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How would the occupants of a yacht survive when it sank within seconds at the mouth of the Thames? Anne Millman finds out

On the overcast but cold morning of 17 February, Thames Coastguard at Waltonon- the-Naze heard an...

Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...

NEWCASTLE, Co. DOWN.—The schooner Florence, of Belfast, bound to that port from Cardiff with coal, was seen tip be running for Dundrum Bay, apparently in distress, during a strong E.S.E. gale and a heavy sea at about 7.30 A.M. on the 22nd...

Arbroath, Angus.—On the afternoon of the 28th of December, 1948, a south- westerly gale was blowing, and at 2.45 the coastguard telephoned that owing to the heavy seas the harbour entrance was dangerous. A number of fishing boats were out,...

Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 6.15 on the evening of the 6th of February, 1961, the mechanic told the honorary secre- tary that a seventeen-feet open fishing boat was drifting out to sea. There was a westerly wind of gale force when the...

SEATON CAREW and HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.—A terrible disaster, involving the loss of several lives, mostly Lascars, took place on the 31st January at the mouth of the River Tees. The s.s. Clavering, of London, a large vessel of upwards of 3,300...

At 11.30 A.M. on the 2nd December the S.S.E.

gale increased rapidly until it was blowing a strong gale, and as some of the fishing-boats belonging to Stone- haven were at sea, the Life-boat Alex- ander Slack was launched to...