LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rafla
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 10.15 on the night of the 21st of October, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen a mile and a half north-east of the Sizewell coast- guard look-out. At 10.40 the life-boat The...
Friedi
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 6.55 on the evening of the 3rd of November, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Friedi, of Delfzijl, had broken down two miles north-north-west of Inishowen Head. At 7.10 the...
Friendly Star
Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 7.15 on the morning of the 21st of December, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Friendly Star of Lowestoft had broken down with engine trouble west of Dunnet Head....
Golden Hope
ENGINE BREAKDOWN At 8.22 a.m. on 25th October, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that the skipper of the fishing-vessel Golden Hope had radioed, asking for his vessel to be kept under observation because her engine had broken down. The...
Gladys Too
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.
At 1.35 on 29th May, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was reported in difficulties off Towyn beach. The life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched at two...
The 46Ft 9In Watson Lifeboat Sir Samuel Kelly on Her Last
The 46ft 9in Watson lifeboat Sir Samuel Kelly on her last journey from Bangor Shipyard last summer to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Bangor Road, Holywood. Sir Samuel Kelly was stationed at Donaghadee from 1950 to 1976 when she... - View image in PDF
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Cannibal
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 4.10 p.m. on 2nd September, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor boat Cannibal, which had broken down,was drifting with the strong flood tide and would very soon be ashore...
None (2)
Donaghadee, Co. Down - On 18th March, 1969, it was reported that four days previously two birdwatchers had been landed on Old Lighthouse island and, due to unfavourable weather conditions, it had not been possible to take them...
A Motor Boat (3)
Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 1.17 p.m. on I4th August, 1966, a small motor boat was reported to have broken down a quarter of a mile east of Chapel point. At 1.30 the IRB was launched in a heavy swell and a fresh westerly wind. It was one...
A Dinghy (8)
At 4.45 p.m. on 28th August, 1966, a red dinghy seemed in trouble off Penlee.
Meanwhile, Penlee fog station reported that the dinghy was in danger of being carried on to the rocks. The life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary...