LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 17th of December, 1959. the honorary secretary was in- formed that a launch, which had left Knoydart at eleven o'clock for Mallaig, was an hour and a half overdue. The life-boat E...

Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.55 on the morning of the 27th of October, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was close inshore at Rotting- dean, but that she did not appear to be in immediate danger. At 9.15 the coastguard stated that the...

Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At 7.45 on the morning of the 17th of December, 1955, a message was received from the harbour office that the local fishing boat Winifred, with a crew of four, had broken down three miles south-east of Flamborough...

Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.5. on the afternoon of the llth of December, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two red rockets had been reported in Norman's Bay, and that a boat was burning red flares about four miles...

Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 9th August, 1961, a holiday-maker told the cox- swain that a dinghy was in distress off Newbiggin Point and was drifting out to sea. There was a moderate westerly breeze, and the sea...

The city of San Remo, Italy, is to award a Figurehead of Courage annually to the seaman whose tech- nical and human skill in an action at sea shows the sea-faring spirit at its greatest.

The period to be considered for the...

TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Penlee, Cornwall. At 11.30 a.m. on 2ist March, 1964, the port medical officer told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Andania would arrive off Penzance at 5 p.m. bearing a sick man on board who needed hospital...

Moelfre, Anglesey. At 5.35 p.m. on 3rd October, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a shipping agency had asked for a doctor to be taken out to the Swedish tanker Anco Spur to attend to an injured man. It was one hour after low water...