Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — 7th September.
A yacht was in difficulties, but was taken in .tow by a tug.—Rewards, £6 10s..
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 1.58 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small yacht from Moville was overdue. After further enquiries had been made the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil...
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At i .20 p.m.
on 4th September, 1966, a yacht was seen being driven ashore on Pilling sands. At 1.30 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched in a southerly gale and a rough sea. It was one...
Margate, Kent.—2nd June, 1938. A signal had been hoisted by the Girdler Lightvessel, but the life-boat found that it was to announce firing practice.
She then searched for a missing yacht, but could not find her. The yacht...
BOY AND YACHT IN DOUBLE RESCUE Lowestoft, Suffolk. The honorary secretary received a report from the coastguard during the afternoon of Sunday the 28th of July, 1963, that a boy was drowning off Pakefield beach. The lifeboat Frederick Edward...
AUGUST 11TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
At 12.58 in the morning, the police reported that a yacht which had put out at one o’clock on the previous afternoon, had not returned.
She had five on board. A...
20 March: Lymington and Yarmouth Five people onboard a 12m yacht, Sea Jay IV, called for help when her mast collapsed and went overboard after catastrophic gear failure in high winds off Hurst Castle. Lymington...
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OCTOBER 23RD. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
The coastguard had reported a yacht in difficulties, but nothing could be found, and later she was reported to have passed Dover.
- Rewards, £16 5s..
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 4.5 on the afternoon of the 9th August, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary there was a small yacht in difficulties off Sparrow Gap, Weybourne, and that there were three young men on...
OCTOBER 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A yacht had been reported signalling for help, but could not be found. Later she was reported off the Isle of Wight. - Rewards, £18 16s..