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Dover, Kent. About one o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th June, 1961, news was received that four soldiers had been cut off by the tide near the South Foreland lighthouse. There was a light south-westerly breeze with a slight sea. At 1...

Night search EXMOUTH DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY was informed by HM Coastguard at 0117 on Wednesday, July 28, that a Mirror Class dinghy, with a crew of two, was long overdue. In good visibility and with a gentle north-westerly breeze and...

MARCH 13TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.55 in the evening the Seacombe Ferry Office sent a message that vessel had struck a mine off Seacombe Stage, and at 9.15 the No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston was...

Aberdovey, Gwynedd January 10.

Arbroath, Angus January 4.

Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland December 10.

Blackpool, (1)1171, Lancashire February 19.

Blackpool, (D528),...

ABERDOVEY.—The brig Moringen, of Drammen, Norway, timber laden, stranded in a strong N.N.W. gale and a very heavy sea on the 16th June and became a total wreck. On receipt of news of the casualty, the Life-boat Thomas Nieeolls Stratford was...

NOVEMBER 21ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At about 3.55 P.M. information was received from the naval base at Brightling sea that a ship had blown up. A light westerly wind was blowing, with a slight swell. The motor life-boat Edward Z.<...

damage. He also felt it would be too dangerous to try to close alongside.

Instead, he instructed his crew to prepare a tow and moved the lifeboat, stern-first, towards the casualty's port bow. The occupants could be...