LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 12.40 a.m. on ist January, 1966, the area commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade informed the honorary secretary that a doctor on Sark requested the lifeboat's assistance in transporting a sick child...
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HELP FOR PATIENT At 6.30 p.m. on i8th September, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young girl was suffering from acute appendicitis, and that no other suitable boat was available to take her to the mainland. There was...
Miss A.J.M.
Droughty Ferry, Angus. At 2.10 p.m. on 2nd September, 1964, the coxswain saw a small speedboat, with one person on board, trying to restart the engine, which was drifting down stream with the tide. At 2.15 the inshore rescue boat launched in...
Jewel
DRIFTING SLOOP Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.55 p.m. on 3ist October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares one mile east of Worthing pier. The sea was choppy with a gentle breeze from the east....
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SEARCH FOR AIRCRAFT Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 5.25 p.m. on 5th January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft with two occupants was overdue at Shoreham Airport. The lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant was...
Chindwyn V
At 2.40 p.m. on 13th July, 1968, the coastguard informed the acting honorary secretary that a motor boat had fired flares three miles west of Portland Bill. The life-boat Frank Spiller Locke slipped her moorings at 2.47 in a fresh south...
Thistle (1)
Cromer, Norfolk - At 9.34 a.m. on 22nd January, 1969, it was reported that the m.f.v. Thistle with a crew of three had broken down a mile and a half north east of the life-boat station. The life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed was launched at 9.41...
Alphia
Wick, Caithness - At 10 a.m. on 15th May, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Alphia was in difficulties just offshore at the south head of Wick bay. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at...
A Fishing Vessel
STANDING BY New Brighton, Cheshire. At 9.50 a.m. on i8th October, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was in distress south of C 2 buoy. There was a moderate north-westerly breeze with a choppy sea. The...