LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kronsberg
The Lizard, Cornwall.—At 6.10 on the night of the 2nd of February, 1951, a resident reported that a ship was burn- ing green flares two miles west-north- west of Lizard Head. The coastguard signalled the ship by morse, and in reply she asked...
Economy In Paper
THE great increase in the number of services since the outbreak of war would make it necessary nearly to double the size of The Life-boat if each quarterly number were to contain accounts of all life-boat services for three...
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Unbe Mendi
On the morning of the 24th February a Seaford resident telephoned to the assistant honorary secretary that a steamer was ashore at Seaford Head. She was the Unbe Mendi, of Bilbao, bound for Rotterdam with a cargo of iron ore. A moderate S.W....
Dagon
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—On the morning of the 8th September the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Dundonnie Head, about one mile south of Buchan-ness lighthouse.
A moderate south gale was blowing, with a...
Caravel II
YACHT SEEN TO DISAPPEAR IN ROUGH SEA Exmouth, Devon. At 9.25 on the evening of the 16th August, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report that a sailing yacht had been seen to disappear between a half and...
Edna
Aith, Shetlands. At 5.40 p.m. on nth November, 1965, a man told the honorary secretary that he had seen a green flare just west of the Island of Vementry. It was one hour to high water when the life-boat John and Francis MacFarlam put out at...
Emsadler and Pandora
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 6.14 p.m. on 7th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the tanker Metco advising him that two men were drifting past her in lifejackets. A further...
Black Sue and Atlanta
Howth, Co. Dublin - At 11.48 p.m.
on loth June, 1966, a yacht was reported in difficulties between Portrane and Lambay. There was a gentle north easterly breeze with a corresponding sea.
The life-boat...
Gracie
North Sunderiand, Northumberland.— At 9.32 on the morning of the 22nd of October, 1955, the Seahouscs coast- guard rang up to say that a message had been received from the Longstone lightvessel that a fishing boat, with one man on board,...
Hong Kong Branch
To mark the First Year of operations of the new Penlee Arun'Class Lifeboat, the R.N.LB.
Mabel Alice and the Hong Kong Branch of the R.N.L.I,the Branch has produced a Limited-Edition Print as shown.
The...
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