LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 1.10 p.m. on 9th November, 1966, distress signals were reported on Sunk Head tower. At 1.45 the maroons were fired, and at 2.3 the life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched in a fresh northerly breeze and a choppy...
Silver Coquet , Provider
Amble, Northumberland - At 10.30 a.m. on ist December, 1966, two fishing cobles were reported overdue. Atn o'clock the Life-boat Millie Walton left her moorings. It was nearly low water. There was a rough sea and a southerly...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal - At 4 p.m. on 24th February, 1967, Malin Head radio station informed the honorary secretary that a man who was seriously ill on Tory Island needed urgent hospital treatment. The life-boat W. M. Tilson slipped her...
A Canoe
Dunbar, East Lothian - At 12.9 p.m.
on 2nd May, 1967, news was received that a canoe had capsized outside the harbour entrance. The life-boat Margaret slipped her moorings at 12.11 in a strong north westerly wind and a...
Lady Jane
Ramsgate, Kent - At 1.24 p.m. on 24th July, 1967, it was learned that a motor boat with nine people on board had broken down and was in difficulties off Ramsgate sands. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 1.31 in a...
Nova Espero
St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly - At 7.20 p.m. on 22nd July, 1967, it was learnt that a ketch was in difficulties trying to roundthe Garrison from St. Mary's sound. The life-boat Thomas McCunn, on temporary duty at the station, was...
Vassan Girl
YACHT AGROUND North Foreland radio station reported at 3.31 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, that a yacht was aground one and a half miles west of Mid Barrow lightvessel. No distress signals had been fired by the yacht but she had a heavy list. The...
Sirocco
Salcombe, South Devon. At 8.50 p.m. on 29th August, 1965, it was learnt that the lighthouse keeper at Start Point had reported a small yacht was burning flares at Peartree Point. The life-boat The Baltic Exchange left her moorings at 8.59 in...
Squirrel Tales
Teachers, parents, librarians and others please take note - now available in a special memorial issue is the late Minnie Mitchelson GoodalTs bright humane story, "Tales Told by a Squirrel", the royalties of which go to the Royal...
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Anglers Pride
Ramsgate, Kent. At 12.19 p.m. on 5th December, 1965, the pier watchman informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat was firing flares threequarters of a mile south-east of Ramsgate and was drifting as her engine had broken down. The...