29th Octo- ber. A yacht had stranded, but her crew reached land without help.— Rewards, £14 13s. 3d..
— 22nd April. A yacht had been reported in distress, but she was picked up by a steamer.—Rewards, £3 15s..
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1957, the Foreland coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties three miles south-east of Foreland. At 3.45 the life-boat Jesse Lumb was...
When on 20th June the Bermuda rigged yacht Keg with one man aboard ran aground about half a mile south west of the NE Victory wreck on the Goodwin Sands, the Walmer, Kent, lifeboat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32}—she is a42-foot beach...
Anticipatory launch ends in eight calls on two lifeboats Eastbourne South East Division Both of Eastbourne's lifeboats were launched in anticipation of problems on 17 July 1988, when freshening conditions on the day of the London to...
JULY 18TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. About ten in the morning a telephone call from Pegwell convalescent home reported a yacht in difficulties in Pegwell Bay. A strong south-westerly breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. At 10.20 the motor...
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 2.15 p.m. on I9th June, 1966, a report was received that a capsized yacht was adrift one mile east of the lookout. There was a strong southerly wind with a choppy sea. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick proceeded at...
CRIES FOR HELP Falmouth, Cornwall. At 9.21 p.m.
on iyth September, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that cries for help had been heard in the water off the Prince of Wales pier. There was a gale from the...
Falmouth, Cornwall.—-At 4.45 in the afternoon of the 29th of March, 1948, the dock police- reported a yacht in difficulties off Castle Head. A southerly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and she was in danger of being...
Family of five saved in rough seas Criccieth lifeboat was alerted on 16 August following a call to Holyhead Coastguard from a family caught in heavy weather aboard their yacht just south of Criccieth Castle.Coastguards paged Criccieth...