Yachts in distress THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of The Lizard-Cadgwith lifeboat station was telephoned on the evening of Monday September 3, 1984, to be told by Falmouth coastguard that a red flare had been sighted off Poldhu Cove. The...
Amble, Northumberland.—At 12.55 on the afternoon of the 23rd of November, 1955, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Ocean Pride, with a crew of three, was still at sea in worsening weather. At 1.15 the life-boat...
Dogged determination Liverpool coastguards contacted Douglas lifeboat station at 0824 on 2 January 2000 to advise that they had received several calls reporting the sighting of a black dog marooned on St Mary's rocks, on which stands the...
CRIES FOR HELP HEARD FROM FISHING BOAT Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 11.25 on the night of the 5th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat in the north bay was flashing a light and that cries for help...
Galway Bay, County Galway.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of April, 1957, the local doctor reported that a woman had been attacked by a cow and had been seriously injured.
He asked if the life-boat would...
AUGUST 2ND. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN;. At 5.40 P.M. the police telephoned that a small yacht had overturned about half a mile out at sea, and that three persons were clinging to it. A light squally N. wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The...
Cromer, Norfolk.—-At 6.5 in the even- ing of the 26th of January, 1949, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore 200 yards south of Bacton, and the No. 2 life-boat Harriot Dixon was launched at 6.25. There was dense fog, but the southerly...
Bridlington: The Lords Feoffees of the Manor of Bridlington receive rents and monies similar to the old feudal system. They then use the money to support local charitable causes. Bridlington's new D class inflatable lifeboat, handed over... - View image in PDF
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25 November: When Broughty Ferry lifeboat was unable to locate a jet-skier who had called for help just after lunchtime, a major search and rescue operation was mounted, involving an RAF rescue helicopter and...
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Wells, and Cromer, Norfolk. At 10.48 on the morning of the 31st of December, 1959, the coastguard told the motor mechanic of the Wells life- boat that an aircraft had crashed into the sea off South Race Bank buoy. At eleven...