Torbay, Devon.—At midnight on the 1st of September, 1953, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that a man at Torcross had reported that a motor yacht was short of fuel and had anchored two hundred yards off the north end of Beesands. At...
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 12.59 early on the moring of the 3rd of March, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that the North Goodwin lightvessel had reported flares between the light- vessel and North Foreland. At 1.30 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1954.
the St. Anthony coastguard reported that what appeared to be an upturned boat had been seen half a mile off Hemmick Beach, to the west of Dod- man. At...
Valenria, Go. Kerry.--At 8.40 on the morning of the 29th of April, 1954, a message was received from Portmagee that the fishing boat Island Rover, of Tralee, was overdue with a crew of four. At nine o'clock the life-boat A.E.D. put out....
Torbay, Devon.—At 11.40 on the night of the 14th of July, 1957, the Berry Head coastguard telephoned to say a doctor had asked if the life-boat would put out to bring ashore a man who had fallen down a cliff at Shankham Point, as it would be...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.56 on the morning of the llth of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that a yacht was in distress off the Shivering Sands towers. At 5.30 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No.
30)...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.24 on the evening of the 9th of June, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the owner of the local motor pleasure boat Nemo II had reported that his boat had broken from her moorings and was drifting towards the...
Mrs. S. van der Veen, wife of the skipper of the Lea and her three children (see page 81). - View image in PDF
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Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1955, it was reported that the fishing boat Ocean Pearl, which had a crew of five, was in difficulties between one and two miles off Holborn Head. At 11.45 the life-boat...
Kllmore, Co. Wexford.—On the morn- ing of the 10th of February, 1956, a man reported that the trawler Marylis, of Lorient, had run on the rocks in Ballyhealy Bay and that her crew of nine needed help. At 10.35 the life- boat Ann Isabella...