LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shirley Williamson
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 1.40 in the afternoon on the 22nd of December 1949, the wife of the owner of the motor fishing boat Shirley Williamson picked up a radio distress call from her hus- band's boat. It was about eight miles...
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Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 2.55 in the afternoon of the 15th of February, 1950, the Medical Officer of Health telephoned asking if the life-boat could fetch from Fair Isle a woman suffering from appendicitis. As no other suit- able boat...
Marathon
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.42 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the tanker Marathon, of Oslo, had a man on board suffering from stomach pains. At 8.4 the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched. The sea...
Thelma
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 9.18 on the evening of the 19th of July, 1953, the coxswain was rung up with the news that the motor launch Thelma, of Fishguard, was in distress off the northern breakwater. At 9.36 the life-boat White Star was...
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Plymouth, Devon-At 9.24 p.m. on 18th May, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was trapped on rocks at the foot of the cliffs at Bovisand fort. The lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse with the boarding boat in tow...
Ross Corr
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 7.25 on the evening of the 9th of March, 1960, Valentia radio station informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Ross Corr had broken down in the mouth of Ballinskelligs Bay. At 7.50 the life-boat Peter...
Galaxy
BROKEN CROSS-TREES Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 1.56 a.m. on igth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Cork lightvessel had reported a yacht in distress near Cork sands. There was a slight sea with a gentle...
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St. Mary's, Scilly Isles. At 7.20 on the evening of the 31st October, 1961, a Post Office official informed the honorary secretary that a local boat being used by their linesmen, who were engaged in repairing a telephone cable between St...
Arka
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY POLISH TRAWLER North Sunderland, Northumberland. At 4.30 a.m. on Saturday the 20th of July, 1963, the Seahouses coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Arka, of Gdynia, was aground on Knavestone Rock....
Two Medals for Hastings.
Coxswain John Muggridge, of Hastings, on his first service in command of the life-boat, won the bronze medal, for rescuing seven lives from one of H.M. trawlers.
She had gone ashore and the life-boat found her at daybreak...
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