LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Main
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 7.15 on the evening of the 12th of January, 1961, flares were seen north-north-east of Arklow. There was a moderate south- south-westerly wind with a correspond- ing sea, and the tide was ebbing. At 7.30 the life-boat...
Osprey
TOWED TO LOWESTOFT Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 11.30 a.m. on 24th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a converted life-boat, Osprey, was burning red flares about one mile east-north-east of the lookout.
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SWIMMER TAKEN ABOARD On 3rd August, 1964, while the reserve life-boat White Star, on temporary service at Porthdinllaen, was returning from a regatta at Aberdaron, a swimmer was seen swimming against a very strong tide race between Maen...
Aphrodite
TOWED TO LOOE Plymouth, South Devon. At 5.20 p.m. on 26th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been sighted about four miles south-east of Banjo pier. It was low water with a slight sea and moderate...
Fortune II
YACHT RESCUED At 6.10 p.m. on i2th June, 1965, the motor yacht Fortune II was observed flying a distress signal. Her position was three quarters of a mile east-south-east of the harbour. There were light variable airs with a smooth sea and...
A Dinghy (6)
Newquay, Cornwall. At 12.11 p.m.
on 13th August, 1965, while the IRB was co-operating with the Padstow life-boat on Newquay life-boat day, the crew saw a dinghy in difficulties drifting towards the Towan Headland and Cribba...
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Galway Bay. At 3.50 p.m. on ist December, 1965, the local doctor notified the honorary secretary that a five-year-old boy who had a broken leg needed transport to hospital on the mainland. No other boat was available for this purpose, so the...
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PATIENT AND NURSE TAKEN OFF ISLAND Longhope, Orkneys. At 9.20 a.m. on Monday the 12th of August, 1963, the Island doctor told the honorary secretary that a seriously ill patient required immediate hospital attention. There was a light...
Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur
Fishing boat sinking ROSSLARE HARBOUR OFFICE informed Storeman R. Walshe at 1130 on Thursday December 7, 1978, that a Swedish cargo vessel had relayed a distress signal from a fishing boat sinking off Tuskar Rock. Maroons were fired at 1135,...
Rnli National Lottery
THE RNLI'S twenty-first national lottery was drawn on April 29, appropriately enough by Frank Ide, coxswain of Poole lifeboat. People from all over the country bought lottery tickets to raise money so that lifeboatmen, like Frank, can be...
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