LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Aith, Shetlands - At 12.45 a.m. on 3rd July, 1966, the medical authorities requested the assistance of the life-boat to take a doctor and nurse to Foula Island where someone was seriously ill. The life-boat John and Frances Macfarlane was...
Ebenezer
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford - At 8 p.m. on i3th August, 1967, thesecond coxswain was informed that a flare had been seen inside Tusker rock.
The motor vessel Duke of Rothsay and St. David's coastguard also reported...
Two Boats
Ramsgate, Kent. At 1.44 on the after- noon of the 19th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small boat with three men on board was unable to reach the har- bour. Her engine had broken down and she had...
Primrose
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—Owing to sudden dense fog and heavy rain on the 30th January the Clogher Head fishing fleet, which was about eleven miles N.E. of Port Oriel, made for home.
All boats except the Primrose, with the...
A Raft
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.46 on the afternoon of the 28th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the police had reported two boys adrift on a raft in the River Medway between Isle of Grain and All Hallows. The life-boat Greater...
Blue Rose
Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 8.14 p.m.
on 13th August, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties one and a half miles from the look-out.
The life-boat Susan Ashley...
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BODY FOUND St. Ives, Cornwall. At 5.11 p.m. on 15th September, 1965, a man was reported trapped on the rocks to the north of Portheras Cove and at 5.30 the life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched with the honorary medical...
Madre Dolorosa
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 10th September, 1961, the honorary secre- tary was informed by the manager of a film company that the trawler Madre Dolorosa had grounded on the west bank about a hundred...
Fishing Cobles
Oa the 13th June several cobles belonging to Staithes were overtaken by stormy weather and a strong sea while they were engaged in fishing. Some of the boats ran for Staithes, and others made for Bnnswicfc.
At 3.45 A.M. the...
Furry Monster Spotted on Torbay Lifeboat
Friendly Mascot Morris from the Landscove and St Mary's Bay holiday complexes was a special visitor to the Torbay lifeboat.
From April to October, the Brixham lifeboat guild sells grand draw tickets at the holiday... - View image in PDF
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