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Energy
In the early morning of the 30th September the ketch Energy, of Gloucester, stranded on Bembridge Ledge, and some of the local fishermen went off to her in a large fishing-boat. On arriving at the vessel the captain stated that he would...
Norris
At 8 P.M. on the 25th March it was reported that the Bull Light-vessel was firing rockets, and in response the crew of the Life- boat were assembled, and the boat proceeded to her. On arrival it was found that a collision had occurred be-...
Leeds Saturn
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—During the early hours of the llth of April, 1956, it was reported that a vessel had run ashore forty yards north of the coastguard station. At 3.30 the life-boat Michael Stephens put out. There was a moder- ate sea, a...
Kithnos
Sick seaman saved THE 18,000 TON GREEK tanker Kithnos was heading north of the Humber light vessel at 0418 on January 15,1987 when one of her crew was reported to be suffering from a severe nosebleed, requiring medical...
The Norwegian Coaster Sonnodd
Norwegian coaster towed off reef by Mallaig lifeboat On 16 April 1991, coxswain Tommy Ralston of Mallaig lifeboat station sighted from his house the Norwegian coaster Sonnodd heading for the reef to the north of Mallaig...
Surf and turf
On 4 August 2010, Sue went to dinner at a house rented by some visitors. She says: ‘As I walked back home about 1am along a narrow track, I turned my ankle and heard the bone snap. I had to inch my way up the steep hill back to the house,...
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PLAYING SAFE
Every year our lifeboat crews and lifeguards rescue hundreds of children. But it’s much more fun helping them stay out of trouble in the first place
Walter Lee is a volunteer education presenter in Glasgow. ‘Some of the...
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An Aeroplane (26)
JUNE 4TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.15 A.M. a message was received at Bembridge from the Foreland coastguard, that an aeroplane had come down in the sea south-west of the coastguard hut at Hayling Island. A...
Fear of Explosion
AT 2.45 in the afternoon of the 3rd of April, 1949, the Pilot House at Irvine, Ayrshire, telephoned to Troon, three and a half miles to the south, that a vessel was ashore on the north side of Irvine Bar. She was the s.s. Christina Dawn, of...
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