Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — At 11.25 on the night of the 14th of April, 1952, the Kingston-on-Sea coastguard telephoned that the Brighton police had reported an auxiliary yacht appar- ently in distress, half a mile off shore and a quarter of...
At 6.50 P.M., on the 4th April, the fishing- boat Jane and Margaret, of St/Andrews, when running for harbour in a heavy sea and E.N.E. gale, struck the beacon about 220 yards from the pier, and sank at once, the cause of the wreck being the...
the catamaran ferry lists heavily, her port hull holed and flooded. - View image in PDF
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WE believe that a life-belt, for an adult person of average size, ought to have, at the least, buoyant power equal to 20 Ibs., and as much more as can conveniently be obtained.
Having decided on the amount of buoyancy, the...
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ON the evening of the 2nd of Septem- ber, the coastguard at St. Anthony telephoned that he could see a small sailing yacht which appeared to have capsized and have a man clinging to it. There was a heavy sea running.
It was...
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A Fine Northumbrian Rescue.
THE fierce gales which are experienced j on the Northumbrian coast from time to i time cause a large number of casualties, ! and the brave Life-boatmen at Holy i Island have a fine list of...