Pwllbeli, Caernarvonsbire.—3rd September.
A steamer was thought to beaground on St. Patrick's Causeway, but was found to be at anchor and only in need of a pilot.—Rewards, £10 6s..
Torbay, Devon.—3rd July, 1939. A small motor yacht had caught fire, but another yacht rescued the only person on board. A donation was received in gratitude for the launching of the lifeboat.
—Rewards, S.2 Ws..
JANUARY 29TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
At 7.6 at night a telephone call was received from the naval authorities that H.M. trawler Dunraven Castle had run aground on Iron Rock Ledges, Isle of Arran,...
Brighton and Shoreham Harbour: Early in the evening of September 15, 1983, when a force 8 gale, gusting to strong gale, force 9, was blowing from the south west and the sea was very rough, a swimmer was reported in difficulties between...
MARCH 2ND. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.
The Admiralty tug Seaman put out from Montrose with a battle target in tow and the life-boat coxswain on board as pilot. A strong northerly wind was blowing, with a heavy ground swell. The...
— The motor life-boat Lily Glen—Glasgow was launched at 12.30 A.M. on the 14th August in response to a telephone message from Culzean Castle Maidens that the steam trawler Clyro, of Milford Haven, was ashore. A moderate W.N.W. wind was...
Seven saved FALMOUTH, Sunday May 24, 1987: The 56ft yacht Sule Skerry was in the Helford River with a heavy swell running when a rope fouled her propeller and she was driven into a rocky cleft at the foot of the cliffs at Durgan, near... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 16TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, AND HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 8.10 in the morning the coastguard reported to the North Sunderland life-boat station that a ship was ashore on the Farne Islands. She was the S.S....
FEBRUARY 16TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, AND HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 8.10 in the morning the coastguard reported to the North Sunderland life-boat station that a ship was ashore on the Farne Islands. She was the S.S....
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 12th of August, 1951, the local fishing cobles Hilda II and Rachel were at sea. The weather got worse and they felt anxious for them; so at 9.8 the life-boat E.C.J.R. was launched in a...