Ramsgate, Kent. — At 9.55 on the night of the llth of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a motor yacht had broken down and was drift- ing towards the Quern Sands. She had refused a tow from a local motor boat, but a watch was kept...
Hoylake, Cheshire - On the morning of 31st October, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that a motor cruiser was stranded off Spencer Spit. The West Kirby IRB was towed to Hoylake by road and launched at 11.25. There was a strong north...
LAUNCHED IN MIST At i p.m. on 2yth May, 1964, the coastguard told the mechanic that a report had been received that a large vessel had gone aground west of the harbour entrance.
Visibility was very bad because of mist, it...
BLACKPOOL.—The schooner Esther Ann, of Belfast, timber laden, from Wexford for Preston, struck on the Crusader Bank during a strong breeze from the N.W. and a rough sea on the 28th June. The Samuel Fletcher Life-boat put off to her...
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 1.45 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1951, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Queen Alexandra, of Fleetwood, with a crew of twelve, had wirelessed that she was aground in the Sound of...
Canine calamity! Filey's inshore lifeboat was called out in March this year to help rescue a dog that was cut off by the tide and stranded on rocks.
Photo: Graham Taylor Coastguards had previously climbed down 60m of...
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—Just be- fore midnight on the 6th of July, 1957, the police telephoned that a motorist had reported seeing three red rockets off Kildalloig three miles south of Camp- beltown. The life-boat City of Glasgow II put...
FLEETWOOD.—On the 29th August, at about 5 A.M., it was reported that a vessel was in distress on Bernard's Wharf, a sandbank situated about 2i miles E.N.E.
of Fleetwood, and the Life-boat Edward Wasey was accordingly...
MARCH 3 1 ST. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
At 5.55 P.M. a steamer was seen to be ashore at Trefusis Point Falmouth Harbour, and at 6.10 P.M. the motor life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare was launched. A southerly gale was...
Douglas, Isle of Man. At 9.25 on the evening of the 20th of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Ailsea was off Douglas Head in difficulties.
A moderate south-east wind was...