At about 7.30 A.M. on the 30th January the Second Coxswain of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 received a message stating that a schooner was ashore on the west end of the Nore Sands. As a strong E. by S. wind was blowing, with a rough sea,...
The whelk boats belonging to Sheringham left for the fishing grounds at about 6 o'clock in the morning on the 8th April. The weather was then fine, with a moderate wind and a moderately smooth sea.
About 8 o'clock...
Whilst the motor Life-boat, which has been sent very recently to Sunderland, was out for exercise on the 21st June, the Coxswain observed a small boat about three and a half miles off the port show- ing signals of distress. He immediately...
NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.—During a whole gale from south by west, accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the 12th February, a message was received from the Coastguard that a vessel was ashore at the entrance of the harbour, signalling for assistance....
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—In the early morning of the 27th February, during moderate but cold weather, a barque was observed on the Hasboro' Sands.
The No. 2 Life-boat, Margaret, was launched and made for the wreck; on the...
At 1.10 P.M. on the 12th May, a report was received from the Coastguard that a barge was ashore on the Gunfleet Sands.
The Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 was sent to her assistance and found that she was in a very dangerous...
The Penlee life-boat standing by near the lighthouse while the supplies are dropped. - View image in PDF
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New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 12.53 in the afternoon of the 2nd of August, 1948, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board reported that a fishing boat had capsized and the crew were clinging to C.ll Black Buoy. A moderate north- westerly breeze was...
Aith, Shetland*.—At' 10 o'clock on the night of the 27th of January, 1949, a member of the crew of the motor fishing vessel Ivy Lea, of Lerwick, which had put out the previous morn- ing, telephoned that the Ivy Lea had broken down,...
Holyhead, Anglesey. — At 6.10 in the evening of the 26th of June, 1949, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat Maureen, with twelve on board, had broken down off the Skerries.
She had reached Skerries Island,...