Arbroath, Angus.—The local fishing fleet put out during the early morning of the 23rd November, 1938, in fine weather. Later on a S.E. wind sprang up and rapidly increased to gale force. The sea grew very rough, with heavy rain, sleet and...
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Standing by ON TUESDAY, January 14, at 0345, Rosslare Harbour honorary secretary received a telephone message from Rosslare Pier that MV Timber Skipper of London, carrying a crew of seven, had gone aground in very high seas 4 nautical miles...
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Volunteer crew at Fraserburgh acted quickly when a skipper of a nearby fishing boat made an emergency call for help after falling ill. The crew aboard the all-weather lifeboat left the harbour immediately...
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Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 7.15 in the morning of the 27th of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore a mile west of Rue Point, and a few minutes later she was reported to be blowing S.O.S. on her whistle. The motor...
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 4.55 on the afternoon of the 18th of December, 1957, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen three miles east of Elie. At 5.15 the life-boat James and Ruby Jackson .was launched in a...
FLUSHING, CORNWALL Comfortably furnished quayside holiday cottage, sleeping six in three bedrooms, situated in the centre of this quiet village on beautiful Falmouth harbour. Views across the water to Greenbank and the Royal Cornwall VC.<...
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Yacht dragging anchor A YACHT AT ANCHOR but in difficulties in heavy seas off Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, was seen by Mumbles Coastguard and reported to the Mumbles honorary secretary at 1350 on December 19, 1973.
Maroons were...
Criccieth, Caernarvonshire.—At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 14th of August, 1956, the second coxswain reported that he had seen a sailing boat capsize about a mile and a half from Castle Point. The life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was...
This self-righting Life-boat, 38 feet by JO feet, with a 45 h.p. Tylor engine, has been built by the South Australian Harbours Board, from plans supplied by the Institution.
Sbe is stationed at Victor Harbour and is named... - View image in PDF
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