Stornoway, Hebrides.—At 5.50 on the morning of the 6th of January, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the fishery protection vessel Vaila was ashore north of Craigmore, Isle of Lewis, and was making water. Shortly afterwards a message was...
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Barrow, Lancashire.—At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 22nd of July, 1952, a motor-cyclist arrived at the life-boat station and reported that a canoe with a boy clinging to it was being carried out to sea off Newbiggin, about five miles...
PROTOTYPE LIFE-BOAT'S FIRST SERVICE Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At a quarter to midnight on Tuesday the 17th September, 1963, the Needles coastguard reported to the coxswain that two boys had been missing on Tennyson Down since 5.45 that...
SEPT. 13TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK, AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON.
NORFOLK. Early in the morning information was received that two vessels had been in collision off Lowestoft. A N.E.
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SICK MAN TAKEN OFF NORWEGIAN VESSEL IN GALE Moelfre, Anglesey. At 8.54 on the evening of the 14th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Norwegian motor vessel Sun Seahorse had a sick man on board who needed a...
Moelfre, Anglesey.—On the 5th of August, 1957, the life-boat Watkin Williams took part in a combined helicopter and life-boat exercise. At the end of the exercise a strong easterly wind sprang up, with a very rough sea, and it was impossible...
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Boulmer, Northumberland. At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 4th April, 1961, the honorary secretary noticed that three local fishing cobles appeared to be in difficulties. At 2.45, when the life- boat Clarissa Langdon was launched, there was a...
MCH. 15TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE.
During the morning several fishing vessels were returning to harbour. A heavy sea was running in the bay, and the motor life-boat Frank and William Oates was launched at 9.45 A.M. in...