LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Stromness, Orkneys. At 12.22 on the afternoon of the 23rd May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the body of a lighthouse keeper, who had been missing for over a week from Sule-Skerry, had been found south of Dunas...
A Catamaran
Selsey, Sussex. At 10.20 on the morn- ing of the 14th July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had burnt flares about a mile south-east of Selsey. A strong west- south-westerly wind was blowing, and the sea...
Kristy
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 9.40 on the morning of the 25th of August, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was in difficulties in Seaford Bay. At 9.50 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched in a moderate sea. There was a...
Lecko
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the morning of the 24th of September, 1956, South Gare coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was aground near the look-out. She was not in any immediate danger. At 10.30 the life- boat John and Lucy...
The S.S. Baron Ramsey
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 28th of January, 1957, a message was received from the owners of the S.S. Baron Ramsey, of Ardrossan, that she was lying in Ramsey Bay and had run short of stores because of...
Castle Combe
Clovelly, Devon.—At 1.40 early on the morning of the 7th of September, 1957.
the Hartland coastguard reported that •A vessel was in difficulties north of Hartland Point. The life-boat Wil- liam Cantrell Ashley was launched...
A Fishing Boat
Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 9.15 on the evening of the 10th of June, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secre- tary that the Ballycotton lighthouse keepers had fired two flares and were flying a flag. At 9.20 the life-boat Mary Stanford put...
The S.S. Wandle
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 6.48 in the evening of the 3rd of June, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Wandle, of London, was approaching the harbour and wished to land a sick man. The motor life- boat Louise...
Aurora
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 10.34 in the morning of the 7th of April, 1949, the Kildonan coastguard tele- phoned that a fishing boat was ashore on the west side of Pladda Island, and at 10.47 the life-boat City of Glasgow was launched. A...
The S.S. Cardiff Brook
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 6.45 on the evening of the 20th of December, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a badly injured man aboard the S.S. Cardiff Brook of London. A doctor had been taken...