NEWBIGGIN.—While fourteen cobles were out fishing on the 2nd April at about 11 A.M. the sea suddenly rose to a great height, and considerable anxiety was felt for the safety of the boats and their crews.
The Newbiggin...
On the 20th February two ketches belonging to Belfast, named the Witch of Wave and the Azur, put into Cloughey Bay when bound for Portaferry. The vessels ex- pected to get away the next morning, but a gale had sprung up and continued blowing...
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. — At 2.40 in the morning of the 28th of June, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat, which was at anchor in Clanyard Bay, appeared to be in diffi- culties, and the motor life-boat Jeanie Speirs was...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 10.35 in the morning of the 8th of August, 1948, the Trinity House vessel Patricia, which had been sheltering in Lancresse Bay, asked for the help of the life-boat in towing the auxiliary yacht Dunlin, of...
TOO ROUGH At 8.30 a.m. on 9th of April, 1966, the Lloyd's agent told the honorary secretary that the trawler Ross Cormorant would be in Bridlington Bay at 8.30 p.m. and wished to have a sick man taken off. He had asked for a coble to go,...
Coxswain Tenby Tyne class lifeboat Silver medal 22 September 1989 In a WNW Force 8 to 9 wind, very rough seas, rain squalls and poor visibility Coxswain Thomas repeatedly manoeuvred the Tenby Tyne class lifeboat FIFA Sir Galahad inside the... - View image in PDF
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Where is everybody? This lonely collector was one of the many who collected in Chichester on Saturday 22 July. Even though the collector was suitably dressed in shorts for the very hot weather, most of the public appeared to be at the beach!... - View image in PDF
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Damage on service PADSTOW LIFEBOAT, a 48' 6" Oakley, with midship steering, James and Catherine Macfarlane, launched on service at 2256 on Tuesday, December 7, to investigate a report of red flares.
The wind was...
The steamer Faedrelandet, of Bergen, bound from Bergen to Stockton-on- Tees with a cargo of iron ore, stranded in the early morning of the 10th January on the Goswick Sands. The Coastguard reported the casualty by telephone, and steps were...
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE’ AT CLOUGHEY JUNE 17TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. The S.S. Arantzazu-Mendi, of Bilbao, had gone aground on Butter Pladdy shoals, outside Kearney Point, Co. Down. Efforts were made to salve her, and there was a salvage party...