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Espanola

Date: December 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 410

LATER ACCOUNT Arranmore, Co. Donegal. On i8th August, 1964, the life-boat W. M. Tihon put out to the yacht Espanola and rescued her crew of five. A full account of this service will appear in the March number Of THE LIFE-BOAT..

Virgin IV

Date: March 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 415

AGROUND IN FOG Dunbar, East Lothian. At 2.54 p.m. on 6th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that the m.f.v. Virgin IV had run aground in fog on Long Craig rock, half a mile west of the harbour.

The life-boat Margaret...

Scottish Maid and Seaspray

Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire - At 5.10 p.m. on 22nd May, 1966, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a yacht was ashore on the Cardiff sands.

The life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans was launched at 5.15 in a gale force...

Cheetah II

Date: December 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 418

At 3.25 a.m. on igth June, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a red flare had been sighted some five miles from the coastguard lookout. The life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched at 3.52 in a gentle westerly wind and amoderate...

Blinkbonny

Date: March 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 419

Swanage, Dorset - At 11.7 p.m. on 5th November. 1966, it was reported that the yacht Blinkbonny was overdue on passage from Weymouth to Poole and had last been seen at 7.30 p.m. one mile and a half off Anvil Point. There was a strong north...

Being Sure on Board

Date: Spring 1989

Volume: 51

Issue: 508

Being sure on board Proceeds from the sale of Sailboard Insurance for the year 1988/89 amounted to £2,014 and a cheque for this amount was presented to Lt Cdr Brian Miles (left), director of the Institution, by Michael Pettifer (right),... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

M.F.V. Andreas

Date: Summer 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 477

Two fishing vessels A MOTOR FISHING VESSEL sinking off Sarclett Head on her way back from fishing grounds was reported to the honorary secretary of Wick lifeboat station at 0135 on Thursday May 21 by HM Coastguard. The lifeboat crew were...

Fairweather Father

Date: Autumn 1982

Volume: 48

Issue: 482

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and Poole: While on passage from Guernsey to Portsmouth on Thursday August 19, 1982, the 30ft ferro-concrete gaff sloop Fairweather Father broke her rudder 18 miles south west by south of the Needles Lighthouse. A...

Cover Picture

Date: Autumn 1986

Volume: 50

Issue: 498

A Sea King helicopter from 202 squadron RAF Brawdy flies past the naming ceremony site at Tenby on September 29, 1986, in salute to the station's new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat, RFA Sir Galahad. A description of the proceedings can be... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

William (known as Donald) Wood

Date: Summer 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 501

William (known as Donald) Wood, second coxswain of the Newburgh lifeboat.

He joined the crew in 1923, becoming second coxswain in 1939 until the closure of the station in 1965..

Category: Obituaries