LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cheviot Wind
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.50 on the evening of the 8th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser needed help a mile and a half south-east-by- south of the Bench Head buoy. The life-boat Sir Godfrey...
Heart of Gold
Margate, Kent.—At 3.2 on the after- noon of the 5th of September, 1956, the coastguard reported that a fishing- vessel was showing distress signals about three miles north-east of Mar- gate. At 3.12 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil...
A Ship's Boat
Longhope, Orkneys.—At 10.45 on the morning of the 9th of March, 1957, a message was received that a ship's boat had been seen drifting between Stroma and C'antick Head. At 11.15 the life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched in a slight...
Thomas Orrell Gray, O.B.E., J.P.
Mr. Thomas Orrell Gray, O.B.E., J.P., who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1935, died on the 7th May, 1961. He had served on the Finance, General Pur- poses, and Establishment Committees of the Institution, became...
Category: Obituaries
Mary Anne
Plymouth, Devon. At 7.30 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht near Mewstone had fired distress signals. At 7.44, when the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse was launched, a gentle...
Kemrix
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 1.50 early on the morning of the 25th of August, 1961, the coxswain was informed that the motor vessel Kemrix of Hull was anchored a mile and a half north-north-east of Rosslare Harbour with engine trouble....
A Boat (1)
At 5 p.m. on 25th July, 1966, information was received that a boat had beendriven ashore at Ballycreenan Strand, three and a half miles north east of Ballycotton. A search was carried out along the shore but without success. The life-boat...
Violet Sinclair
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 7.21 p.m. on 8th July, 1966, a fishing boat was seen firing distress flares two miles off Llangelynin point. The life-boat The Chieftain was launched at 7.34 in a gentle westerly wind and a moderate sea. She...
Sirius
Seaham, Co. Durham - At 8.1 p.m.
on 26th July, 1966, a yacht about one mile offshore, to the north of Seaham, was seen to be making heavy weather. The Sunderland IRB was requested to investigate.
As the...
Judean
At 1.50 p.m. on i8th November, 1966, it was reported that the trawler Judean had requested assistance in landing a sick man who needed hospital treatment. At 3.30 the coastguard advised the honorary secretary that the Judean was five miles...