LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Renovate
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...
Pedro II
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...
Fury
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...
H.M.S. Diamond
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.<...
A Fishing Boat
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...
Cavallo
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...
Swallow
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...
Maureen
TOW FOR YACHT WITH ENGINE BREAKDOWN Troon, Ayrshire. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 7th September, 1962, the pilot at Troon harbour informed the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser appeared to be in difficulties and drifting close...
Ros Airgead
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 17th of November, 1959, a message was received from Valentia radio that the trawler Ros Airgead of Dublin was drifting with a trawl foul of her propeller seven miles west of Bray Head. At...
A Dinghy
100,000th life saved ON WEDNESDAY, May 28, 1975, HM Coastguard informed the New Brighton, Merseyside, honorary secretary that a boy was adrift in a rubber dinghy 200 yards off shore near Formby Point. The ILB was launched at 1435 in a...