During a S.W, gale on the 27th January, signals of distress were shown by the ketch Christine, of Milford, which had stranded on the Dogger Bank. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 15 were at once assembled, but before they had...
EDINBURGH, the capital of Scotland, is situated near the south shore of the Firth of Forth, nearly 400 miles from London. It is sur- rounded on all sides, excepting the north, by lofty hills, the town itself standing on three hills or ridges...
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Weymouth, Dorset - At 10.44 a.m. on 31 July, 1968, it was learnt that a cabin cruiser was firing flares a hundred yards off Portland Bill.
The life-boat Frank Spiller Locke slipped her moorings at 10.58 in a strong...
On the morning of the 18th February a message was received from the King's Harbour Master that Yealm coastguard had reported that a vessel, apparently flying distress signals, was anchored about three miles south-west of Mew- stone. A...
Walmer, Kent.—At 5.18 A.M. on the 18th January, 1939, a message was received from the Deal coastguard that flares had been seen about six miles south-east from Ramsgate. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea and squalls of rain....
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Whitby, Yorkshire. — Shortly after nine o'clock on the morning of the 29th of November, 1950, while the Whitby fishing fleet was at sea, it was reported that a strong northerly gale had developed, causing a heavy swell.