LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (1)
Wbitby, Yorkshire. At 11.30 on the morning of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth, after completing an engine trial, went to meet four local fishing vessels, which were returning to harbour in a strong east-south-easterly...
Mahala
Appledore, Devon. — At 9.20 on the evening of the 19th of September, 1954, a doctor told the coxswain that a woman and her daughter were in diffi- culties in the local motor boat Mahala of Crow Rocks and were burning...
Fishing Boats (1)
BridUngton, Yorkshire.—On the 10th of November, 1954, the weather worsen- ed while local fishing boats were at sea, and a heavy sea was running at the harbour entrance. At 1.20 in the afternoon the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was...
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Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 16th of February, 1955, the weather worsened while fishing boats were at sea, and at 11.5 the life- boat E.C.J.R. was launched to escort them in. The sea was heavy, a moder- ate north-easterly...
Roger Bushell
Torbay, Devon.—At noon on the 6th of October, 1955, a local trawler company reported that their trawler Roger Bushell, of Brixham, which had a crew of eight, had lost her propeller and was drifting ten miles east-north-east of Berry Head. At...
Fishing Boats (1)
Sherlngham, Norfolk.—On the morn- ing of the 8th of June, 1956, the local fishing boats were at sea and the weather was deteriorating. At 10.10 the life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched in a rough sea, with a strong northerly wind...
Karina
Fowey, Cornwall. At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 2nd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht had capsized a mile off Polkerris and that four people were in the water. There was a moderate northerly breeze...
Fishing Cobles
TWELVE COBLES ESCORTED TO SHORE Filey, Yorkshire. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 22nd January, 1962, it was decided after consultation with the coastguard to launch the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted, as several local...
None (11)
At midday on 27th February, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that two patients needed hospital treatment.
There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a choppy sea, and the tide was flooding. As no other...
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HELP FOR WOMAN Stronsay, Orkneys. At n a.m. on ist December, 1964, a local doctor telephoned the honorary secretary to say that an expectant mother on the island of Eday needed immediate medical attention. It was 2\ hours past low water with...