Amble, Northumberland.—At 7.30 on the evening of the 12th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that the fish- ing vessel Blossom, of Wick, had broken down in Druridge Bay. The life-boat City of Bradford II, on temporary duty at the station...
ABERYSTWITH.—On the 23rd January, while a whole gale from the S.W. was at its height, accompanied by a very heavy sea, the steamer Ananda, of Greenock, bound from Workington for Swansea with a cargo of pig-iron, was seen in a disabled state...
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On the morning of the 25th November it was reported that a steamer was apparently ashore near the Inner Binks, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 10.15 A.M. The wind was only light, with a slight ground sea, but...
Clovelly, Devon.—At nine o'clock on the evening of the 6th of December, 1957, the coxswain informed the honor- ary secretary that a child, aged two, was very ill on Lundy Island and that a doctor had asked if the life-boat would take him...
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Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 9.55 on the night of the 17th of February, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was aground on Goat Island in Stornoway Bay. At 10.15 the life-boat The James and Margaret Boyd put out...
FISHGUARD.—While a heavy gale was blowing from the S.E. with a rough sea and snow on the afternoon of the 12th January, signals of distress were shown by the smack Prosperity and ketch Mercy, both of Carnarvon, which were riding at anchor in...
Redcar, Yorkshire. At one o'clock early on the morning of the 27th of December, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that he had been informed at his home by a passer-by that a vessel was aground off...
NOVEMBER 24TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 10.15 In the morning the naval authorities asked that the life-boat should be launched to go to the help of a vessel 15 miles east of Gorleston.
The vessel had been...