Troon, Ayrshire.—At 6.0 in the evening, on the 25th of June, 1951, the Kildonan coastguard telephoned that a sailing dinghy was reported in difficulties and drifting two miles south-west of Whiting Bay. At 6.17 the life-boat Sir David...
Ramsgate, Kent.—At one o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th of October, 1951, the life-boat shore attendant on the East Pier reported a yacht aground in Pegwell Bay. He said that some of her crew were in the water trying to move her....
Torbay, Devon. At 2.10 on the morn- ing of the 20th of March,1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a 30-feet ex R.A.F. launch with two men on board was overdue on a passage from Portland to Torquay and that he had...
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 10.30 on the morning of the 13th July, 1961, the honorary secretary was told by a fisher- man who had just come ashore that the sea was becoming rough and several crab boats had not yet returned. In par- ticular...
New Quay, Cardiganshire. At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 5th August, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a woman had reported that her husband had been missing for over three hours in his cabin cruiser, which was equipped...
CABIN CRUISER TOWED OFF SANDS Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.56 on the night of the 12th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a small craft was reported to be aground on the Sunk Sands near No. 6 Barrow West buoy and that she...
TOW FOR YACHT IN STRONG GALE Anstruther, Fife. At 5.47 on the morning of the 24th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was drifting two miles south-east-by-south from Fifeness.
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RAILWAYS STEAMERS HELP TO FIND FISHING BOAT St. Helier, Jersey. At 4.10 on the morning of the 30th August, 1962, the harbour office informed the honorary secretary that the 28-foot fishing boat Pinafore, which had put out with a crew of four...
LAUNCH TO DINGHIES AND WOMAN OVERBOARD New Brighton, Cheshire. At 7.33 on the evening of the 23rd September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties near C 16 buoy in the river Mersey. The...
SICK MAN TAKEN OFF TUG Penlee, Cornwall. At 11.30 on the night of the 3rd December, 1962, it was reported that the tug Ocean Bull, which was towing the bow section of a tanker to Bilbao from Glasgow, was approaching Mounts Bay and had a sick...