The Lizard, Cadgwith, and Falmouth, Cornwall.—The S.S. Flying Enterprise, of New York, had been drifting help- lessly in the Atlantic Ocean for over a week, with only her captain on board.
She was listing very heavily. On...
Youghal, Co. Cork. At 11.20 on the morning of the 7th of June, 1960, the coxswain informed the honorary secre- tary that a small rowing boat with, two boys on board was in a dangerous position outside the harbour. The honorary secretary and...
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Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 7.15 on the evening of the 5th of May, 1954, the Coast Life-saving Service at Skerries telephoned that two boys were stranded on an uninhabited island off Skerries.
At 7.50 the life-boat George...
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DUBLIN. A skiff with three boys on board was in danger of being blown out to sea, but got in without help. The honorary secretary of the station, Mr. J. V. Steele, went out with the life-boat...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.20 on the morning of the 3rd of March, 1956, the coastguard reported that the tanker Tank Queen, of Oslo, had anchored off Southend in dense fog and needed a doctor. One of her deck boys was thought to have...
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.-—-The Life-boat Mary Isabella was launched at 7.40 P.M.
on the 28th March, in response to signals of distress shown by the brigantine Uto, of Lillesand, timber laden from Gefle for Ramsey, which was...
The Torbay, Devon, life-boat arriving at Brixham on 9th July, 1968, with 126 holidaymakers rescued from the Torquay to Brixham ferry, Western Lady, which ran aground in thick fog.. - View image in PDF
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Margate, Kent.—At 6.35 on the even- ing of the 9th of July, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that a cabin cruiser was ashore on the north-west corner | of Margate sands and that she had a 1 heavy list to port. At 6.43 the life- : boat North...