LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Clarinda
On the morning of the 23rd March the coxswain was told that the small local motor fishing boat Clarinda, with four men on board, had not returned with the rest of the fleet from the Ballantrae Banks. A moderate S.E. gale was blowing, with a...
Blossom
Amble, Northumberland.—At 7.30 on the evening of the 12th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that the fish- ing vessel Blossom, of Wick, had broken down in Druridge Bay. The life-boat City of Bradford II, on temporary duty at the station...
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FOR HOSPITAL TREATMENT At 2.30 p.m. on 22nd July, 1964, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had two patients who required medical attention at a mainland hospital. As no other boat was available at the time he requested...
P535
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 11.44 a.m. on 24th March, 1970, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been sighted off Bembridge Ledge. The life-boat Jack Shayler and the Lees was launched at 11.56. There was a fresh...
Estelle
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 4.40 p.m. on 22nd September, 1968, the garda informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had fired a flare between the West pier and Howth. The life-boat John F. Kennedy slipped her moorings at 5 o'clock...
Ciris
At 11.28 p.m. on 21st September, 1969, the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen in the direction of Swadman buoy and Holy Island. At 11.38 the life-boat TheEdward and Mary Lester was launched in a westerly gale with a rough sea....
Dunedin Star, of London
At 4 p.m. on 29th September, 1966, a sick man on board the m.v. Dunedin Star,of London, needed to be brought ashore.
At 9.45 the Solomon Browne life-boat was launched. The tide was ebbing. A doctor and ambulance crew were...
Lapwing
Peter-head, Aberdeenshire - At i.i p.m. on 8th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Lapwing was firing red flares approximately a quarter of a mile off Peterhead breakwater. The...
Verconella
INJURED MAN ON TANKER Penlee, Cornwall. At midnight on 28th August, 1965, the honorary secretary notified the coxswain that the tanker Verconella was making for Mounts Bay with a badly injured man on board.
Arrangements...
Boy Eric
APRIL 19TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 3.30 P.M. the naval base reported a fishing boat, off the North Foreland, in need of a tow into harbour. She was the Boy Eric, of Lowestoft, on voyage, with a crew of two, to Ramsgate for repairs. A light S.W...