LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Runer
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 12.36 a.m. on zoth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that one of many foreign trawlers which had been sheltering in Berwick bay during a gale had just fired red...
Bonnie Lass
ASHORE ON ROCKS At 10.12 a.m. on iTth June, 1965, the skipper of the motor fishing vessel Kindred Star told the coxswain of the life-boat that the motor fishing vessel Bonnie Lass was ashore on the Sheugh Rocks about half a mile north of the...
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APPENDICITIS Stronsay, Orkneys. At 4.50 p.m. on 20th August, 1965, the honorary secretary received a message from a doctor in Papa Westray that he had an acute appendicitis case requiring immediate hospital treatment. As no other vessel was...
Swallow
CABIN CRUISER SAVED At 11.5 p.m. on nth September, 1965, the coastguard reported that he had seen a cabin cruiser run ashore, but that she had refloated. She went ashore for a second time a little later and burnt a red flare, so at 11.20 the...
The Mail Boat Hibernia
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At 5.45 p.m. on 6th October, 1965, a British Railways representative informed the honorary secretary that the mail boat Hibernia was fog bound in Scotsmens Bay. She had been there since 6.30...
Busby
Margate, Kent. At 6.16 p.m. on 8th December, 1965, the coastguard informed the second coxswain that there was a small motor vessel ashore on Margate Sands.
The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. n) was launched at...
A Speed Boat
Whitstable, Kent. At 11.30 a.m. on 2oth February, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small speedboat had broken down and appeared to be in difficulties. A helicopter from Manston had been alerted and hovered over the...
Endeavour III
PROPELLER TROUBLE Caister, Norfolk. At 8.50 a.m. on i6th October, 1963, the police told the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was flying distress signals off Caister. The life-boat motor mechanic, who was in the boat-house, confirmed...
Whitehaven
Appledore, Devon. At 12.20 a.m.
on 15th December, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Whitehaven, of Newcastle, had a seriously injured seaman aboard who had severed a thumb and needed...
St. Trillo
ON THE ROCKS Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.
At 5.30 a.m. on 23rd October, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the m.v. St. Trillo was aground six miles south-west of Porthdinllaen. There was a strong...