FEBRUARY 3RD. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 1.41 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the Norwegian steamer Belpariel, of Oslo, was in need ofhelp. A strong S.E. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. Visibility...
South East Division Trawler saved in violent storm THROUGHOUT THURSDAY DECEMBER 26, 1985, Boxing Day, the weather on the east Kent coast had been rapidly deteriorating; by late afternoon winds from the north east were reaching strong gale...
Category: Services
NOVEMBER 23RD. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON.
At 2.30 in the morning the Padstow coastguard telephoned that news had been received from the naval authorities at Falmouth that a ship was ashore at Knap Head, near...
About six o'clock on the evening of the 20th September a large vessel was observed on Arklow Bank, throwing up rockets and firing guns as sig- nals of distress. The Arklow life-boat was quickly launched and proceeded to her aid.
October 14th. Soon after noon a gale sprang ijp suddenly i from the eastward. A lar^e' number of! Scarborough fishing vessels, which were outside, had to bear up .and run for the harbour at Scarborough. Vessels which ; fall to...
At about 7 P.M. on the 20th November, during a strong gale from the N.W., signals of distress were seen in the direction of Wexford Bar. The same Lifeboat was promptly manned, and proceededto the spot, and found that the fishing yawl Dazzler...
THUHSO, N.B.—During a severe gale of wind from the N. and a heavy sea, on the night of the 5th March, the schooner HepJmbah, bound from Carnarvon to Newcastle, with slates, and the smack Annie, of Port Binorwie, bound for Wick, showed...
LOWESTOFT.—The schooner Swift, of Eye, bound to that port from Seaham with coal, was seen with a flag of distress during a gale from the N.W. and a heavy sea at about 11 A.M. on the 12th December, and the Samuel Plimsoll Life-boat thereupon...
At 1 P.M. on the 21st December, during a gale from the N.E. with a tremendous sea, a vessel was observed on shore at Waxham. The No. 1 Life-boaf Good Hope was promptly manned and launched, but the water was too low to float her over the bank...
SALCOMBE.—It having been reported on the morning of the 13th January that a steamer was ashore near the Start, the Life-boat Lesty was launched at 9 A.M., and when about half a mile off the Prawle, met the boats of the steamer Nordstern, of...