LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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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Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 7.15 in the evening of the 26th of June, 1949, a report was received through the aCivic Guard that a man had fallen over the cliffs between Redrock and Drumleek to the south of Howth. It was impos- sible to reach him...
Emma
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At three in the afternoon of the 24th of March, 1952, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board telephoned that a fishing boat had been reported aground on the revetment near C.16 buoy in the Crosby Channel and listing...
Commander Nasmith
Longhope, Orkneys.—At 10 P.M. on the 7th September, 1989, the life-boat station was informed by the coastguard that the steam trawler Commander Nasmith was ashore on the north sideof Stroma. A later message said that the vessel was ashore on...
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SICK CHILD TAKEN TO MAINLAND Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st August, 1962, the local doctor asked for the help of the life-boat in bringing a sick child from Inishmaan to the mainland as no other boats were...
Wheatear and Banshee
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.8 on the night of the 3rd of August, 1958, the watchman at the east pier informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen near Quern buoy. At 10.23the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a slight...
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...
Canoes
Swanage, Dorset. At 10.7 on the morning of the 17th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the assistant honor- ary secretary that four canoes on passage from Swanage to Poole appeared to be having difficulty in rounding the Old Harry Rock....
Vagabond
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 2.30 on the after- noon of the 22nd of October, 1955, two boys told the coxswain that a motor boat was in difficulties near the rocks off Ballast Bank. Ten minutes later the life-boat James and Barbara Aitken put out....
Boy Jack
Torbay, South Devon.—About 10.15 on the morning of the llth of August, 1956, the honorary secretary and the motor mechanic were keeping yachts in the harbour under observation as the weather had deteriorated. One yacht, Boy Jack, seemed to...