LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 3.32 p.m.
on 25th February, 1966, the Caldy island steward informed the honorary secretary that the sea was too rough for the normal ferry service to take an injured boy to the mainland and...
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Howth, Co. Dublin - At 5.52 p.m. on I3th March, 1966, the coxswain's wife informed the honorary secretary that a man had fallen over the cliff. The Dublin Fire Brigade had been called out but had been unable to rescue him. At 6.15 the...
The Converted Yacht Mary Ann
St. Helier, Jersey. At 3.50 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a man fishing at Plemont had heard shouts and seen white flares, and that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty close to...
Memosa
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 5.30 on the evening of the 4th of September, 1958, the honorary secretary was in- formed that the motor boat Memosa was drifting out of control off Ragan Point. At 5.40 the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched...
Pathfinder
Cloughey, Co. Down. At 12.6 early on the morning of the 15th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boat needed help three quarters of a mile off shore near North Rock. At 12.50 the life-boat Constance Calverley was...
A Launch
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 17th of December, 1959. the honorary secretary was in- formed that a launch, which had left Knoydart at eleven o'clock for Mallaig, was an hour and a half overdue. The life-boat E...
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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 30th of Decem- ber, 1959, the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2 was launched to take pro- visions to the light-keepers on Chicken Rock lighthouse, who had been cut off for nearly...
The S.S. Cyclades
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1954, the coastguard reported that a vessel appeared to be aground in a dangerous position near North Goodwin buoy.
At 10.36 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
Blotto
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.43 on the morning of the 12th of June, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Blotto, of Felixstowe, was in dis- tress near Blacktail Spit buoy off Shoe- buryness. At noon the life-boat Greater London II...
Faith Star, Pilot Me and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—Before daybreak on the 24th of November, 1955, the fishing boats Faith Star, Pilot Me and Success put to sea in worsening weather.
The Faith Star returned to harbourand at noon the no. 2 harbour pulling...