LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1960, the coastguard asked the honorary secretary for the use of the life-boat to take a doctor to a sick woman on Bardsey Island. The life- boat...
Ameland
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 3.25 on the morning of the 16th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the motor vessel Ameland, of Gliickstadt, was aground on Holm Sand about three and a half miles east of Lowestoft. She...
A Boat from North Monarch
Moelfre, Anglesey. At nine o'clock on the evening of the 25th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a boat from the tanker North Monarch of Monrovia had broken down a mile to the north-east. At 9.10, when the...
Babioli
Fowey, Cornwall. On the llth July, 1961, the life-boat Deneys Reitz had returned after escorting the dinghies Shellduck and Lapwing to safety when it was learnt that the two dinghies were now making for a dismasted dinghy on the rocks near...
Two Boats and Perseverance
Falmouth, Cornwall. At 7.45 on the evening of the 7th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two small boats returning from the Helford regatta were in diffi- culties in Falmouth Bay. There was a strong easterly...
Youth 60
Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 9th August, 1961, a holiday-maker told the cox- swain that a dinghy was in distress off Newbiggin Point and was drifting out to sea. There was a moderate westerly breeze, and the sea...
Liberty
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 7.30 on the evening of the 26th August, 1961, the coastguard told the mechanic that a small fishing boat off Marske was burning a distress signal. At 7.50 on the ebbing tide the life-boat City ofLeeds was launched....
Aureity
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 26th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the tanker Aureity of Lon- don had fallen down a ladder and might have broken some ribs...
The Ex-Trinity House Launch Upway
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat appeared to be drifting north with the ebb tide. As a boat with two people on board had been...
The Sand Dredger Nigel
TOW FOR DREDGER Angle, Pembrokeshire. At 9.50 p.m.
on aoth March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel in the vicinity of St. Govan's lightvessel needed immediate help. There was a fresh...