MARCH 25TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 10.55 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had come down in the sea one mile off Sandsend and that her crew had taken to their rubber dinghy. All the fishing boats...
The No. 2 Life-boat Bessie Webster was launched at 10.30 A.M. on the 19th April to the assistance of eight Ferryden fishing-boats, each having a crew of four men on board, which had gone out fishing during fine weather earlier in the morning...
DUNGENESS (LTDD).—The Life-boat B.A.O.S. was launched at 1.40 A.M., on the llth April, while a moderate gale was blowing from W., accompanied by a rough sea, and proceeded to the assistance of the barque Oapella, of Bremen, which, while...
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 7th of November, 1948, the local fishing boat Courage, with a crew of five, was overtaken by bad •weather. The sea was rough in the bay and at the harbour entrance, and when, just before noon...
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Again, on the 1st December, the Lifeboat went out in response to signals of distress shown from the schooner Catherine & Ellen, which had been overtaken by strong gale from the N.N.W., and which had brought up far out in the bay. The...
DUNGENESS, KENT.—On the 6th April the Coastguard watchman informed the coxswain of the Life-boat B.A.O.E. that a large steamer had stranded on the Newcome Sand. He at once summoned the crew and at 6.15 p.m. the boat was launched. A strong...
On the loth March, during the afternoon, a message was received that a ketch was apparently running for Montrose, and asking that the Life-boat might be on the look-out for her. An hour later she appeared, and it was seen that she in- tended...
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SOUTHPORT.—In accordance with the wishes of the crew a second Life-boat has been placed at this station. It is a large sailing boat, 42 feet long, and 13£ feet wide, and is constructed, in conformity with the views of a special...
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