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An Aeroplane and A Fishing Boat
JULY 27TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 4.6 in the afternoon the Selsey coastguard reported an aeroplane down in the sea a mile south of Bognor. There was a light northwest breeze and the sea was smooth. At 4.25 the motor life-boat Canadian Pacific...
A Fishing Boats
On the 3rd April when the fishing fleet were return- ing from fishing a nasty cross sea was running at the harbour entrance, caused by a strong easterly breeze which had been blowing, and the broken sea on the bar together with the ebb tide...
Sualidaz
First rescue by FAB 3 prototype while on trials The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 (see page 90 of this issue) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth, where she was based for some days for...
Barfoun
14th October. The oil tanker Barfoun, of Stavanger, Norway, caught fire about forty miles E.S.E.
of Start Point, but was taken in tow by H.M.S. Wrestler before the life-boat could reach her.—Rewards, £21 25....
The S.S. Suffolk, of London
LlZARD AND CADGWITH. The S.S. Suffolk, of London, 2,900 tons, bound from Baltimore for London, with a cargo of flour, tobacco, &c., and having a large number of cattle on board, struck the rocks at the Lizard Head during a dense fog at 4...
Anmara
Long Search THE STERN TRAWLER Anmara and her crew of three were reported overdue from Scarborough on the evening of May 21, 1987 and a search was organised by Humber Coastguard, to begin at first light on the following day.
The Motor Fishing Boats Comfort, Enterprise, Widgeon and Rosa
On the morning of the 26th September a strong south- erly breeze increased to a whole gale, making the sea very heavy at the harbour bar. The local motor fishing boats Comfort, Enterprise, Widgeon and Rosa were at sea, and the motor life-...
Naive, Salamander and Abigail
GALE SPRINGS UP DURING OCEAN RACE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 22nd June, 1962, the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club's Outer Dowsing ocean race started with about sixteen yachts taking part. By three o'...