LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hanseat
GERMAN BOAT'S APPEAL Torbay, Devon. At 2 a.m. on 3rd July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a radio message received at Niton radio station from the German coastal vessel Hanseat stated that one of the Hanseat's...
Rigil
WAS TOWED CLEAR Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 3.15 a.m. on i8th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was lying close inshore at Holm Head in a moderate sea with fresh to strong north-westerly breezes. It...
Gay Venture
LIFE-BOATMEN RECOVER DRIFTING LAUNCH Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 2.8 a.m. on Monday the 12th of August, 1963, the Tenby coastguard told the assistant honorary secretary that the motor launch Gay Venture was missing from her moorings. The...
Leila
CAUGHT IN HERRING NET Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 10.58 a.m. on nth October, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning a red flare a mile and a half from Lowestoft coastguard lookout. There was a fresh...
Famous
CREW WERE SAFE Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 4.10 a.m. on loth November, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Famous was ashore on Station Point. There was a light north-easterly breeze with a slight sea, and the...
The Danish Gun Boat Vaedderen
Stronsay, Orkneys. At 10.40 a.m. on 8th January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Danish gunboat Vaedderen had a seriously sick man, the skipper of Grimsby trawler Northern Chief, on board and was proceeding to...
Isborg
FULL GALE BLOWING Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 8.10 a.m. on 4th March, 1965, the master of the motor vessel Isborg of Reykjavik radioed that he required a pilot. The vessel was in Ballyheigue bay in a very dangerous position half a mile from the...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal - At 1.30 a.m. on 31st January, 1970, the life-boat coxswain had a request from Owey island for the use of the life-boat to take a young man, who was seriously ill with suspected meningitis, to the mainland. There was...
Border Queen
BIyth, Northumberland - At 11.45 a.m. on 24th March, 1968, thecoastguard told the honorary secretary that a coble had fired distress flares in Cambois bay about one mile north of the harbour mouth.
The life-boat Winston...
Blue Dolphin
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 4.43 a.m.
on 13th May, 1968, the coastguard reported that a flare had been seen near the North Buxey buoy. The life-boat Valentine Wyndham-Quin was launched at 5.15 in a south westerly gale with a...