LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Deevale
BY BREECHES BUOY Lerwick, Shetlands. At 8.14 p.m. on 25th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was burning red flares and appeared to be ashore at South Ness. At 8.28 the lifeboat Claude Cecil Staniforth...
Swiftsure, of Fraserburgh
Life-boat 70-002 at Ullapool - At 6 a.m. on ist February, 1967, a fisherman told the coxswain that a fishing boat had struck a rock in the vicinity of Gruisard Bay and was being towed towards Ullapool.
Although the crew...
Farringay
Minehead, Somerset - At 2.30 a.m.
on loth March, 1967, the m.v. Farringay was reported aground off Minehead and bumping heavily. The life-boat B.H.M.H. was launched at 3 o'clock in a fresh north westerly wind and a...
Welsh Lady
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 1.12 p.m. on 30th April, 1967, it was learned that a boat was on fire opposite Dyffryn, seven and a half miles north of Barmouth. The coastguard had been advised of the incident by a local resident.
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Radio Gear Stolen
During the weekend I2th-i3th August, 1967, the V.H.F. and U.H.F. radio transmitter and receiving sets were stolen from the Walmer life-boat station.
The capital cost of this equipment was well over £300..
Category: Articles
Wineglass 287, St. George
Beaumaris, Anglesey - At 2.37 p.m. on nth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that as a result of a freak storm a number of craft participating in the Conway yacht club regatta required...
An R.A.F. Tornado
Thanks, but no thanks for Barry Dock! Barry Dock lifeboat crew were faced with an unusual situation on 12 September this year, when one of two survivors they had located refused the offer of a lift to safety on the lifeboat! Within 10...
Bob Silverson (R) Senior Boatbuilder Shows Rother Building at William Osbornes Littlehampton to Richard Belchamber District Surveyor of Lifeboats (South East) Note Sl
Bob Silverson (r.), senior boatbuilder, shows Rother building at William Osbornes, Littlehampton, to Richard Belchamber, district surveyor of lifeboats (South East). Note slender building batten (arrowed) running the length of the boat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs