Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 4.45 P.M. on the 1st June, 1938, a small vessel was seen to be in a dangerous position S. by E. of the Splaugh Rock.
A moderate but increasing N.E. gale was blowing, with heavy rain and a...
RUDDER WAS BROKEN Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 11.15 P-m- on 23rd August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had fired a red flare about 2^ miles west of the harbour. There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a...
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 8.15 in the night of the 29th of November, 1949, a Canisbay doctor asked for the use of the life-boat to take him to Stroma Island to attend an injured man, as the weather was too bad for a shore-boat to take him. A...
This photograph, taken by Mechanic Roger Legge aboard The Lizard lifeboat, shows the horrendous conditions during the service to the yacht Heptarchy. The yacht is 56ft long, a very substantial size, yet she is dwarfed by the breaking... - View image in PDF
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At about 11 A.M. on 28th February the Hoylake Coastguard reported that a small motor boat was at anchor or aground near Spencers Spit, and that they were keep- ing her under observation. Later they reported that the boat had disappeared, and...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At eight o'clock on the morning of the 4th of September, 1952, the coxswain of the motor life- boat reported that the fishing coble Whitby Lass was at sea and that con- ditions on the harbour bar were very dangerous in...
The Lizard, Cadgwith, and Falmouth, Cornwall.—The S.S. Flying Enterprise, of New York, had been drifting help- lessly in the Atlantic Ocean for over a week, with only her captain on board.
She was listing very heavily. On...
EastEnders star Andrew Lynford (AKA Walford's Simon Raymond), together with the two ugly sisters, gave his support to the lifeboats at Weston Super Mare recently during the town's 1999 Winter carnival.. - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 3.30 in the afternoon, messages were received from the Colwyn Bay police and the Rhyl coastguard that a fishing boat was in distress off Rhos pier, drifting seawards. A strong...
On edge of surf A DORY IN TROUBLE just outside (he surf at Polzeath, six miles west of Port Isaac lifeboat station, was reported to the honorary secretary by HM Coastguard at 1751 on Sunday, May 30.
It was overcast with...