.— On the 28th May, during a temporary lift in the prevailing fog, a schooner was observed on the Atherfield Ledge. The crew of the Life-boat Catherine Swift were summoned, and the boat proceeded to the vessel's assistance. On going...
On the evening of the 24th September a message was re- ceived from the lighthouse-keeper on Ross Island that a sailing dinghy with two men had gone ashore on Richard- son's Rock, which is between Ross Island and the mainland. The men had...
Coverack, Cornwall.—At 12.30 A.M.
on the 22nd June the coastguard reported that four visitors, two men and two women, had put out in a motor boat during the previous afternoon and had not returned. A light breeze was...
AN appeal was again made, at the beginning of 1935, to the principal Golf Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland, asking them to hold competitions in aid of the life-boat service, for which the Institution would give silver and enamel spoons. As...
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Walmer, Kent.—On the afternoon of the 9th March the Deal coastguard reported that a small boat with one occupant was in difficulty N.N.W. of the South Goodwin lightship. A light S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth to moderate sea. The...
Kirkcudbright.—Early in the morning of the 31st July the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported that a small yacht, anchored in Whithorn bay, was in a dangerous position, owing to a change in the direction of the wind. A moderate S.W. gale was...
Aith, Shetlands.—On the 10th of March, 1947, a doctor at Walls tele- phoned that he had a man patient who must be taken to hospital for an operation. The road to Lerwick was impassable with snow, and as no other boat was obtainable he asked...
ON THE WHITBY BAR AGAIN Whitby. Yorkshire.—At 8.45 in the morning of the 2nd of May, 1947, a small motor coble was seen approaching.
The tide was one hour before low water and there was broken water for three hundred yards...
Poole, Dorset.—At one o'clock early on the morning of the 24th of September, 1954, a message was received from the coastguard that shouts for help could be heard from a yacht in Poole harbour.
At 1.15 the life-boat...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 17th of March, 1955, the local fish- ing boats Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us were at sea in a strong north- westerly wind and a heavy swell.
About ten o'clock it was learned...