Unusual hazard Sir - I was skipper of the yacht Dalriada when she sank in the small hours of 2 July 1988 (Lifeboat Services, Winter issue), and was eventually transferred to the shore from HMS Battleaxe by Coxswain Billy Lennon and the...
Category: Correspondence
LIFE-BOAT HELPS TO REFLOAT FISHING VESSEL Islay, Hebrides. At 4.45 on the morning of the 12th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he felt some concern for the safety of the crew of a motor fishing vessel, which was...
Mrs. Smith of Southport has handed to the Southport Guild the sum of £5, raised by a collection of a penny a week contributed by each member of the St. Andrew's Inner Wheel over 6o's Club.
Topsham Sailing Club...
Category: Donations
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 3.25 p.m. on 22nd September, 1965, the motor mechanic reported that a dinghy had capsized in the estuary and that her crew were having difficulty in baling her out. At 3.39 the mechanic reported that the dinghy...
MARCH 15TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
At about 10.15 A.M. news was received through the coastguard that a fishing boat was on fire to the west of May Island.
A strong westerly breeze was blowing, with a...
AN expedient has been suggested by Lieut. E. G. BUTLER, E.N., to enable persons upset in a boat to hold on by her until succour reaches them. As it appears to be one of those simple and inexpensive plans which might be universally adopted...
Category: Articles
Aberdeen.—Early on the morning of the 13th August the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore at or near Portlethen. A gentle southerlybreeze was blowing, with a moderate sea and thick fog. The reserve motor life-boat J. & W., which...
Humber, Yorkshire. At 4.4 on the afternoon of the 26th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the coxswain super- intendent that the cabin cruiser Camorant of Hull had broken down three miles north of Withernsea. The life-boat City of Bradford...
AIRCRAFT CRASHED Appledore, and Clovelly, Devon.
At 12.21 p.m. on iyth February, 1964, the coastguard told the Appledore honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea four to seven miles north of Hartland...
St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 10.32 a.m. on 23rd November, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that an aircraft had come down in the sea in the St. Bride's bay area and her crew of two had baled out. The life-boat Joseph Soar...