Valentia, and Fenit, Co. Kerry.—At 4.30 in the morning, on the 1st of August, 1950, the Valentia life-boat authorities received a telephone message from the Dingle Civic Guard. The local motor fishing vessel Ocean Star, with a crew of two,...
Filey, and Flamborough, Yorkshire.— At 7.16 on the morning of the 17th ofApril, 1951, a fisherman telephoned the Filey life-boat authorities that he had picked up a message on his wireless set: the fishing boat May Lily, of Scar-...
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, and Anstruther,, Fifeshire.—At 7.30 in the evening of the 26th of September, 1948, the Musselburgh police telephoned to the Dunbar life-boat station that a sailing boat with five boys on board had been driven out to...
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. •— On the 15th January the fishing fleet from Arranmore, Burtonport, and the surrounding islands, put off to fish in Boylagh Bay. The boats did not return when expected, and, as a dense fog set in, the motor life-boat...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. — At about 11.20 A.M. on the 3rd August information was received from the coastguard that a boat had capsized three miles W.
by S. of Clacton. A gusty W.N.W.
wind was blowing, with a...
Torbay, Devon. — 13th June. A yacht had been in distress, but the crew were rescued by a steamer.— Rewards, £9 7s..
Appledore, and Clovelly, Devon.—-During the afternoon of the 7th August, 1937, signals were seen coming from a small motor yacht oft Westward Ho, A moderate N.N. W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth to moderate sea. The Appledore motor...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk.—1st February, 1938. A barge was in distress, but a coasting motor vessel towed her into Yarmouth Roads. The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat was launchedand the Caister...
Anstruther, Fifeshire. — 19th April, 1938. A fishing boat had caught fire, but her crew were taken on board another boat.—-Rewards, £11 13s. 6d..
Runswick, Yorkshire.—16th May, 1938.
A vessel had been reported ashore, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £20 5s. 6d..