SEPTEMBER 15TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 6.5 in the morning the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore a mile north of Peterhead, making signals of distress. There was a dense fog, with a light south-east wind and a moderate...
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—5th September, 1939. A small boat out fishing had been kept under observation and, as the wind increased, the life-boat was launched at 9.20 P.M., but in the darkness failed to find the boat, which got in...
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RIG SERVICE IN 60 KNOT GALE AROUND 1.30 p.m. on 19th October, 1971, it was learnt that the crew of the drilling rig William Allpress were in need of assistance. The rig was anchored J mile off Rustington, Sussex, and had been in this...
SEVEN FISHING BOATS ESCORTED TO HARBOUR Whitby, Yorkshire. On the afternoon of the 9th November, 1962, anxiety was felt for the safety of local fishing boats which were still at sea, and at 1.20 it was decided to launch the life-boat. At...
Newhaven, Sussex - At 5.40 p.m. on loth July, 1966, a cabin cruiser was seen drifting off Roedean gap. There was a strong south-westerly wind with a moderate sea. The life-boat Kathleen Mary launched at 5.58 on an ebbing tide, and at 6.45...
Wells, Norfolk.—At ten o'clock on the evening of the 28th of May, 1956, a yacht was seen to be in difficulties north-east of Wells. At 10.30 the life-boat Cecil Paine was launched.
The sea was smooth, a moderate east-...
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— About 5.30 on the evening of the 2nd of February, 1956, the life-boat assis- tant mechanic rang up to say that the wife of a fisherman had reported that her husband had not returned in his local fishing...
The Fleetwood trawler Sulby aground, with the Campbeltown motor life-boat standing. - View image in PDF
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