DECEMBER 3RD. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At 1 A.M. news was received that a motor fishing boat needed help about six miles S.E. of Helvick. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was choppy.
At 2 A.M. the motor...
Cloughey-Portavogie, Co. Down - At 2.55 a.m. on 8th January, 1968, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the French trawler Chenonceaux had gone aground on the rocks at Burial Isle, Birr Point, Co. Down.
The life-boat...
Launches 27. Lives rescued 15.
JULY 9TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, AND CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. While bound from Rochester to Maldon with a load of brick rubble the barge Maria, of Rochester, lost her sprit and was in...
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Blyth, Northumberland. At 10.30 on the morning of the 14th October, 1961, the Blyth police informed the honorary secretary that a body had been seen floating in Colleywell Bay, and that as it was nearly low water no small boat could put out...
Kirkcudbright - At 5 p.m. on 29th July, 1967, it was reported that a boat hadgone ashore and broken up on the north side of Ross Bay. It was thought that the casualty might be the local motor fishing vessel Girl Ann which was out fishing at...
Dover, Kent. At 2.18 on the after- noon of the 29th of December, 1959, the coastguard told the honorarysecretary that a small boat was in distress one mile north-east of Dover pier. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 2.30...
Stornoway, Hebrides. On the 11th of April, 1958, the agents for the trawler Seddon, which had stranded in Storno- way harbour on the 8th of April, wanted to run a kedge anchor out from her and asked if the life-boat would undertake this...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - At 1.20 p.m. on 12th April, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a dinghy with two people on board was in difficulties about half a mile north of the harbour.
The...
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At eleven o'clock on the night of the 14th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that the local fishing boat Harvest Queen had broken down and was in need of help. At 11.20...
COBLE IN DANGER At 9.29 p.m. on 28th August, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that two red flares had been observed dose inshore near Speeton look-out. There was a slight sea and it was one hour after low water.
At...