LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Betty
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 4th of April, 1960, con- ditions at the entrance to the harbour were deteriorating, and it was decided to launch the life-boat /. G. Graves of Sheffield at 12.55 to escort the local...
Faithful and Twilight Star
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
Around noon on the 12th of May, 1960, considerable anxiety was felt for two local fishing vessels which were overdue. At 12.30 the life-boat Grace Darling was launched two hours after...
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MAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL At 3.15 p.m. on I9th November, 1965, a local doctor asked the honorary secretary for the services of the life-boat to take a man with a haemorrhage to the mainland for hospital treatment. The life-boat Mary Stanford,...
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CHILD HELPED At 1.30 p.m. on yth March, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a one year old child on Inishere Island required medical attention and, as no other boat was available, he requested the help of the...
Premier and Kingfisher
TWO COBLES ESCORTED IN GALE Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the llth January, 1962, it was decided to launch the life-boat /. G. Graves of Sheffield at three o'clock in the afternoon to escort two local fishing cobles into harbour as the...
Blue Jay
MAST CARRIED AWAY At 1.23 p.m. on iyth August, 1964, while the inshore rescue boat was being rehoused after a service call, the honorary tecretary noticed that a Redwing yacht was in difficulties off St. Helen's Fort, and that her mast...
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PATIENT'S URGENT NEED At 2.40 p.m. on 2nd August, 1964, a local doctor told the honorary secretary that a patient urgently needed an operation at a mainland hospital. The weather was too poor for the air ambulance service to operate...
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TAKEN TO ROSSAVEEL At 2.40 p.m. on 28th September, 1964, the local district nurse requested the use of the life-boat to take an injured child to Rossaveel. No other boat being available, the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings...
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CHILD WITH APPENDICITIS At 12.30 p.m. on I5th March, 1965, the local doctor requested the life-boat to pick up a child casualty, suffering with appendicitis, from Inishere Island. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched at 2.30 in a...
A Dinghy (4)
Life-boat 70-002, Lerwick, Shetlands - At 12.9 p.m. on loth July, 1966, a local visitor informed the coxswain that there was a dinghy apparently in difficulties off the harbour. Using his binoculars the coxswain saw that the dinghy was...