On the morn- ing of the 7th December, during a strong gale, a vessel was observed about twelve miles off Sidmouth flying signals of distress. The Life-boat William and Francis was launched at 9.30 A.M., and reached the vessel at 11.30. She...
Shortly after ; noon on the 3rd August, while a diver was giving a performance fit thy pier- head, the attendant boat was capsized, | throwing her two occupants into the water. There was a moderate N.W.
gale...
A strong N.N.W. gale was experienced at Filey on the 23rd July, and at about 5 A.M.
the alarm was given that two of the large fishing yawls in the bay were dragging their anchors, and drifting southward towards Speeton...
SHOREHAM,—On the 1st November a French schooner, the Charles Elisa, of Paimpol, bound from Bordeaux for Shoreham with empty casks, was driven by the force of wind and sea into the bay, and was compelled to drop her anchor to prevent being...
Margate, Kent.—At 12.30 P.M. on the 5th December, 1937, information was received that a barge flying a distress signal had been seen by the coastguard about three miles east of Reculvers.
The motor life-boat Lord...
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 2.45 on the morning of the 8th of June, 1955, thdockmaster rang up to say that the Isle of Man steamer Fiona's Isle had collided with the local fishing boat Ludo while leaving Fleet wood. The Ludo sank, and the...
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire.—At 12.33 early on the morning of the 13th of September, 1955, the Formby coast- guard telephoned that the M.V. Alba, of Genoa, which had broken down on the 12th and had been towed by a tug to a position...
Cromer, Norfolk.—About 10.45 on the morning of the 28th of September, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the Humber radio station that the S.S.
Moorwood, of London, had asked if the...
Workington, Cumberland.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 10th of January, 1956, the Walney Island coastguard rang up to say that the skipper of a fishing boat had come in from sea atWhitehaven and had stated that he had been towing the fishing...
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At half past one in the afternoon on the 17th of December, 1949, the Walton-on- Naze coastguard telephoned that a sailing barge appeared to be in diffi- culties near the Cork Sand and that the Cork Lightvessel was...