FISHING BOAT MISSING FOR FOUR DAYS Skegness, Lincolnshire.—The fishing- smack Virginia, of Boston, Lincoln- shire, with a crew of three, which had gone to sea on January 1st, 1947, had not returned. Aeroplanes searched for her and radar was...
MR. C. S. CLAYTON of the firm of Messrs.
Clayton, Leach, Sims & Co., died on the 19th of April, 1951, three and a half months after he had retired from it.
He had then been a partner in the firm for...
Category: Obituaries
ARDROSSAN, N.B.—On the 4th February, at about 10 P.M., during a fresh breeze from S.S.W. the schooner Sarah Ann Dickinson, of Fleetwood, in approaching Ardrossan Harbour, ran on the Eagle Rock. A steam-tag proceeded to her and made an...
RAMSGATE.—In response to signals from the Gull Light-vessel, the Life-boat Bradford was towed out by the harbour steam-tug Aid at 2.10 A.M., on the llth February, while a strong gale was blowing from S.S.W., accompanied by a heavy sea and...
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 10.6 on the morning of the 30th of September, 1952, the Foreland coastguard tele- phoned that a Royal Engineers landing craft, with a crew of seven, was in danger of being driven towards the boom between No...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Island Commission of St. John Ambu- lance that the ambulance launch was under...
Wicklow. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the llth of February, 1960, the coxswain was informed that a motor vessel which had engine trouble needed a tug. Her position was three miles north-east of Wicklow Head. As no tug was available the...
AUGUST 29TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported in distress 30 miles east of Cromer, but the life-boat was recalled by wireless as news had been received that the aeroplane was safe. - Rewards, £5 16s....
THE SENNEN COVE LIFE-BOAT IS LAUNCHED (see page 681). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
CREW MEMBER INJURED ON BOARD YACHT Plymouth, Devon. At 9.27 on the evening of the 13th March, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed that a small white yacht with two men on board was on the breakwater 200 to 300 yards east of the fort....