LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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...

Runswick, Yorkshire - At 9.45 a.m.

on the 16th May, 1967, it was noted that five fishing cobles from Staithes were still at sea and the strong northerly gale which had blown up was making conditions at Staithes harbour...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.55 a.m. on 9th October, 1965, the coastguard notified the coxswain that a sailing dinghy had capsized one and a half miles east of the station. At 12 o'clock the IRB launched at high water in a strong...

Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 11.40 a.m. on 2Oth October, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that the fishing coble Moss Rose was out in conditions likely to deteriorate. The life-boat Friendly Forester was launched in a strong...

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...

MATERNITY PATIENT At 4.30 p.m. on 2yth January, 1966, the local Medical Officer of Health informed the honorary secretary that an expectant mother needed immediate hospital treatment on the mainland. As no other suitable boat was available...

CALL TO COBLE At i.io p.m. on 2Oth April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing coble Neptune had sprung a leak while crabbing near Hornsea.

A helicopter from Leconfield was standing by the...

YACHT AGROUND At 1.40 p.m. on 2ist May, 1966, a yacht was reported in difficulties one mile east of Llanbedrog Point and about three miles south west of the station. The IRB was launched at 1.45 in a strong south westerly wind and a rough...