LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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PEER KILLED WHEN HELICOPTER CRASHES St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 4.12 on the afternoon of the 16th November, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a report had been received from R.N.A.S. Brawdy that a Whirlwind...
Hesperian
Penlee, Cornwall. At 3.14 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that the motor fishing vessel Hesperian was ashore west of Lamorna. At 3.40 the lifeboat W and S was launched in a moderate sea,...
A Speed Boat (2)
Ilfracombe, North Devon. At 12.30 p.m. on 20th August, 1965, a speed boat was observed broken down with three men on board off Morte Point. Distress flares had been fired and at 12.52 the life-boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched in a...
Olive Branch
The Two Sisters Mary and Hannah Life-boat was launched at 12.15 P.M. on the 14th March during a very strong wind from E. by S., and proceeded to the assistance of the smack Olive Branch, of Lowestoft, which had damaged her stern by striking...
Argo
On the evening of the 30th May the coastguard reported that a yacht was on, or just off, the West Rocks, apparently in difficulties. A strong E. by N. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The yacht seemed unable to get away from the rock...
Progress
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 9.10 on the evening of the 13th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been observed off Buchan Ness. The life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow left her moorings at...
Recruit
— At 9.5 P.M. on 1st May the Coxswain received a message from the Coastguard that a vessel was stranded on the Geddle Rock, just north of Peterhead.
A moderate E. wind was blowing with a ground swell, and the weather was...
Storm Finch
At 5.20 P.M. on the 4th June, the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore on Margate Sands, and the motor life-boat Lord South- borough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched at 5.40 P.M. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, with a...
Pedro II
BOAT TAKEN IN TOW DURING EXERCISE Newhaven, Sussex. At 10.10 on the morning of the llth March, 1962, the life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched for a routine exercise. There was a fresh north-easterly wind and a slight sea, and it was an hour...
A Fishing Boat
FISHING BOAT OVERDUE At 11.43 a-m- on 25tn June, 1965, a fishing boat from Greencastle was reported overdue. At 11.55 the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) was launched in a fresh westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was...