LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary-Brigitte (1)
Valentia, and Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 12.55 early on the morning of the 7th of February, 1959, the coxswain of the Valentia life-boat was informed that the French trawler Mary-Brigitte of Concarneau was sinking three miles south of the...
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...
A Dinghy (1)
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 7th of July, 1957, the honorary secretary received a tele- phone message that two men were being blown out to sea in a small dinghy. At 3.50 the life-boat The Elliott Gill was launched in...
A Rowing Boat (1)
BOAT FOUND AFTER DRIFTING ALL NIGHT Ilfracombe, Devon. At 7.55 on the morning of the 2nd September, 1962, the police told the honorary secretary that the proprietor of the Lee Bay Hotel had reported that three of his staff and a visitor had...
A Speed Boat (1)
FOUR YOUTHS GET ASHORE UNAIDED Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At twenty minutes past two on the afternoon of Sunday the 22nd September, 1963, the coastguard telephoned the honorary secretary to say that a 22-foot sptiedboat with four youths on...
A Rowing Boat (1)
At 8.25 p.m. on 2nd September, 1969, the coastguard reported that a red flare had been sighted about four miles east of the coastguard lookout.
The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings at 8.35 in a moderate...
A Canoe (1)
Dover, Kent. At 3.5 on the afternoon of the 11th of July, 1960, a report was received that a canoe had capsized in Dover harbour. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 3.15 in a fresh south- westerly gale and a moderate sea. It was two...
A Dinghy (1)
Coverack, Cornwall. At 4.38 on the afternoon of the 17th of July, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a dinghy appeared to be in difficulties and was being blown ashore on Low- land Point. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 25th July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing dinghy had capsized three miles south-east of the boathouse.
The life-boat Watkin Williams...
A Boat (1)
Aith, Shetlands. At 6.55 on the even- ing of the 8th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that two men had gone to an uninhabited island earlier that day in a small boat.
As the weather had deteriorated...