Humber, Yorkshire. At 2.50 on the afternoon of the 20th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a boy on board the motor vessel Gloxinia of North Shields had suspected appendicitis and needed medical attention...
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 8.40 on the evening of the 25th of September, 1960, a lady informed the honorary sec- retary that her husband had put out in his yacht Linnet at 10.30 that morningintending to cruise for ten miles, and that he...
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 12.30 early on the morning of the 23rd of Decem- ber, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tanker Johs. Stove of Oslo wanted to land a sick man and that her estimated time of arrival off...
Montrose, Angus. At 2.15 on the morning of the 1st August, 1961, the owner of the motor fishing vessel Isla, which had been aground for five hours at the mouth of the Southern Esk, telephoned the honorary secretary to say the engine of the...
Margate, Kent. At 10.20 on the morning of the 18th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a cabin cruiser, which he had been keeping under observation, had stoppedand that two people on board were waving frantically from the...
SICK WOMAN BROUGHT FROM ISLAND Galway Bay. At noon on the 27th February, 1962, the local doctor received an urgent message to go to Inishmaan Island to attend a sick woman. As no other suitable boat was available, the doctor asked for the...
No. 2 Life-boat Area (Southern Scotland, North West England and Isle of Man) EX-LIFE-BOAT SUMMONS LIFE-BOAT AN old ex-R.N.L.I, pulling and sailing life-boat now named West Wind caused the Barrow, Lancashire, life-boat Herbert Leigh, which is...
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Aground on rocks A MEMBER OF LYME REGIS inshore lifeboat crew informed his honorary secretary at 1300 on Sunday, July 18, that a cabin cruiser was being driven on to Broad Ledge Rocks, half a mile east of the ILB station, and that one of her...
Representatives of overseas maritime authorities and li.esaving associations are always welcome at RNLI headquarters. Among recent visitors to Poole was Rear Commodore J. B. Pearson of North Queensland Squadron, Australian Volunteer Coast... - View image in PDF
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