TOUCHED BOTTOM At 2.29 a.m. on 8th September, 1964, the police reported a red flare over Scroby sands. The sea was choppy with a fresh westerly breeze. The tide was two hours before low water when the life-boat Louise Stephens was launched...
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
A motor yacht, on passage to Scarborough, had been reported overdue, but she arrived safely. - Rewards, £18 10s..
6th September.
A yacht was in distress, but drifted ashore, and those on board got to land unaided.—Rewards, £29 8s. 6d..
Eastbourne, Sussex. — 30th July, 1939. A small sailing yacht with three people on board was reported as missing, but she got in safely.—Rewards, £9 15*. 6d..
JULY 23RD. - DUNGENESS, KENT. A small yacht had capsized, but her crew of two were rescued by a motor boat from Rye Harbour. - Rewards, £11 3s. 6d..
AUGUST 6TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. During a race a yacht had been blown out to sea, but she was picked up by a trawler. - Rewards, £11 0s. 6d..
NOVEMBER 14TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A patrol yacht had been reported in need of help in a gale in a rough sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards £12 15s. 6d..
NOVEMBER 15TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A motor yacht had drifted ashore with her engine broken down, but her crew of two got ashore unaided.- Rewards, £16 2s. 6d.
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 1.20 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, news was received that a yacht was being driven ashore on Pilling sands. At 1.30 the lifeboat Ann Letitia Russell was launched in a southerly gale and a rough sea. It was one hour...
12 January: Lifeboats from Dun Laoghaire were called out shortly after midday to a yacht with a suspected fire onboard, probably due to an overheating engine. The lifeboat took the six crew members off the 11m...
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