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Mermaid

Date: Autumn 1952

Volume: 33

Issue: 363

Holy Island, Northumberland.—At 2.5 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the nine-ton auxiliary yacht Mermaid, of Poole, was drifting towards the Ridge, west of Holy Island Harbour, and at 2.16 the...

Aurelia

Date: September 1963

Volume: 37

Issue: 405

TENDER AND CABIN CRUISER BOTH BREAK DOWN Rhyl, Flintshire. At 9.35 on the morning of the 23rd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tender from the Rhyl yacht club had broken down in an attempt to tow in the...

Armour

Date: March 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 395

Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 6.52 on the evening of the 10th of December, 1960, an anticipatory message was passed by the coastguard to the honor- ary secretary reporting what appeared to be distress signals near the...

Portrait on the Cover

Date: June 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 400

THE photograph on the cover is of Coxswain Frederick Palmer of Wey- mouth, who first joined the Weymouth crew in 1926. Since then Weymouth life-boats have been launched on service 240 times and have rescued 180 lives.

He...

Category: Articles

Collach, of Coll

Date: March 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 419

Mallaig, Inverness-shire - At 5.40 p.m. on 5th September, 1966, a boat was reported to be overdue between Tirea and Coll. The life-boat EMM. Gordon Cubbin left her moorings at 5.50 in a gale force south westerly wind and a rough sea. It was...

The Converted Ship's Boat Venture

Date: December 1954

Volume: 33

Issue: 370

Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 9.20 on the evening of the 18th of July, 1954, a life-boatman, who was at Gibraltar Point, reported that a yacht was flying a distress signal three miles south- south-west of Skegness. At 9.50 the life-boat The...

Omega

Date: December 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 378

Swanage, Dorset.—At 12.19 on the afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the piermaster had seen some people in a yacht in the harbour waving for help.

At 12.30 the life-boat R.L.P. was...

The Scottish AGM

Date: Spring 1994

Volume: 53

Issue: 528

The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Lifeboat Council was held on Wednesday 27 April 1994 in the Banqueting Hall of Glasgow's famous City Chambers. The meeting followed a civic reception for awardees and special guests provided by...

Category: Meetings

Sum Speed

Date: Spring 1990

Volume: 51

Issue: 512

Harwich lifeboats called to power boat on fire Both of Harwich's lifeboats, the Waveney class John Fison and the Atlantic 21 British Diver II, were called to an incident on the River Orwell on 18 March 1990.A moored power boat had burst...

Above - Gary Payne

Date: Spring 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 552

Above - Gary Payne holds up Mike's melted boots for the camera.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs