LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

TRAWLER GROUNDED Howth, Co. Dublin. At 6.21 a.m. on 23rd March, 1965, the Baily lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that the 60 foot trawler Xmas Morn of Howth had grounded on Skerries Island inside Rockabill. At 6.50 the...

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.59 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a barge close to the pier was sending morse signals indicating the need of a life-boat. At 12.15 the life-boat Sir...

Galway Bay. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of December, 1958, the local doctor asked the acting honorary secretary if the life-boat would take an expectant mother from Inish- maine Island to the mainland. There was an...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 12.49 on the afternoon of the 21st of October, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men, who had put out in a rowing boat to search for a body reported in the water, were in difficulties off...

Arbroath, Angus. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 1st of December, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that it would be very danger- ous for local boats to cross the bar at the entrance to the harbour because of the heavy sea...

Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 5.43 on the evening of the 19th of December, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was aground on the rocks at Groomsport.

At six o'clock the life-boat Sir Samuel...

Galway Bay. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1960, the local doctor asked if the life-boat could take a six-year-old child with suspected appendicitis to the mainland for hospital treatment. As no other suitable...

Wicklow. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the llth of February, 1960, the coxswain was informed that a motor vessel which had engine trouble needed a tug. Her position was three miles north-east of Wicklow Head. As no tug was available the...