LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 14th of May, 1956, the Kildonan coastguard telephoned the coxswain to say that the police had reported that two people in a motor boat had been seen waving and appeared to need help. At five...
Shantimere
Dungeness, Kent - At 6.8 p.m. on 21st June, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was firing flares two miles north east of the life-boat station. The life-boat Mabel E.
Holland was...
A Steamer (1)
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—1 2th August, 1938. A steamer had been reported in need of help off Flatholm, but when the life-boat, with the honorary secretary, Mr. A. C. Jones, in command, arrived at Flatholm, she found that her services were...
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Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 1.5 p.m. on 25th October, 1965, the Inspector for Irish Lights informed the honorary secretary that a carpenter on Skelligs Rock lighthouse required immediate medical attention. The life-boat Rowland Watts proceeded...
Grenada
MAY 30TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
At 5 A.M. a vessel was sounding distress signals on her siren. A light S.W.
breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth.
It was foggy. At 5.25 A.M. the...
A Trawler (11)
NOV. 19TH. - PORTRUSH CO. ANTRIM.
A message had been received from the coastguard that a trawler was drifting towards the rocks, but the life-boat was recalled after being launched when news was received that the trawler...
Shellduck
Hastings, Sussex. At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 22nd of July, 1960, the life-boat mechanic asked the coastguard to keep a catamaran under observation.
As the weather was becoming rapidly worse and the boat could not be...
Maytime, the Sailing Boat Morning Star
The 1 7-foot motor launch Maytime broke down off Coliemore harbour soon after 11 a.m. on 7th June, 1971. While the honorary secretary was making further inquiries the boat fired several flares. Heavy rain was falling at the...
Floral Queen and Royal Empire
ON THE WHITBY BAR AGAIN Whitby. Yorkshire.—At 8.45 in the morning of the 2nd of May, 1947, a small motor coble was seen approaching.
The tide was one hour before low water and there was broken water for three hundred yards...