LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 12.30 p.m. on igth June, 1967, a message was received that the motor fishing vessel Chalon, which had left Campbeltown on the 18th to attend to her lobster pots at Arran, had broken down on the return journey...

Cromer, Norfolk - At 11.21 p.m. on 4th July, 1967, red flares were reported two miles east of Haisbro' coastguard lookout. The life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed was launched at 11.33 in a light south westerly breeze and a slight...

BOAT TAKEN IN TOW DURING EXERCISE Newhaven, Sussex. At 10.10 on the morning of the llth March, 1962, the life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched for a routine exercise. There was a fresh north-easterly wind and a slight sea, and it was an hour...

SIX TAKEN ABOARD At 6.35 p.m. on ist June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off Foreness.

The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. n) was launched at 6.50 in a heavy...

SEAMAN LANDED Anstruther, Fife. At 11.48 p.m. on 4th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that H.M.S.

Diamond wished to land a sick seaman.

There was a smooth sea with thick fog.<...

FISHING BOAT OVERDUE At 11.43 a-m- on 25tn June, 1965, a fishing boat from Greencastle was reported overdue. At 11.55 the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) was launched in a fresh westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was...

Penlee, Cornwall. At 10 p.m. on 27th August, 1965, the honorary secretary told the coxswain that a vessel was making Mounts Bay with a sick stewardess on board who required medical treatment Arrangements were made for the lifeboat Solomon...

CABIN CRUISER SAVED At 11.5 p.m. on nth September, 1965, the coastguard reported that he had seen a cabin cruiser run ashore, but that she had refloated. She went ashore for a second time a little later and burnt a red flare, so at 11.20 the...