LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Maud
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 1.30 early on the morning of the 20th of Au- gust, 1953, a man rang up the life-boat station and said that four men had put out in the fishing boat Maud, of Jersey, but were now five hours overdue. At 2.30 a...
Lochpark
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 3.0 hi the morning of the 23rd of December 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a report had been received from a motor vessel that a trawler was ashore on Goat Island in Stornoway Harbour.
The...
Dandelion
Life-boat 44-001 at Sheerness, Kent - At 2.41 p.m. on 17th August, 1969, the coastguard told the staff coxswain that the catamaran Dandelion had capsized between Nos. 8 and 9 jetties of the Kent oil refinery on the Isle of Grain. The...
Lisa Ray
At 2.11 p.m. on 6th June, 1967, it was learned that the cabin cruiser Lisa Ray had radioed that she had lost her way in dense fog while crossing the Goodwins.
The life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32) was launched...
Karen, of Porthallow
At 8.15 p.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 12-foot open boat Karen of Porthallow was overdue. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched at 8.40 in a moderate north north westerly breeze...
A Dinghy (4)
Bangor, Co. Down; At 8.51 p.m. on 15th June, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy with two people on board was in difficulties off Craigavad. At 8.57 the IRB launched in a strong, gusting to gale force...
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DECEMBER 19TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS.
At 3.45 in the afternoon the postmaster at Sandness telephoned that a woman was seriously ill on the island of Papa-Stour and that a doctor was urgently needed. A full gale had been blowing...
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CHILD WAS ILL At 4 p.m. on i6th April, 1964, the nurse on the Inisheer Island told the acting honorary secretary that a child suffering from appendicitis needed to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment. As no other boat was...
Martell Cognac
The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
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Publican and Prankster Geoff Atkinson
Publican and prankster Geoff Atkinson is not the kind to throw the towel in when it comes to a bet. In fact, the landlord of the Fleece Inn at Holme is more likely to wear one! Geoff s latest stunt to raise money for the RNLI was to wear the... - View image in PDF
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