LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Workington, Cumberland. At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 15th of November, 1960, the honorary secretary was in- formed that the ore carrier Oredian of London had an injured man on board and had asked for a doctor. As it was low water and no...

SINKING LONG-SHORE BOAT TOWED INTO DOCK Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 1.46 on the morning of Monday the 29th of July, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted three miles east-by-north of the lookout....

SEAMAN LANDED Exmouth, Devon. At 9.15 p.m. on I4th December, 1963, the shore attendant informed the honorary secretary that the second coxswain had gone fishing at two o'clock and had not returned to harbour.

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At about 1500 on Saturday February 24, the 37ft Oakley lifeboat The Will and Fanny Kirby launched down the slip for the last time, circled the harbour and headed out to sea escorted by Sunderland and Hartlepool lifeboats and with the added...

Ramsgate, Kent - At 9.15 p.m. on 29th July, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the harbourbar. The life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 9...

Coverack, Cornwall - At 7.45 p.m.

on 5th August, 1966, it was learnt that a man had fallen over the cliff four miles west of Coverack. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched at 7.59 and with a dinghy in tow...

At 1.57 p.m. on 3rd May, 1967, it was reported that a dinghy with a crew of two had capsized in Swanage Bay. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 2.8 in a strong south westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was three hours before high...

Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 9.59 a.m. on ist January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the British Ship Sheaf Field stating that a member of her crew was ill and required medical...