LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire. At 10.50 on the morning of the 13th of January, 1960, it was decided to launch the life-boat The Isa and Penryn Milsted to escort several local fishing cobles to harbour, as a gale was blowing from the east and causing a...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 16th of January, 1960, it was decided to launch the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth to stand by the local fishing fleet, which was returning to harbour in bad weather. At 12.45 the life-boat...
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Galway Bay.—At 1.30 on the after- noon of the 25th of September, 1957, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat would take a woman urgently in need of an opera- tion for appendicitis to the...
Three Fishing Boats
FISHING BOATS ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA St. Abbs, Berwickshire. On the morning of the 26th August, 1962, a gale warning was issued and the southerly breeze did in fact increase in force.
Three local fishing boats were at sea in...
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Gabvay Bay. At 4.30 on the after- noon of the 20th of October, 1960, the local medical officer asked for the life- boat to take a patient, who was in need of immediate hospital treatment, to the mainland at Rossaveel. As no other boat was...
Harvest Queen
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At eleven o'clock on the night of the 14th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that the local fishing boat Harvest Queen had broken down and was in need of help. At 11.20...
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MATERNITY CALL At n p.m. on I2th January, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a maternity patient on Inishmaan Island needed urgent medical attention.
There was a strong easterly breeze with a choppy sea...
A Whaler
WHALER HAD CAPSIZED Gourdon, Kincardineshire. At 11.35 a.m. on 28th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a navaltype whaler had capsized off the Todhead lighthouse, throwing the six occupants into the sea. The tide had...
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DOCTOR ON BOARD At 10.20 a.m. on i5th November, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a seriously ill child on the island of Inishere needed medical attention. The sea was rough with a near gale force north-westerly wind...
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At 3.15 p.m. on 20th January, 1965, the local nurse informed the honorary secretary that a young woman needed hospital treatment and as no other was available requested the use of the lifeboat.
At 3.45 the patient and nurse...