LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Raft
Appledore, Devon.—At 3.20 in the afternoon on the llth of June, 1950, the Westward Ho! coastguard tele- phoned that a raft, with two men aboard who could not swim, was adrift and being carried out to sea. Twenty minutes later the life-boat...
Naomh Fergus
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 3.45 p.m.
on llth July, 1969, the Ballycotton lighthouse keeper told the honorary secretary that flares had been sighted about eight miles west south west of Ballycotton. At 3.55 the life-boat...
Lady Jean
SAFELY ANCHORED At 5.15 p.m. on I3th September, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a yacht appeared to be drifting in rough seas close by Walton pier and that further investigation was being made. At 6.10 the message was confirmed...
Violet
ENGINE TROUBLE At 4.46 p.m. on 14th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a local fishing boat had been having repeated engine trouble over one mile north of Sandown Castle, in a moderate sea and strong...
Royal Visitor:
Royal visitor: Princess Anne discusses lifeboating with Helmsman Bob Fossetl when she visited Southend in May to name the town's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat Percy Garon II.
Before the naming ceremony, the Princess had... - View image in PDF
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Wellgunde and a Tug
BALLTYWALTER, co. DOWN.—In thick weather, on the 17th February, while the ship Wellgunde, of Hamburg, a new ship of 1766 tons, was being towed from Greenock to Port Talbot, both tug and vessel grounded on the Butterfly rock, off Ballyferris...
Fishing Boats
The Life-boat Civil Service No. 3 was launched at 5 P.M. on the 29th June to the assistance of two fishing-boats which had been overtaken by bad weather during the afternoon. One boat named Mary was picked up about half a mile from the...
Schell-Ficher
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 17th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the German trawler Schell-Ficher. This stated that a mem- mer of her crew...
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Newhaven, Sussex. At 10.22 on the morning of the 30th of December, 1959, the coastguard passed on to the honor- ary secretary a report from the police at Brighton that a woman had fallen in the sea off Saltdean. At 10.35 the life-boat...
Margaret
Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 12.14 early on the morning of the 6th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was making distress signals in the River Tay, two miles west of the railway bridge. At 12.38...