LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. Charlie Brown
Well known at Falmouth, Mr. Charlie Brown, who was an officer on the life-boat for over 38 years, has died at the age of 74. He spent 13 of them as coxswain..
Category: Obituaries
Camperdown
TOWED OFF SHORE At 2.45 a.m. on 3oth May, 1965, the honorary secretary learnt that an unknown vessel was ashore on the east side of Thurso river. The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) was launched at 3.15. There was a moderate...
Sea Witch
FLARES SEEN Margate, Kent. At 12.6 a.m. on 6th July, 1965, a small vessel was reported to be burning a distress flare close to the shore in Botany Bay. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. u) was launched at 12.19 m a fresh...
A Yacht and a Motor Boat
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 4.6 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, a yacht and a motor boat were reported in distress between Bembridge Harbour and St. Helens. There was a strong southwesterly breeze with a rough sea. The tide...
Havlyn
Holyhead, Anglesey. At 10.26 a.m.
on 2yth November, 1965, the honorary secretary heard that the Norwegian motor vessel Havlyn was in need of assistance, having a forty-five degree list nine miles from the South Stack...
Muir Ara
Galway Bay - At 7.30 p.m. on 25th March, 1966, the honorary secretary received a report that distress flares had been seen about a mile south east of the North Aran light. At 8.5 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched.
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Bogus Distress Signals
MR. HECTOR HUGHES, Labour M.P. for Aberdeen North, raised the question of recent bogus distress signals fired at sea off the Scottish coast in the House of Commons in January.
Emphasizing that Scottish life-boat men had put...
Category: Articles
Radio Caroline
HAD WOUNDED HAND At 2.42 p.m. on 26th December, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that one of the personnel of Radio Caroline, a wireless transmitting station 3J miles off Ramsey, had a deep wound on his right hand and needed...
Flying Consul
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 7.10 p.m.
on 1st June, 1968, the coastguard reported that the motor cruiser Flying Consul with four adults and three children on board had broken down three miles north of...
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Life-boat 70-002 on passage - At 10.50 a.m. on 7th November, 1968, while the Grace Paterson Ritchie life-boat was on passage to Westray, the coastguard told the coxswain that the doctor on Rousay had requested the assistance of the lifeboat...