usan. The life-boat The Good Hope was...
A Sailing Dinghy (5)
Walmer, Kent. At about 3.5 p.m.
on 6th June, 1965, life-boatmen at the boat house saw a sailing dinghy capsize some three-quarters of a mile southeast of the station. At 3.5 p.m. the inshore rescue boat launched in a...
None (7)
GIRL WITH FRACTURE At 2.30 p.m. on 4th September, 1965, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a young girl with a fractured arm needed to be conveyed to Inishmaan Island to catch the mail boat, which would take her to the...
Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 58 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 59 COLLAPSE OF AN OIL RIG 63 LAUNCH TO RADIO CAROLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MEDAL FOR SCOTTISH SKIPPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 70 CHRISTMAS CARDS AND...
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