LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Neglected Caravan Found In a Field and Bought for £40 Has Been Re-Furbished By Fareham Branch
A neglected caravan, found in a field and bought for £40, has been re-furbished by Fareham branch for fund raising with help in cash and kind from local firms. At Fareham Show, Mrs Wendy Nelson, RO (South), gives a toast to the success... - View image in PDF
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Baby alerts lifeboat - twice!Most people have their first taste of a lifeboat a little later in life than tiny Francesa Richey, who found herself aboard Oban's Brede Nottinghamshire when only a few hours old - having already put her on...
Conquest
Anstruther, Fife - At 7.50 p.m. on 6th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat was in difficulties off the north side of May island and was drifting westwards. The life-boat The Doctors was...
Tamar
Salcombe, Devon.—At 9.7 on the night of the 4th of November, 1954, the Prawle Point coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen half a mile south-east of Prawle Point. At 9.20 the life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse put out. There...
Jacinta
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 3.50 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1960, a message was re- ceived that the Fleetwood trawler Jacinta was ashore at the entrance to Castlebay harbour and needed help. A moderate...
A Yacht (5)
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 8.56 p.m. on 4th August, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small yacht appeared to be in trouble about two miles north-east of Ramsey. At 9.6 the yacht was reported to be making heavy weather and...
Our Laddie
MAY 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 5.15 A.M. a message was received from Gunfleet Lighthouse through the coastguard that a vessel had gone aground on the Gunfleet Sands. A moderate N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. The...
Mary Anne
Plymouth, Devon. At 7.30 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht near Mewstone had fired distress signals. At 7.44, when the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse was launched, a gentle...
Maricke
Swanage, Dorset. At 8.6 on the even- ing of the 14th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht with two people on board was drifting near Old Hang Rocks. The life-boat R.L.P. put out at 8.19 in a gentle...
Tailte
On the afternoon of the 17th June a motorist reported that a small yacht with several persons on board was aground on the rocks south of Wicklow Head. A moderate S.S.W.
breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. The motor...