LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tryst
Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1952, the life-boat mechanic reported that a small sailing yacht appeared to be anchored a quarter of a mile to the east of the harbour entrance and was making signals...
The Blackwater Lightvessel
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—On the 23rd of January, 1953, the Irish Lights Commissioners asked if the life- boat would land a man from the Black- water Lightvessel. His sister had died in Wexford, and the Commissioners' own boat was...
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MEN ON THE ROCKS Torbay, Devon. At 4.19 p.m. on i6th January, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men were in the sea off Durl Head. There was a strong east-north-easterly breeze with a rough sea. The tide was flooding....
A Tanker
SEARCH FOR BODY At ii a.m. on the following day the Ardrossan harbour master told the honorary secretary that the pilot boat at Ardrossan had capsized on leaving a tanker and that a pilot had been drowned. He asked if the life-boat would...
Drakkar
INJURED ON TRAWLER Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 6.55 p.m. on igth January, 1965, Waterford Harbour Commissioners were informed by Land's End radio station that there was a badly injured man with a cut artery on board the French...
The Longshore Fishing Boat Aga Sacke
TWO MEN RESCUED FROM FISHING BOAT Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
At 10.17 on the morning of the 1st April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was burning flares and needed help. A...
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GIRL RESCUED FROM CLIFF FACE Howth, Co. Dublin. At 7.57 on the evening of the 15th July, 1962, the Howth garda informed the honorary secretary that the local fire brigade had been called to rescue a girl who was unable to climb up a cliff...
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SICK BOY TAKEN OFF ISLAND Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 9.45 on the evening of the 20th April, 1963, the life-boat motor mechanic informed the coastguard that he could see a fire on Copeland Island, where he knew about eight people were spending...
Holmfield
600-TON CARGO VESSEL AGROUND Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 5.48 on the evening of Tuesday the 3rd September, 1963, the honorary secretary received a radio message from Valentia radio station that the 600-ton cargo vessel Holmfield of Liverpool, on...
Progress
Angle, Pembrokeshire. — At 12.25 early on the morning of the 9th of June, 1954, the Tenby coastguard rang up to say that the tanker Esso Cheyenne had taken in tow the ketch Progress, of Bideford, with a crew of five, which she had found...