AUGUST 13TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At about 1.30 in the afternoon the Langney Point coastguard telephoned that seven men working on the wreck of the S.S. Barnhill should be taken off at once.
A strong S.W....
MOETE BAY, NQBTH DEVON;—The s.s.
Lynx, of Cardiff, bound from that port to Portreath, with coal, sprang a leak when off Morthoe Point, on the 6th March, and with the view of saving the lives of the crew, the master ran her...
Walmer, Kent. — At 10.58 on the morning of the 10th of November, 1950, the Deal coastguard telephoned that the police had reported a wireless message from the S.S. Keynes, of Lon- don. She had a man on board who was in need of immediate...
NOV. 30TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 10 A.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel had been damaged by enemy action E.N.E. of the Tongue Light-vessel. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat The Lord...
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 11.40 on the night of the 6th of November, 1952, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Obsidian, of Glasgow, had wirelessed distress signals, giving her position as four miles west-by-north of Ayr. At 12.5...
RAMSGATE AND BROADSTAIRS. — At 2.30 A.M. on the 11th April, during strong N.Jf.E. wind and a heavy sea, the Goodwin and Gull Lightships fired signals.
The Ramsgate Life-boat Bradford, and the harbour steam-tug Aid, as well...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—Early in the evening of the 25th February Lloyd's agent telephoned that a wireless message had been received from s.s. Invella, of Glasgow, reporting that one of her crew was...
Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 8.55 on the morning of the 3rd of March, 1951, the Kilkeel coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Slieve More, of London, was ashore at Derryogue two miles south-west of Kilkeel. At 9.15 the life-boat William and Laura...
APRIL 9TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE.
The police reported at 2.30 A.M.
that rockets had been seen north of Southport Pier, and the motor life-boat Dunleary put out at 3.10 A.M. A moderate...
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. During the morning news was received by wireless from the S.S. Irish Willow that she had on board forty-seven survivors from the S.S. Empire Breeze, which had been torpedoed in mid-Atlantic on...