LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lisa
At 10.10 p.m. on igth June, 1966, the occupants of a small boat, adrift off South Stack lighthouse, were heard calling for help. The life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) was launched at 10.28 in a light south westerly wind and a smooth...
"Royal" Help
The honorary secretary of one of the Institution's branches in the Midlands writes that he has had difficulty in getting helpers for the work of the branch, but he adds : " Fortunately I am lucky in this respect, as I have been...
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Fortunatus, Gallilee, Mizpah, Noel, Pilot Me and Venus
Early on the morning of the 4th March six local motor fishing boats—Fortunatus, Galli- lee, Mizpah, Noel, Pilot Me and Venus —-put oft to the fishing grounds. By 8 A.M. the sea had become rough, and the river was running strongly into the...
Ros Ruadh
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of April.
1953, the Valentia radio station re- ported that the trawler Ros Ruadh, of Dublin, had broken down four miles north-west of Bray Head, and at...
Acacia
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 6th of March, 1957, a message was received from Valentia radio that the trawler Acacia, of Dub- lin, needed help immediately at the mouth of Kenmare Bay. The life- boat A.E.D. put out at...
Tamar
Salcombe, Devon.—At 9.7 on the night of the 4th of November, 1954, the Prawle Point coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen half a mile south-east of Prawle Point. At 9.20 the life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse put out. There...
Dimcyl (1)
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 6.30 on the evening on the llth of August, 1951, the coastguard reported that the motor yacht Dimcyl was flying a distress signal about two miles north of Lowestoft. She seemed to be trying to make harbour against a...
Sea Pink
Plymouth, Devon - At 4.30 p.m. on 17th April, 1968, it was learnt that a sailing dinghy had capsized close to the Longroom signal station. The life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse slipped her moorings at 4.37 in a gusty east south...
J.A.P.
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 9.30 a.m. on 30th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that the trawler J.A.P. of Lowestoft was aground on the sandbank off the harbour entrance and had sent a distress signal. The drifter Wisemans had gone to her...
Girdleness
Longhope, Orkney.—At 4.28 on the morning of the 4th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say the steam trawler Girdleness, of Aberdeen, was aground one mile west of Cantick Head lighthouse. At 4.50 the life- boat Thomas McCunn was...