Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 6.50 on the morning of the 19th of July, 1957, the coxswain received a telephone message that the motor fishing vessel Yvonne Risager was in difficulties with a fouled propeller ten miles west of May Island.
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands.—At 3.25 on the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1957, the Telegraph coastguard report- ed that a sailing dinghy had capsized between St. Mary's and St. Martin's and that two boys were in the water.<...
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire.—At 12.10 on the afternoon of the 18th of August, 1957, the police reported that the yacht Tumbler, of Lytham, had been wrecked near the 14|-mile buoy in the Ribble Channel. The buoy had dragged several...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 10.45 on the morning of the 22nd of June, 1958, a message was received from the motor vessel Channel Trader, on passage from Newhaven to Guernsey, that shehad passed the fishing boat Black Cat three miles north...
ADRIFT AND LEAKING Holyhead, Anglesey. At 11.33 a-mon 2nd February, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two small boys were adrift in a pram dinghy which was leaking and oar-less in the outer harbour. There was a moderate...
LOBSTER BOAT SOUGHT Anxiety was felt about the local lobster fishing boat Mayflower which had put out at ii a.m. on i6th March, 1964, and had not returned five hours later. Weather conditions were rapidly deteriorating and there was a full...
NURSE ON BOARD At noon on 3ist March, 1964, the local nurse informed the honorary secretary that a sick patient required urgent medical attention on the mainland. There was a fresh easterly breeze with a choppy sea, and it was low water. The...
COBLES ESCORTED Filey, Yorkshire. At 8 a.m. on 8th May, 1964, the life-boat second coxswain reported that six local fishing cobles were at sea in deteriorating weather. At 8.55 the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Mihted was launched with the...
SEARCHED IN VAIN Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 7.50 a.m. on 20th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Weston police had reported that an elderly man was missing from a small fishing ketch somewhere between...
PATIENT TO HOSPITAL At 9.30 a.m. on 25th April, 1965, the local doctor requested the use of the lifeboat to take a patient from Kilronan to the mainland. There was a moderate westerly breeze with a choppy sea. It was high water. The patient...