LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Islay, Hebrides. At 8.15 on the evening of the 24th of June, 1960, the local medical officer told the honorary secretary that he needed help urgently to convey a seriously ill patient to hospital on the mainland. Owing to dense fog the air...
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The Coxswain of the Life-boat Gem was informed by the Coastguard at 2.40 A.M.
on the 19th April that a vessel was on the rocks. He immediately proceeded to the boat-house and took steps to assemble the crew. The boat was...
A Motor Boat (1)
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE At 8.50 p.m. on 9th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small motor boat was in difficulties off Trebetherick Point. The sea was slight with light south-westerly...
The S.S. Slieve More
Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 8.55 on the morning of the 3rd of March, 1951, the Kilkeel coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Slieve More, of London, was ashore at Derryogue two miles south-west of Kilkeel. At 9.15 the life-boat William and Laura...
The S.S. Alkon
Coverack, Cornwall - At 9.40 a.m. on 7th September, 1966, a large steamer was reported in a dangerous position inside the Manacle rocks in thick fog. At 10 o'clock the life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched. It was high...
Fishing Cobles (1)
In consequence of a dense fog which came on during the morning of the 15th April, when five of the cobles were at sea, their return in the heavy weather was attended with considerable risk.
The Life-boat Bobert and Sarah...
England
Dungeness, Kent. — At 3.15 on the morning of the 6th of August, 1952, a steamer was heard to blow her siren half a mile north-east of the life-boat station, and at 3.55 the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was...
The Bull Light-Vessel
The Humber, Yorkshire.—The motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 10.30 A.M. on the llth May in response to a message received from the Humber Conservancy that a vessel had collided with the Bull light-vessel during a fog. The...
Dolores
Redcar, Yorkshire - At 2.30 p.m. on 23rd November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had broken down one mile east of the life-boat station. The life-boat Aguila Wren was launched at 3.10. It was...