LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Angle, Pembrokeshire. At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 22nd of June, 1959, a local farmer told the honorary secretary that a bullock had fallen over a cliff east of Sheep Island and asked for assis- tance. The life-boat Richard Vernon and...
Ocean Queen
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 10.15 on the night of the 16th of July, 1959, the owner of the fishing vessel Ocean Queen told the honorary secretary that his vessel, which had a crew of two, was in difficulties four and a half miles north-...
An Auster Aircraft (1)
Dungeness, and Dover, Kent ; Hast- ings and Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 7th of February, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary at Eastbourne that an Auster aircraft was missing on a flight from Lympne...
First Life-Boat to Be Fitted With V.H.F. Radio Telephone
The Cromer mechanic tests it. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Map Showing Air Stations Engaged In Search and Rescue Work
This map is reproduced by courtesy of the Air Ministry..
Category: Charts
A Hunter Aircraft (1)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 5.48 on the 7th of November, 1957, the coast- guard reported that a Hunter aircraft had crashed into the sea and that the pilot had baled out ten miles north of Lundy. The life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched at...
Tuskar
Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 5.30 on the morning of 19th April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Dutch motor vessel Tuskar of Groningen was being aban- doned by her crew in a position 15 miles south-west of...
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that a boy was trapped in a cave at Point Giltar. There was a strong south-westerly wind with a moderate sea and a heavy...
Tadpole
Walmer, Kent. At 1.15 on the after- noon of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorarysecretary a report that a sailing yacht with a number of people on board was aground on the rocks near the Royal Marines rifle range...
Vert Rouwen
TWO LIFE-BOATS PUT OUT TO BELGIAN TRAWLER On the llth January, 1962, the Margate and Ramsgate life-boats put out to the help of the Belgian trawler Vert Rouwen, which had lost both her anchors in a gale. A full account of this service...