Two naming ceremonies in one day were carried out by H.R.H. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, on Thursday, 8th July, 1965.
Arriving by a helicopter of the Queen's Flight at Cromer and landing on the playing field of...
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NOVEMBER 14TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
Early in the morning the local fishing fleet had put to sea in moderate weather, but by noon an east-north-east gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. Four motor fishing vessels were seen to...
MAY 1ST. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
At eight in the evening the St. Abbs Head signal station telephoned that a boat was apparently stationary about ten miles westnorth- west of St. Abbs Head. The weather was fine, but as the...
A Canoeist Being Rescued By An Irb. - View image in PDF
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Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 9.58 in the night, on the 29th of June, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a report that a sailing boat was drifting out to sea two miles in an easterly direction from Chapel Point coastguard station, but that no...
Douglas, Isle of Man. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 23rd October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a message had been received through Anglesey radio that the motor vessel Caltex Lisbon had a seaman on board...
ST MARY’S | 15 MAY
With 48 passengers onboard, a passenger boat hit trouble off the Isles of Scilly’s Western Rocks, and her skipper sent out a mayday call. Nearby vessels arrived moments later, with a RIB pilot using his boat to...
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Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 10th of October, 1952, the coastguard reported that two fish- ing boats were at sea and that condi- tions at the harbour bar were very dangerous. At 11.20 the No. 1 life- boat Mary Ann...
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 8.55 on the night of the 27th of September, 1951, a wireless message was received through the harbour master, from the captain of the Norwegian motor vessel Skagerak that he needed a doctor for a very sick man. As...
OCTOBER 11TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 11.29 in the morning the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. Mosquito aeroplane had crashed into the sea three miles north-east of Porthdinllaen Point. A light east-north-east wind was...