LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rubber Tyre
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 3.47 on the after- noon of the 2nd of September, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that some people were drifting out to sea on a rubber tyre off Walcott. At 3.55 the No. 1 life-boat Henry Blogg was launched. There was...
Tern
Rosslare, Co. Wexford.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th of June, 1956, the Carne Coast Life-Saving Service rang up to say that the fishing boat Tern was out of control near Splough Rock and was drifting sea- wards. The...
Dorothy Margaret
ESCORT FOR FISHING VESSEL IN GALE Newhaven, Sussex. At 7.32 on the evening of the 23rd January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Dorothy Margaret had been in difficulties with engine trouble and...
Onward
Douglas, Isle of Man. At 10.15 on the night of the 2nd of October, 1957, the harbour master reported that a flare had been seen two and a half miles off Douglas Head. At 10.25 the life- boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1 was launched in a...
Marie Leach
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 10.25 on the morning of the 23rd of May, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Marie Leach, with a crew of three, appeared to be in difficulties five miles north-west of...
Gwylan
GALE WARNING GIVEN New Quay, Cardiganshire. At 10.45 a.m. on yth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was in difficulties in very rough seas on the New Quay side of Ynys Lochtyn.
The tide...
Pirouttie
YACHT WAS AGROUND At 10.7 p.m. on 2nd August, 1964, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that a white flare had been seen at the entrance to Morar bay. It was halftide with a moderate sea and a gentle south-westerly breeze. At 10...
New Appointments
Mr. Laurence C. H. Cave, a member of the Committee of Management since 1947, has been elected a Vice-President of the Institution. His election took place in December, 1964. Mr. Cave became a member of the finance committee in 1947 and...
Category: Committee
Allegiance
CREW TRANSFERRED Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 9.24 a.m.
on i8th May, 1965^ the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been intercepted from Ilfracombe radio station that the motor vessel Saggat had...
Jennie
Coverack, Cornwall. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 25th of April, 1960, the motor fishing vessel Jennie left Coverack for Falmouth to have her engine over- hauled. There was a gentle north- westerly wind and a smooth sea. Later she was seen...