Near rocks A CREW MEMBER from a small fishing vessel which, on Friday night, August 19, had broken down just south of Longhaven, rowed ashore, managed to scramble up the cliffs and made a 999 call to RHQ Peterhead; it was 2225. His skipper...
MAY 10TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At eight in the evening of the 9th a man went out in his small motor boat Flora MacDonald, with his father-in-law. At 11.50 his wife reported that the boat had not returned.
At 12.45 next...
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
At 6.46 in the evening the Bude coastguard reported that a boat, a mile off Bude breakwater, needed help. A strong west-south-west wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At seven o’clock...
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