Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 25th of August, 1956, the coastguard tele- phoned that H.M.S. Mull of Gallorvay had seen a small vessel in need of help a mile and a half north of the Rough Towers. At 4.12 the...
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At 3.50 P . M . the coastguard reported a British aeroplane in difficulties, and a few minutes later the news came that the aeroplane was down in the sea. Her position was given at...
Ramsgate, Kent.—Between noon and one in the afternoon of the llth of July, 1950, the coastguard reported a sailing yacht apparently in danger of going aground. She was originally on a northerly course, but later headed south. He thought she...
Five lifeboats rescue racing dinghies Lifeboats from Hartlepool.Teesmouth and Redcar launched to help 30 dinghies that capsized in gale-force winds on 28 August. The dinghies, competing in a 100-strong race in Hartlepool Bay, were caught out...
Storm A YACHT IN DISTRESS 23 nautical miles south west of Skerries Lighthouse was reported to the honorary secretary of Holyhead lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1310 on Saturday, September 11, 1976. The bulk carrier Sugar Producer was...
DOCTOR TREATS INJURED MEN IN LIFE-BOAT Anstruther, Fife. At 3.1 on the afternoon of the 17th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Frederick T. Everard of London had two injured men on board who...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.55 on the night of the 27th of May, 1950, a message came from the Warden Point Look-out that a sailing yacht was in distress two miles off Shoeburyness.
At 10.28 the life-boat Greater London,...
Caister, Norfolk. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 23rd of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a bather was in difficulties off Winterton beach. At 3.50 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched in a slight swell, with a...
Shortly after 4.30 P.M. on the llth March a telegram was received from St. Abbs stating that a large vessel was sinking off the Head with a fishing boat standing by her. The assembly signal for the Life-boat's crew was fired and within...
Fishermen stranded by engine failure There are many situations that a lifeboat coxswain does not look forward to.
Bad weather, manoeuvring with boats close together, towing a heavy, unwieldy vessel, waiting at sea for the...