EMERGENCY CALL At 9.15 p.m. on the same day the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young man was suffering from severe head injuries after an accident. No other boat was available and as it was imperative to take the patient to...
TOW FOR CABIN CRUISER THROUGH HEAVY SEAS Troon, Ayrshire. At 11.45 on the morning of the 9th September, 1962, the pilot at Troon harbour told the coxswain that a cabin cruiser was drifting close to Gailes shore. At 11.55 the life-boat James...
Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 3.5 p.m. on 8th February, 1970, it was learnt that a man was clinging to a capsized canoe and drifting off shore in a northerly direction.
The life-boat Edian Courtauld slipped her moorings at...
Humber, Yorkshire - At 9.30 a.m.
on 19th October, 1966, news was received that a member of the crew of the Dowsing lightvessel required to be taken ashore for medical treatment. As there was no urgency it was decided to...
DESTROYED BY HEAVY SEAS Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 8.53 on the night of the 2nd of November, 1947, the coast- guard reported a distress flare seen off the harbour and it was thought that the motor fishing boat Girl Evelyn, of Deganwy, known to be...
Dungeness, Kent. At 10.10 on the night of the 13th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the motor vessel Bluemaster, .and that her master wanted to land...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 5.57 a.m. on 23rd May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing flares at Whittaker Beacon. The life-boat Isabella and Edward Irvin was launched at 6.22 in a strong westerly wind...
Skipper taken ill THE YACHT Minuet, crossing the Channel from France with a crew of four on board on Thursday August 23, 1979, was making heavy weather and sent out a distress call; she was about eight miles east by north of Dover. HM...
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Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 5.43 on the evening of the 19th of December, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was aground on the rocks at Groomsport.
At six o'clock the life-boat Sir Samuel...