LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — At 11.20 in the morning of the 17th of April, 1948, the Royal Naval Signal Station at Nells Point telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed about one and a half miles south-east of the...
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Weymouth, Dorsetshire.—At 7.15 in the evening of the 4th of September, 1949, the coastguard reported that a man had fallen over White Nose cliffs. In fine weather the life-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood—on temporary duty at the...
Grey Lady
Dover, Kent. At 7.10 on the morn- ing of the 25th of September, 1958, the coastguard at Sandgate informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Grey Lady needed help four miles south of Folkestone. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at...
A Fishing Boat
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 6.25 on the evening of the 9th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the hon- orary secretary that a small fishing boat needed help off Brownstown Head. At 6.30 the life-boat Annie Blanche Smith put out in...
The Coningbeg Lightvessel.
Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 8.30 on the evening of the 3rd of January, 1960, the honorary secretary was asked by theCommissioners of Irish Lights if the life-boat could land a sick man from the Coningbeg lightvessel. At 9.5 the life- boat Ann...
Breadwinner
Dover, Kent.—At 12.43 in the morn- ing, on the 6th of April, 1950, the Sandgate coastguard reported that the S.S. Shepperton Ferry had wirelessed that a fishing vessel had broken down two and a quarter miles south-east of the South Goodwin...
A Fishing Boat
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 7.17 on the night of the 17th of October, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a Ballycastle fishing boat, with a crew of four, could not enter Ballycastle Harbour because of a heavy swell and was making for a port...
A Yacht and a Sailing Dinghy
LAUNCH TO CAPSIZED DINGHY Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 10.30 on the morning of the 12th August, 1962, the honorary secretary noticed a yacht and a sailing dinghy being blown to the north of the harbour in Berwick...
Wave Sheaf
MOTOR FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO HARBOUR ENTRANCE Stromness, Orkneys. At 11.21 on the night of the 25th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the motor fishing vessel Wave Sheaf of Lossiemouth was ashore near the Point of...
Three Motor Boats and a Rowing Boat
FOUR ESCORTED At 3.43 p.m. on I7th November, 1963, the east pier watchman informed the honorary secretary that several small boats were out fishing in rapidly deteriorating weather. There was a near gale from the south-west with a rough...