LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Grainne
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 8.50 on the morning of the 16th of July, 1951, the Civic Guards in Clontarf reported that the boat Grainne had left Clontarfon the previous day, but had not been heard of since. They thought that she might be in some...
Kirawan
Margate, Kent.—At 7.3 on the even- ing of the 18th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small yacht was on Red Sands. At 7.15 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI, was launched. The sea was rough, with a fresh...
Marie Hendrika
YACHT POUNDED AGAINST HARBOUR WALL Dover, Kent. At 1.25 on the afternoon of the 19th May, 1962, the eastern arm signal station informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Marie Hendrika was drifting into the full force of a westsouth-...
Lillian
TOW FOR CABIN CRUISER NEAR ROCKS Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 1.32 on the afternoon of the 17th October, 1962, the coastguard reported that a small cabin cruiser appeared to have broken down half a mile south of Boddam, and at 1.45 the...
A Boat (1)
BOAT DRIFTING Clogher Head, Co. Louth. The lifeboat George and Caroline Ermen had been at sea during the afternoon of 26th June, 1965, escorting boats attending the Boyne Yacht Club regatta and had just returned to her station when a message...
The Auxiliary Barge Ethel
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 1.45 on the morning of the 3rd of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen four miles south-south-east of the look- out. At 2.10 the life-boat Edian Cour- tauld...
Mary
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 29th of December, 1958, the coxswain saw an object burning near the pier. The life- boat Douglas Hyde put out at 7.15 in a rough sea, with a strong westerly wind...
A Dinghy (4)
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 5.5 on the afternoon of the 31st of May, 1959, the honorary secretary was informed that a sailing dinghy was adrift in Beaumaris Bay and needed help. At 5.25 the life- boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched in...
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Plymouth, Devon. At 12.10 on the afternoon of the 21st of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police had asked if the life-boat could take off a family of five who were stranded on Renney rocks off Heybrook...
A Dinghy
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 11.35 on the morning of the 23rd of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boy was drifting out to sea in a dinghy off Amroth. Four minutes later the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was...