LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Merry Widow
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 6.45 on the evening of the 1st of August, 1956, a beach patrolman at Egremont ferry rang up to say that a cabin cruiser was in distress and drifting off Egremont ferry. The life-boat Norman R. Cor- lett put out at...
Centurity
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 13th of December, 1956, the harbour master received a message from the motor vessel Centurity of London, which had anchored in the harbour because of bad weather, that her crew...
A Hundred Years Ago
THE life-boat journal on the 1st of January, 1858, in describing a wreck which occurred at Brighton on the 8th of October, 1857, reported: "There were at that time three life-boats at Brighton; one, we believe, belonging to the town...
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An Inflated Rubber Mattress
Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 10.55 on the morning of the 3rd of August, 1957, the police reported that a boy was adrift on an inflated rubber mattress off Towyn. At 11.15 the life-boat Anthony Robert Marshall was launched in a slight sea. There was...
Jacqueline
Peel, Isle of Man.—At 5.4 on the after- noon of the 8th of September, 1957, the harbour master reported that a small fishing boat was drifting towards White Strand. The life-boat Helena Harris—Manchester and District XXXI was launched at...
Beatrice
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 6.51 on the evening of the 20th of September, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that a local fishing boat was anchored south of the har- bour entrance. At 7.2 the life-boat Louise Stephens was...
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Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 5.35 p.m. on 2ist July, 1966, two men were reported cut off by the tide in a cave near Land's End. A dinghy was put aboard the life-boat Susan Ashley which was launched at 5.55 in a moderate to fresh...
Waterbaby
At 8.58 a.m. on ist August, 1966, it was felt that, in view of the deteriorating weather conditions, a small yacht was likely to find herself in difficulties in Rye bay. The life-boat crew assembled and stood by. At the request of the...
Gypsy King
Walmer, Kent. At 10.30 on the morning of the 13th of January, 1958, the Deal coastguard told the coxswain that a motor boat had broken down with engine trouble a quarter of a mile south of South Brake buoy. The life- boat Charles Dibdin...
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Rising tide RAMSEY COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Silloth lifeboat station at 1255 on Thursday February 11 that a man was stuck in the salmon nets at Dornock, two miles east of the River Annan, on the north side of the Solway...