Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—At 12.5 OB the afternoon of the 15th of December 1956, a message was received thai the motor fishing vessel Rose VaUtf of Burnmouth was three miles east of Burnmouth with a broken fuel pipe and needed help. The...
Torbay lifeboat Ralph and Bonella Farrant returns to Torquay Harbour with the French racing yacht Corum and her 12-man crew in tow. The 45ft sloop had been in danger of foundering on the rocks off Hopes Nose after her rudder snapped in a...
15th March.
A fishing boat was missing, but made port while the life-boat was searching.
—Rewards, £9 19s. 6d..
FEBRUARY 2ND. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea, but nothing was found.
- Rewards, £12..
APRIL 16TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
- Permanent paid crew..
JANUARY 13TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A ship’s raft had been seen drifting, but there was no one on board.
- Rewards, £6 18s..
DECEMBER 31ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
Two Spitfire aeroplanes had collided over the sea, but nothing was found.
- Rewards, £27 12s. 6d..
During the evening of the llth August a breeze sprang up very suddenly from the S.S.W., and continued to freshen until there was a fresh gale. At 11 P.M.
signals of distress were seen from the ketch James, of Cardigan, on...
Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—On the 26th October, 1939, a whole N.E. by N.
gale was blowing, with a very rough sea in Eyemouth Bay. Four local fishing boats were waiting to enter the port.
The motor life-boat...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 2.55 A.M.
on the 25th August, 1938, the harbourmaster reported rockets near Black Rock Buoy in the Solent. The night was fine and the sea smooth. The motor life-boat S.G.E. put out at 3.17 A.M.,...