LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John Wesley
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— At 1.31 on the afternoon of the 26th of March, 1955, the Seahouses coast- guard telephoned that the local fishing boat John Wesley, which had a crew of three, had broken down six miles south-south-east of...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Filey, Yorkshire. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that there were six local fishing cobles at sea, and as weather conditions were bad it had become very dangerous for boats...
Twilight
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 24th of January, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a fishing boat not recognised as a local boat was making for the harbour, and...
Birthday Honours
HONOURS bestowed on those associated with the life-boat service in the Birthday Honours for 1961 included:— Baronet. THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROLAND THOMAS NUGENT, D.L., J.P., president of the Cloughey...
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Philandees
Whitstable, Kent. At 7.5 p.m. on I7th August, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Philandees which had gone aground on the "street" at low water was now drifting out to sea, that her anchor was not...
Peggy
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 10.55 on the morning of the 2nd of December, 1959, a message reached the life-boat- house that cries for help had been heard from a half-decked fishing boat ashore on the beach a quarter of a mile west of the...
Centurion
Dover, Kent - At 10.17 P-m- 5tn August, 1966, the brigantine Centurion, returning from the tall ship race to Copenhagen, radioed that one of her crew needed medical attention. At 10.40 the life-boat Southern Africa was launched with a doctor...
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Galway Bay - At i p.m. on 30th May, 1967, the local doctor requested the service of the life-boat to take an elderly woman on Inishmaan Island to hospital.
The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson, with a crew of five and a...
Karin Hoegh
Cromer, Norfolk - At 10.55 P-m- on 29th May, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Danish fishing vessel had a sick man on board who required a doctor. The no. 2 lifeboat William Henry and Mary King was launched at...
NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT MUSEUM
NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT MUSEUM On the quayside in the heart of the city's dockland is the largest display of Historic Lifeboats in Europe.
Come and see the Lizzie Porter from Holy Island, now fully restored, on the sole...
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