Torbay, Devon. — 22nd January, 1939. The motor fishing boat Prince had gone ashore, but her crew reached safety unaided. Rewards, £14 18s. 6d.
Six days before she had been rescued by the Torbay life-boat (see page 87.)...
JANUARY 15TH. - DONAGHADEE, CLOUGHEY, AND NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. A steamer had gone ashore. The life-boats searched in the fog without finding her, for she had got off and had gone on her way to Belfast. - Rewards : Donaghadee, £20 0S. 6d...
NOVEMBER 4TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
The local fishing cobles Joan and Mary, Dorothy Rose, and Matthew and Edward had gone out in bad weather, and by 11.45 A.M.
it had got so much worse, with a fresh N.E....
THE WHTTBY FISHING BOATS AGAIN Whitby, Yorkshire.—In the early morning of the 30th of April, 1947, several fishing boats put out to move their crab-pots into deep water as stormy weather was pending. About 10.30 two of the boats were seen ...
Ilfracombe, Devon. — At 5.5 on the morning of the 23rd of July, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht one mile east of Widmouth Head was drifting towards Hangman Point and that her crew had waved a hurricane lamp. She was near the...
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Scarborough, Yorkshire. •—• On the morning of the 16th December, 1938, watch was kept by the life-boat coxswain and the coastguard from 8.30 A.M. onwards as the motor fishing boat Courage with a crew of five, which had gone out fishing the...
At 10.10 P.M. on the 9th March informa- tion was received from the Coastguard that a vessel was ashore at the mouth of the River Bann, which required assist- ance. The Life-boat Hopwood was launched and proceeded to the place indicated, but...
FEBRUARY 3RD. - COVERACK, CORNWALL. At 6.5 in the morning a man reported a steamer in distress near Lowland Point, and the motor life-boat The Three Sisters was launched at 6.20. A strong westsouth- westerly wind was blowing,...
GOURDOR, JOHNSHAVEN, MONTROSE AND ARBROATH. — A strong gale suddenly sprung up on the east coast of Scotland on the morning of the 6th January and the fishing fleets were compelled to return as quickly as possible to the...