LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Coble
BLOWN OUT TO SEA Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 11 a.m. on i2th April, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was being blown out to sea off the pier. There was a near gale from the...
Jean Luc
SAVED FROM SINKING Eastbourne, Sussex. At 4.47 a.m. on I3th September, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a vessel was flashing a distress signal from a position close inshore one mile east of Beachy Head lighthouse. The tide had...
A Rowing Boat (2)
WAVING AN OAR Wicklow. At 3.20 p.m. on 25th July, 1964, while the life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow, on temporary duty at Wicklow, was returning to her station from a flag day at Greystones, a small rowing boat was seen drifting about three miles...
Zoe
YACHT TOWED IN At 6.20 p.m. on nth July, 1965, a vessel reported a yacht aground on the south side of West Swin Barrow Deep and at 6.33 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched. A gale was blowing from the south...
Progress
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 4.28 p.m. on i3th December, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Progress was approaching the harbour with an unidentified object, possibly a mine, in her nets. The life...
Rosemary
Hastings, Sussex - At 4.30 p.m. on 26th July, 1966, it was seen that theyacht Rosemary on an easterly course half a mile south of the station was making very poor headway. The life-boat Fairlight was launched at 4.43 in a gale force...
Brita
At 3.23 a.m. on 2ist August, 1966, red flares were reported to the south of Dungeness. The life-boat Mabel E.
Holland was launched at 3.40 in a light easterly wind and a slight sea. It was one and a half hours after high...
Resuscitation Award
A SOUND knowledge of the mouth to mouth resuscitation technique has earned Motor Mechanic Frederick G. Webber, of the Fowey life-boat, the Royal Humane Society resuscitation certificate.
On 24th July a self drive motor boat...
Category: Awards
Beaver Ash
Penlee, Cornwall - At 6.20 p.m. on 19th November, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that the life-boat would be needed to bring a sick man ashore from the m.v. Beaver Ash, The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 7 o'clock....
Fairy Queen
Stronsay, Orkneys - At 8.55 p.m. on 5th December, 1966, it was reported that a distress call had been received from the motor fishing vessel Fairy Queen which was aground in Odiness Bay, Stronsay.
The life-boat The John...