LLANDUDNO, CARNARVONSHIRE.—At 1.45 P.M. on the 1st January a signal of distress was shown by two men in a fishing-boat two miles off from land in Llandudno Bay. The men, father and son, had gone out to their fishing lines and were overtaken...
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ARMY CADETS TAKEN OFF DINGHY Troon, Ayrshire. On the afternoon of the 29th May, 1963, the coxswain noticed that a sailing dinghy seemed to be in difficulties in the bay, but as a yacht was near by he took no further immediate action. At 4.30...
The Mersey class Lilly and Vincent Anthony is officially named at Pwllheli, which celebrates its centenary year. - View image in PDF
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Children cut off by tide SWoth Scotland South Division Two children aged 12 and 5 years who had been cut off by the tide on a sandbank off Mawbray were rescued on 7 July 1991 by the prompt response of the Silloth lifeboat and John Boyle, a...
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 5.50 in the evening of the 1st of September, 1951, the coastguard reported that the yacht Alethea II, of Harwich, was aground at the mouth of the River Aide. Her crew of three were able to walk ashore. Later she...
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 10.30 in the morning a message was received from the police at Bowmore that an aeroplane had been reported down in the sea near the entrance to Loch Killisport, Knapdale. This was confirmed by...
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
With the publication of Derek Wood and Derek Dempster's revised book, The Narrow Margin (Arrow Books, 25s.), on which the screenplay of the epic film, The Battle of Britain, is based, some of those who were actively engaged may well...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.48 on the morning of the 12th of March, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a small yacht had capsized half-a-mile east of Britannia pier at Great Yar- mouth. A moderate...
On the 1st Jan- uary, 1867, the brig .Chase, of Shields, was observed near this place with signals of distress flying. The life-boat Parses was conveyed along shore, and launched abreast of the vessel, which had grounded upon Horsey Beach....