LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Juffertie
TOW FOR YACHT WITH INJURED MAN ABOARD St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 7.3 on the morning of the 3rd June, 1963, a message was received by radiotelephone from the yacht Juffertie that her master had cut his head and needed help. At 7.40 the...
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New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 17th of July, 1955,the life-boat coxswain reported that ten people were marooned on the rocks a mile and a half to the west of New Quay. Ten minutes later the life-boat St. Albans was...
A Catamaran
Harwich, Essex - At 5.23 p.m. on 3rd February, 1969, the duty pilot informed the honorary secretary that a catamaran with two people on board was adrift near Platter's buoy. The life-boat Margaret Graham slipped her moorings at 5.30 in a...
A Motor Boat and a Dinghy
LOST THEIR DINGHY St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 6.15 p.m. on i8th October, I963,thecoastguard told the acting honorary secretary that two fires and a flashing light had been seen on Ramsey Island. At 6.19 the lifeboat Joseph Soar (Civil...
James Bower Awards
COXSWAIN Samuel Cunningham of Portrush, Mr. Thomas Carter and Mr.
Charles Henderson have received gifts from the James Michael Bower Endow- ment Fund established by the Peninsu- lar and Oriental Steam Navigation Company....
Category: Awards
18-Year-Old Boys In IRB Rescue
A FIRST-CLASS IRB rescue, carried out in near extreme conditions for an IRB, has earned Mr. Idris Evans, aged 23, the helmsman, and crew members Mr.
Trevor Evans and Mr. Peter Evans, both aged 18 of the New Quay,...
Category: Services
A Steamer
FEBRUARY 27TH. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
At eleven in the morning the coastguard telephoned that the naval authorities had asked for the services of the life-boat to search for survivors of a steamer which had been torpedoed...
Henry
BURNHAM.—On the 28th November, the daiidy Henry, of Bridgwater, was seen at anchor off the Gore Sands, with a flag of distress flying. The Burnham Life-boat was launched, and on reaching her, it was found that her sails had been blown away,...
Increase In Widows' Pensions
BY a fleet order dated 15th June, 1939, the Admiralty increased the pensions of the widows of naval ratings as from the 1st June. The Institution pays to the widows and other dependents of life-boatmen who lose their lives on service the...
Category: Articles
Moby Dick
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 6.55 on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1955, the Walney Island coastguard rang up to say that he had received a message by radio telephone from the Barrow pilot boat. The pilot boat had found the 24-feet sailing yacht...