Coverack, Cornwall.—At 5.25 in the evening of the 22nd of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the police had reported a little girl cut off by the tide in Coverack Bay. A small boat went out but failed to find her.
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At three in the morning of the 12th of October, 1948, the owner of the fishing smack Albert, of Boston, reported that the smack was to the southward, leaking, and in diffi- culties, and the motor life-boat Anne Allen...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.15 in the morning of the 17th of November, 1948, the pier head coastguard reported that the S.S. Nordic Queen was ap- proaching Southend and wanted to land ten survivors whom she had picked up from the Dutch...
Margate, Kent.—At 4.5 in the after- noon of the 2nd of April, 1949, the coastguard reported that two boys in a rubber dinghy were going round in circles three-quarters of a mile off Cliftonville. At 4.58 they telephoned that the boys were...
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 12.30 in the morning of the llth of October, 1949; the Civic Guard reported that a radio message had been picked up by the Roches Point Lighthouse, stating that the S.S. Glengariffe had wirelessed that the Daunt...
On the evening of the 21st April the coastguard reported that a small yacht, anchored in Pol- zeath Bay, was in a dangerous position.
The wind and sea were slight, but she was very close to the rocks and would have grounded...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 6.35 P.M. on the llth March the coastguard reported that rockets had been fired by the Cockle light-vessel. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a very heavy sea. At 7.30 P.M....
Margate, Kent.—On the evening of the 18th July it was reported that a dinghy with a boy on board had been missing from Tankerton since the afternoon.
A moderate S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — On the afternoon of the 19th August the signalman reported that two boats were in distress between the pier and-Chapman light, off Canvey Island. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain....
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—On the morning of the 17th November, 1937, the Lynn Well Lightship reported, through Cromer and the local coastguard, that a barge seemed to be in distress about four miles away. An easterly gale was blowing, with a...