LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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MOTHER WAS ILL Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 5 p.m. on 4th November, 1963, the Irish Lights Office asked if the life-boat would bring a seaman from the Coningbeg lightvessel to the shore where his mother was dangerously ill. At 5.15 the life-boat...
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 2.1 p.m. on i3th August, 1966, information was received that a man had fallen overboard from a yacht in the Needles channel. At 2.10 the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe was launched. The tide was flooding....
A Dinghy (2)
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 1.35 p.m. on 9th April. 1967, the British Rail steamer Faringford informed the honorary secretary that a small dismasted sailing boat was drifting rapidly towards Hurst. The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe...
Zerobe
At 3.50 a.m. on 24th May, 1967, information was received that the yacht Zerobe, with her sails gone, was in tow nine miles south east of Southwold. Thetow line had parted twice. The life-boat Alfred and Patience Gottwald was launched at 4.40...
Jenny
Ilfracombe, Devon - At 2 p.m. on 3ist August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was in difficulties off Rillage point. The life-boat Lloyd's II was launched at 2.10. The tide was flooding. The life...
Rosemary (1)
Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.32 a.m. on I2th June, 1965, the honorary secretary learnt from the coastguard that an open fishing boat, Rosemary, with one man on board was seven hours overdue. The lifeboat Kathleen Mary was launched at 2.15 in thick...
Maria Dolores
FISHERMAN WAVED At 10.25 a.m. on 8th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Maria Dolores, which had a crew of three, appeared to need help off Saltscar and that one of the fishermen was waving. At...
Laura
TAKEN TO WEYMOUTH Weymouth, Dorset. At 3.3 a.m. on 6th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen two miles southwest of the look-out. There was a smooth sea with a moderate westerly breeze...
The Lancashire School's Symphony Orchestra Were Among Passengers Who Had to Be Rescued from the Ferry Winston Churchill When She Ran Aground In Gothenberg Sweden Last Summer Th
The Lancashire School's Symphony Orchestra were among passengers who had to be rescued from the ferry Winston Churchill when she ran aground in Gothenberg, Sweden, last summer. The conductor, Malcolm Doley, is pictured here with the... - View image in PDF
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OCTOBER 6TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 9.41 in the morning the Brixham coastguard telephoned that a motor trawler was flying distress signals two miles north-north-east of Berry Head. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea....