LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thomas Sinclair
Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 5.27 p.m. on yth July, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he had seen a vessel making heavy weather in the very rough seas and gale force winds off the south bank of Barmouth bar. He had...
Hilbre
LANDED AT PIER Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 11.15 P-mon iyth August, 1964, the Penmon coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men were in difficulties in a boat off Beaumaris and at 11.30 the life-boat Cunard, on temporary duty at the...
Ocean Venture and Lead Us
BERTHED SAFELY At 1.30 p.m. on 23rd October, 1964, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that heavy seas were running on the harbour bar and two fishing boats were still at sea. There was a north-westerly gale with very rough seas and it...
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HUNGER CALL At 1.15 p.m. on 2ist December, 1964, the chairman of the branch was asked by the manager of Radio Invicta, a wireless transmitting station on Redsand Towers, if the life-boat would take food to the radio station as no other...
Mary Robinson
Blyth, Northumberland. At 2.30 p.m. on I3th January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three cobles fishing off Coquets were in difficulty owing to a deterioration in weather conditions. The life-boat Winston...
Glencoy
COASTER ON ROCKS At 7.32 p.m. on the i6th February, 1965 the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the coaster Glencoy had gone ashore and needed assistance. The life-boat R.A. Colby Cubbon No. 3 was launched at 8.5 in a light...
Nore Vienna
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.42 p.m. on lyth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the British ship Clangula had taken the schooner Nore Vienna, which had her sails blown away, in tow eight miles south of the Nab...
Two Yachts
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was apparentlyin trouble and was drifting towards Pendine. Someone on board was waving a shirt. The...
Tomasina
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 4.27 on the afternoon of the 14th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had cap- sized in the Solent between Lymington Spit buoy and Fort Albert. The life- boat...
A Sailing Boat and a Rowing Boat
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 3.36 on the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dismasted sailing boat had been reported off Bramble buoy andthat her crew of two were asking for help. The...