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Wedding Day Shout
As Lough Swilly Crew Member Francy Burns took the microphone for his wedding speech, his bride-to be, Helen, was surprised to hear the sound of a pager instead of the traditional declarations of love....
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Snafelle
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — At 8.35 on the night of the 30th of September, 1951, the coastguard reported that a forty-feet yacht was ashore about a mile off Scrapsgate, Isle of Sheppey, and at 8.45 the life-boat, Greater London, Civil Service...
Heron II
Rescued two FOLLOWING SEVERAL 999 CALLS from citizen band radio operators reporting a distress call from the cabin cruiser Heron II, Liverpool Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Flint lifeboat station at 1945 on the evening of...
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HELICOPTER LANDS SICK MAN IN GALE Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 6.30 on the evening of Sunday the 14th of July, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a helicopter was going to land a man at approximately 7.30 from a ship...
The Ex-Naval Drifter Bountiful
IN DANGER OF CAPSIZING Ramsgate, Kent.-—At 7.10 in the evening of the 5th of July, 1947, it was reported that a vessel had grounded on Quern Shoal. The tide was ebbing, the vessel was listing dangerously, and at 7.20 the motor life-boat...
A Trawler
Baltimore, Co. Cork.—15th January, 1938. A steam trawler was in difficulties.
The distressed trawler had sent out signals by wireless. These had been picked up on shore, but communications with Baltimore were out of order....
Faust
At 1.57 p.m. on 3rd May, 1967, it was reported that a dinghy with a crew of two had capsized in Swanage Bay. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 2.8 in a strong south westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was three hours before high...
Fishing Boats
Be- tween 7 and 8 A.M. on the llth May, when the fishing-boats were at sea, the wind began to freshen and the sea made very rapidly. As it was dangerous for the boats to attempt to take the harbour the Life-boat Theophilus Sidney Eclialaz...
Oljaren (1)
Stromiu;s, Orkneys.—At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 30th of April, 1051, a salvage company reported that the n.otor tanker Oljaren, of Gothenburg, which had been aground off Muckle Skerry since the 12th, had been re- floated and was...
Sirocco
Salcombe, South Devon. At 8.50 p.m. on 29th August, 1965, it was learnt that the lighthouse keeper at Start Point had reported a small yacht was burning flares at Peartree Point. The life-boat The Baltic Exchange left her moorings at 8.59 in...