LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tonton Alexandre
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 6.55 on the morning of the llth of February, 1959, the coastguard at Portpatrick told the honorary secretary that a Frenchtrawler was in difficulties between Corsewall and Campbeltown. Further enquiries were made...
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Caister, Norfolk. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 23rd of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a bather was in difficulties off Winterton beach. At 3.50 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched in a slight swell, with a...
Virtuous, Just Reward, Good Way, Golden Gleam and Mary Jane
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 9.20 on the morning of the 27th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a number of Fraserburgh fishing boats had been caught in a violent northerly gale off Rattray Head. At 9.32...
The S.S. Bosworth
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 14th of April, 1960, the shipping agents for the s.s. Bosworth, of London, asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat could be launched to bring ashore a man from the...
An Inflatable Canoe
LIFE-BOAT AND SPEED BOAT PUT OUT TO CANOEISTS Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 26th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an inflatable canoe was drifting out to sea off Jaywick. The life-boat...
North King
DOCTOR PUT ON BOARD TANKER IN SNOWSTORM Humber, Yorkshire. At five o'clock on the morning of the 16th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that there was a sick man on board a tanker two miles south of the...
Karen
MOTHER REPORTS SONS MISSING IN BOAT Torbay, Devon. At 11.50 on the night of the 26th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the mother of two young men had reported that they had not returned home after leaving...
Tango
TOW FOR YACHT WITH SAILS BLOWN AWAY Selsey, Sussex. At 7.5 on the evening of the 6th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with three people on board, which was close inshore off Elmer Sands, was...
Susan
LIFE-BOAT CHECKS SAFETY OF YACHT Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At ten to nine on the evening of Tuesday the 20th August, 1963, the coxswain received a telephone message from the honorary secretary that the Rhyl coastguard had a small yacht...
Altmark
Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 7.15 on the morning of the 12th of June, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was ashore one mile north of Sker Point. At 7.55 the life-boat The William Gammon— Manchester and...