Weymouth, Dorset.—At 5.45 on the morning of the 27th of July, 1952, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that a dinghy was drifting one and a half miles south-south-east of Portland Bill, and at 6.0 the life-boat William and Clara Kyland...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 5th of August, 1952, the Clacton-on-Sea coastguard telephoned that a small sailing yacht was in difficulties about one mile west- south-west of the pier. They had had her...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. — At 5.10 on the evening of the 9th of August, 1952, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local motor boat Jill had broken from her moorings in Holland Gap with no one on board, and was in danger of being smashed...
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 20th of November, 1952, the parents of two men who had left on a fishing trip in a small sailing boat that morning reported that their sons had not re- turned. At...
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 10.12 on the morning of the 12th of De- cember, 1952, the coastguard passed on a message from Burnham Radio that two ship's boats were being driven towards Sker Point in Swansea Bay.
The...
Workington, Cumberland.—On the 29th of July, 1953, the S.S. Nordeflinge, of Cardiff, reached Workington and anchored off the harbour. She re- ported that she was short of food, and as no other boat was available, the life-boat Manchester and...
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 27th of September, 1953, the life-boat coxswain reported that the fishing coble Helena could be seen to be in difficulties five miles north-north-west of Staithes. About 1.30 she made a...
BROOCH bars for winners of the medals awarded by the Institution have recently been introduced and are now issued to all medallists. The bars are covered with the Institution's medal ribbon, which is light blue in colour, and are 1| in....
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On the morning of the 15th of April, 1954, the Whitby No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepzvorth rescued four men from the local fishing-boat Foxglove. One of the four had been swept overboard by a heavy sea, and to rescue the others the coxswain...
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 23rd November, 1938, a heavy gale sprang up from the south bringing a rough sea and rain squalls.
The fishing fleet was at sea. The motor life-boat Stanhope Smart was launched...