LOWESTOFT.—Flares having been seen in a southerly direction the crew of the Lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll were summoned on the 15th January; the boat was launched at 12.10 A.M., and found the dandy Mystery, of Harwich, having on board a cre*v of...
DECEMBER 17TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
Shortly after midnight on the 16th of December the Paignton police telephoned that a ship was ashore at Hollacombe Point, near the Torquay and Paignton Gas Works. A later message said that...
YACHT POUNDED AGAINST HARBOUR WALL Dover, Kent. At 1.25 on the afternoon of the 19th May, 1962, the eastern arm signal station informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Marie Hendrika was drifting into the full force of a westsouth-...
Let our thoughts and tender feelings Wander o'ei the main, To the dying sailors crying " Help! " " Oh, help !" in vain.
Who can save the mother's treasure Clinging to the mast ? Who can hear that...
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Photograph by Frank Mifsud reproduced by courtesy of "The Skegntis News" and of Wrates, Pier, Skegness. - View image in PDF
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Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. — At 11.18 on the night of the 10th of August, 1954, the coastguard reported that a vessel appeared to be aground off St.
Combs, but at 11.50 she was seen to be under way. At midnight she...
The recent fish quay festival at North Shields was graced by the presence of old King Neptune! Dressed in his self-created green, seaweedy raiment, Bill Lodge collected £208 for the RNLI. (Photo courtesy The Gazette). - View image in PDF
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DEC. 11TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN, AND WICKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 5.5 P.M. messages were received at Dun Laoghaire that a large vessel was aground on the Kish Bank, and that two tugs were...
Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 5.35 p.m. on 2ist July, 1966, two men were reported cut off by the tide in a cave near Land's End. A dinghy was put aboard the life-boat Susan Ashley which was launched at 5.55 in a moderate to fresh...
FEBRUARY 9TH. - HASTINGS; SUSSEX.
At 7.47 A.M. a message was received from the Fairlight coastguard that a vessel was ashore half a mile off Winchelsea. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. At 8.5...