LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gwen
At 2.20 p.m. on 3rd December, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Gwen with two men on board, which had sailed from Maryport at noon the previous day bound for Workington, had not arrived. At 2.30...
Eilis
Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 12.25 p.m.
on 23rd June, 1969, information was received that the fishing vessel Eilis, in the vicinity of Innistearaght island, required assistance. At 12.35 the life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on...
Thunderbolt
At 6.15 p.m. on 3rd August, 1969, the assistant mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had broken down and was drifting towards the Binks about one mile east south east of Spurn lightvessel.
At 6.26 the...
Tanga
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 12.16 on the afternoon of the 20th of February, 1957, a telephone message was received from the east pier that a tug was aground on Brake Sands. Nine minutes later the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a rough...
Tricia
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1957, a yacht at anchor was seen to be in a dangerous position. A watch was kept on her, and as the weather was worsening the life-boat Tillie Morrison,...
Young John
Appledore, Devon. About seven o'clock on the evening of the 21st of June, 1958, a message was received from Ilfracombe radio station that the traw- ler Young John of St. Ives had engine trouble near the Fairway bell buoy in Barnstable...
King Fisher
FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO HARBOUR Blyth, Northumberland. At 10.51 on the night of the 20th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing vessel had fired a distress signal one mile east of St. Mary's...
A Motor Boat
TOW FOR BOAT OUT ON FISHING TRIP Torbay, Devon. At 9.46 on the evening of the 22nd May, 1963, the Brixham coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a resident of Torquay had reported that two men were shouting and waving in a small...
Aston Villa
Aberdeen. At 6.8 p.m. on 24th November, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed that the engine room of the steam trawler Aston Villa of Grimsby was flooding two miles north-north-east of Aberdeen. This report was received direct from the...
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STRANDED ON ISLAND Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 5.25 p.m. on i3th March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the police had seen a number of people on Sully Island who could not get back to the mainland because it was...