LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Seabird and Smuggler II
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.38 p.m.
on 2nd October, 1965, the honorary secretary was notified that a yacht was in difficulties 200 yards east of Clacton Pier. At 9.55 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring launched in a slight...
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...
Many Medals and Vellums
For their work - the story of the rescue attempts that night took up over four pages of THE LIFE-BOAT for November, 1927 - a total of 38 medals and vellums were given together with medals from the Italian government of the...
Category: Medals
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...
Wheatear and Banshee
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.8 on the night of the 3rd of August, 1958, the watchman at the east pier informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen near Quern buoy. At 10.23the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a slight...
Venture and Kestrel
Dunbar, East Lothian. At four o'clock on the morning of the 30th of March, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police had reported two small boats overdue which were on passage from Aberdeen to Port Seton. One...
Johnsons and Rob Roy
Blyth, Northumberland.—At noon on the 10th of December, 1955, the •coastguard rang up to say that a man had reported that he had received a wireless message from the fishing hoat Golden Days. She reported that she was escorting the fishing...
Life-Boats and Helicopters
THE committee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution began to give serious consideration to the use of helicopters for rescuing life at sea in 1948, when trials and demon- strations were carried out. Consider- able...
Category: Articles
Margaret and James
Filey, Yorkshire. On the 2nd of November, 1960, the fishing coble Margaret and James was at sea in a south-south-westerly gale. The weather was cloudy with fierce squalls, and the sea was rough. As the weather was be- coming worse it was...
Petasus and St. Barbara
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 8.55 on the evening of the 6th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that red flares had been seen south-east of the coastguard look-out.
At 9.20, when the life-boat Edian...