LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Oceaan
On the morning of the 23rd December, a message was received from the harbour- master at Wexford that a vessel was ashore on Wexford bar. A strong S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and rain. The Motor Life- boat K.E.C.F. left her...
Advance
While a whole gale from S.E. was raging, accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the night of the 14th January, signals of distress were observed from a vessel on the " Middle Ridge," near Appledore. The Life-boat Jane Hannah MacDonald...
Fishing Boats
Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—During the morning of the 19th January a strong west breeze sprang up, bringing a very heavy sea, which broke dangerously outside the harbour. About twelve small fishing-boats were at sea, and anxiety was felt for...
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Walton and Frinton, Essex; Margate, Ramsgate, and Walmer, Kent.— 27th October, 1937. During naval exercises fireworks were used by the Fleet without notice being given. They were taken for distress signals and these four motor life-boats...
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Walton and Frinton, Essex; Margate, Ramsgate, and Walmer, Kent.— 27th October, 1937. During naval exercises fireworks were used by the Fleet without notice being given. They were taken for distress signals and these four motor life-boats...
H.M. Motor Launch E.C. 83
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At four in the afternoon of the 19th of March, 1952, the Foreland coastguard tele- phoned that a naval motor launch had run ashore at Black Rock, Whitecliff Bay, and at 4.13 the life-boat Milburn, on temporary duty...
A Canoe
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 12.32 on the afternoon of the 18th of Sep- tember, 1953, the coastguard tele- phoned that a canoe had capsized fifty yards off the harbour, and that a man was clinging to it. Five minutes later the life-boat Rosa...
Three Fishing Boats
FISHING BOATS ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA St. Abbs, Berwickshire. On the morning of the 26th August, 1962, a gale warning was issued and the southerly breeze did in fact increase in force.
Three local fishing boats were at sea in...
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SICK WOMAN LANDED FROM ISLAND Galway Bay, Co. Galway. At 10.15 p.m. on Thursday the 15th of August, 1963, a nurse on Inishmaan asked that the life-boat take a seriously ill patient to hospital at Rossaveel. At 10.45 the life-boat Mary...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal - At 5.15 p.m. on 19th October, 1967, the coxswain was informed that there was a sick man on Tory Island.
Owing to weather conditions it was impossible for another boat to reach the island. The...