Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 1.4 on the afternoon of the 17th of April, 1956, the Formby coastguard rang up to say that the tanker General San Martin, of Buenos Aires, had reported that several of her crew had been gassed.
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 8.37 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1956, the Foreland coastguard tele- phoned that the Newport police had reported that a man had swum ashore at Woodside and that another man had been left clinging to a...
Youghal, Ireland.—On the 8th February, the Norwegian barque Galatea ran on shore on the bar at the entrance of Youghal harbour, the captain having mistaken the port for Queenstown : a gale of wind was blowing at the time from the south, and...
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Dover, Kent. At 12.50 on the after- noon of the 23rd of March, 1958, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from Boulogne that the trawler Notre-Dame de la Sallete of Boulogne was on the Sandettie bank with her trawl nets...
The Mumbles, Glamorgan. At 12.5 early on the morning of the 21st July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a canoe had capsized in Langland Bay. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze, and the weather was fine. At...
Arbroath, Angus. At 11.3 on the night of the 6th September, 1961, a message was received from the Mont- rose life-boat station asking for the help of the Arbroath life-boat in the search that was being made for the pleasure boat Lena of...
WRECKAGE OF AIRCRAFT FOUND AND LANDED Buckle, Banffshire. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 18th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea two miles north-north-east of the...
COXSWAIN PILOTS GREEK VESSEL Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 9.25 on the evening of the 6th October, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a light had been reported flashing a mile eastward of Hartlepool.
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Caister, Norfolk. At 3.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of July, 1959, the coastguard at Gorleston informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was making little headway in a very rough sea off North Scroby buoy. A later report from the...
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 8.15 p.m. on 26th March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a rowing boat about one mile north of Pirnmill with two men on board appeared to be drifting towards Loch Ranza. At 8.35 the life...