LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
llen
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 4.5 on the after- noon of the 23rd of June, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a rowing boat, fitted with an outboard motor, three miles south-east of Ramsgate, appeared to be in difficulties. At 4.14 the life-boat...
Naomh Cionnec
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of August, 1955, the Valentia radio station telephoned that a motor boat, which had taken a party of visitors to Skelligs Rock, had broken down on leaving the rock. At 3.45 the...
Dido
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 3.15 on the morning of the 22nd of August, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the fishing boat Dido, of Portreath, which had put out from Portreath the even- ing before with a crew of three, had not returned...
Loki
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 9.22 on the night of the 2()th of April. 1956, the coastguard reported that a small boat was burning flares. At 9.40 the life- boat J.J.K.S.ir., on temporary duty at the station, was launched. There was a moderate sea...
Carraig Airz
Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of June, 1956, the coxswain reported that a local lobster boat Carraig Airz was flying a distress signal off the Aran coast.
The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson...
Drig
Walmer. Kent. — At 6.58 on the evening- of the 1st of July, 1956, the Deal coastguard telephoned that three people in a dinghy could be seen wav- ing a flag on a stick in Pegwell Bay.
At 7.3 the life-boat Charles Dibdin...
Winifred
IN THICK FOG Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 7.45 a.m.
on 24th February, 1964, the honorary secretary was told that a radio telephone message had been intercepted from the local fishing vessel Winifred to other fishing boats,...
The Admiralty Motor Fishing Vessel 609
FAULTY WIRELESS At 9.30 p.m. on I3th May, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that distress flares had been seen 20 miles south-south-west of St. Anne's Head. The life-boat Richard Vernon and Mary Garforth of Leeds was...
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DIED AFTER FALL Howth, Co. Dublin. At 5 p.m. on I2th June, 1964, the gardai told the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen down the cliff at Balscadden and could be seen in the water. The tide had been ebbing for two hours and there was a...
Yvonne Risager
BROKEN FUEL PIPE Dunbar, East Lothian. At 4.40 p.m.
on yth October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had broken down about four miles east-south-east of Barnsness...