LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Buckle, Banffshlre.—At 3.10 in the afternoon of the 27th of December, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat was ashore half a mile north-west of the Covesea Lighthouse, and at 3.40 the life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow was launched...
Henny
At 2.35 P.M.
on the 3rd March, a vessel was observed by the Coxswain standing into danger near the Scroby Sands. He therefore assembled his crew and launched the Life-boat John Burch and proceeded to her. She proved to be...
Fishing Vessels (1)
Arbroath, Angus. At 12.25 P-m- on 12th November, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing fleet which was out was shortly due to return and that the harbour bar was dangerous. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose...
Lundy
FISHERMAN SIGHTS CASUALTY FROM TREE TOP Swanage, Dorset. At 4.22 on the afternoon of the 23rd of November, 1962, a fisherman reported to the honorary secretary that he had seen, from the top of a tree, a fishing vessel drifting a mile off...
S.S. A.F.A.
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides - At ii a.m. on 9th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had received a call from the owners of the Fleetwood trawler SSAFA saying that the vessel had on board a seriously injured...
Geisha, of Wexford
JUNE 27TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR CO. WEXFORD. At 5.30 in the afternoon a cyclist from St. Helens reported the fishing schooner Geisha, of Wexford, dismasted and drifting between the Whilkeen and Carrick Rocks. A fresh easterly wind was blowing,...
H.M.S. Rhyl, A Minesweeper
JANUARY 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. During a south-westerly gale with a very rough sea H.M.S. Rhyl, a minesweeper, parted her tow from a tug off Felixstowe.
She anchored, but the anchors dragged and she was drifting...
None (1)
When it was learnt that a man had fallen over the cliffs at Sarclet Head on 2nd July, the Wick, Caithness, life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 10 p.m.
On reaching Sarclet Head the body of the man could be seen in...
Awards
A large number of awards have been made this year to coxswains, life- boatmen and honorary workers. The particulars of them are held over, owing to lack of space, until the next issue of The Life-boat..
Category: Awards
Chairman's Thanks
The new Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., and the retiring Chairman, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wynham- Quin, R.N., wish to take this opportunity of expressing their thanks for the very many kind...
Category: Committee