FISHGUARD, SOUTH WALKS.—A small screw steamer and a schooner had been at anchor in Fishguard roadstead for some days, being unable to go round St. David's Head, owing to the strong westerly winds.
On the night of the...
H.M. Mine Sweeper • stranded on the Scroby Sands during a strong southerly gale on the 28th October. She made signals of distress, and in response the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched. While endeavouring to get near...
At 10.30 A.M.
on the 21st December a large steamer was observed, on her beam ends, trying to work into the bay. A very heavy ground sea was running, and a gale blowing from the south-west. A steam trawler was standing by...
HELICOPTER RESCUE At 8.46 p.m. on 3ist May, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a Swedish vessel had reported that a yacht was firing red flares one mile east of the Margate sands beacon. There was one hour before low water, and it...
TEN MEN RESCUED Dover and Dungeness, Kent. At 4.58 a.m. on 29th March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch ship, Katherina Kolkmann was in collision with the British coaster Gannet five miles south of...
RACE CASUALTY While the yacht Carillion of Cowes was taking part in the Fastnet race on 5th August, 1971, she struck rocks off the Lizard and was damaged.
At 9.30 p.m. the life-boat Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service JVo. 33)...
At 6.10 a.m. on 17th September, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small speedboat which had left Ramsgate harbour for Margate at 2.35 had not arrived at 6.33. As the life-boat was about to search for the boat a message...
Rhyl, Flintshire, and New Brighton, Cheshire - At 10.15 p.m. on i5th July, 1966, news was received that the m.f.v.
Lily had been towed from about 11 miles west of the Bar lightvessel by the Bar pilot boat and handed over to...
MAEGATE, KENT, and HARWICH, ESSEX. — At 11.30 A.M. on the 19th August information was received at Margate that a large vessel was ashore on the Longsand. The crew of the No. '2 Life-boat Civil Service No. 1 were assembled, the Life-boat...
Shortly before 11 A.M. on the 19th January the steam trawler Tyne Prince, of North Shields, stranded on the Annat Bank and hoisted distress signals. The No. 2 Life-boat Marianne Atherstone was launched and pulled down to where the trawler...