LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat
DRIFTING BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Dover, Kent. At 3.19 on the afternoon of the 10th June, 1962, a message was received by the honorary secretary from the eastern arm signal station that an outboard motor boat had broken down off Kingsdown near St....
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NAVAL RATING TRIES TO SWIM TO SHIP Weymouth, Dorset. At 12.8 early on the morning of the 8th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary medical adviser that a naval rating had decided to swim to his ship...
A Dinghy (1)
Coverack, Cornwall. At 4.38 on the afternoon of the 17th of July, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a dinghy appeared to be in difficulties and was being blown ashore on Low- land Point. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham...
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FROGMEN SEARCHED At 12.10 a.m. on 3rd June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Carmarthenshire police had asked for the life-boat's help in searching for a boy who had apparently fallen over the cliffs between...
P.H. 90
FISHING BOAT OVERDUE At 7.36 a.m. on 22nd August, 1964, the coastguard told the life-boat's mechanic that a fishing boat with one person on board was reported overdue. At 9.33 this report was confirmed and both the Royal Air Force and...
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MAN OFF CLIFFS At 9.50 a.m. on 22nd January, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a man had been washed off the cliffs at Lands End. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 10.6 in a strong west-northwesterly breeze and a...
A Fishing Boat
PAID EXPENSES At 4 p.m. on ist January, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that an unmanned fishing boat had broken away from her moorings and was drifting up the inner Tralee Bay. At the request of her owner, who promised to...
Fishing Cobles
Newbiggin, Northumberland - At 7.25 a.m. on i8th April, 1967, it was felt that deteriorating weather conditions round Newbiggin Church Point threatened the safety of 10 cobles fishing in the area. The life-boat Mary jfoicey was launched at 7...
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D class lifeboats help nearly 600 people to safety from floodingThe sterling efforts of the crews of three North Wales lifeboats during the severe flooding which hit the area in late February 1990 have earned the stations special...
Martell Cognac
MARTELL The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in...
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