Dunbar, East Lothian. At four o'clock on the morning of the 30th of March, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police had reported two small boats overdue which were on passage from Aberdeen to Port Seton. One...
Clogher Head, Co. Louth. At 10.30 on the morning of the 14th of August.
1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the offices of a shipping company that the motor vessel Dun- dalk, belonging to the company, had...
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1955, the Trevose Head coastguard rang up to say that a message had been received from St. Eval that an R.A.F. airborne life-boat was in diffi- culties off Bude. An...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.48 on the morning of the 12th of March, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a small yacht had capsized half-a-mile east of Britannia pier at Great Yar- mouth. A moderate...
RESCUE FROM BARGE IN GALE Clacton-on-Sea,Essex. At 10.32 on the night of the 7th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen four miles south of Clacton pier. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring...
Dinghy capsized A SMALL SAILING DINGHY capsized by the Mulberry harbour, Littlestone, was reported to Dover Coastguard at 1103 on Saturday September 6, 1980. Her crew, two young boys, were signalling for help and it was later learned that...
R/T procedure changes THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE modifications introduced in the new edition of the Handbook for Radio Operators should be noted: Control of distress traffic: The word 'PRUDENCE' (pronounced PRU-DONCE) has been...
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Barge aground THE STATION HONORARY SECRETARY Of Mablethorpe lifeboat station was informed by Humber Coastguard at 1030 on Tuesday October 12, 1982, that the barge Almeco had grounded overnight.
An attempt was to be made to...
Standing by in Hurricane HAVING RECEIVED information from the Coastguard at 0618 on Thursday, December 6, 1973, that the trawler Navena was ashore on the rocks north of Copinsay Light, the Kirkwall(Orkneys) honorary secretary asked for...
Flamborough, Yorkshire - At 2.16 p.m. on 2nd September, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that six people were cut off by the tide on a ledge at Thornwick'bay, one mile north west of the life-boat station. The life-boat...