NEWHAVEN.—On the 3rd January last, a dismasted vessel having been seen off the harbour, the Life-boat Michael Henry proceeded out to her. The wind was blowing moderately from W.S.W. and a heavy sea was running. On arriving at the vessel it...
Dover, Kent.—At 9.4 on the morning of the 26th of May, 1957, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties a quarter of a mile off Shakespeare Cliff. The coxswain put out in his own boat to investigate,...
GROUNDED CREW A red flare sighted in the vicinity of the Bernbridge Ledge buoy on 14th June, 1971, led to the Bembridge, Isle of Wight, life-boat the Jack Shayler and the Lees being launched at 11.40 p.m.
in an east north...
On the 27th November a boat with four men in her was upset in the entrance to Teignmouth harbour, when attempting to board a vessel coming in.
One man succeeded in getting on board the ship, but the boat herself, with two...
Penlee, Cornwall. At 6.50 on the morning of the 12th of September, 1959, the port medical officer at Penzance informed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the motor vessel San Blas of Stockholm was ill and needed medical...
Simon Crayfourd, from Sydney, working as an exchange lifeguard at Perran Sands beach, Cornwall *See page 19 for an account of Simon's involvement in the rescue of a young girl. - View image in PDF
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Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 4.35 on the afternoon of the 29th of August, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a bather was being washed out to sea off Winthorpe Avenue, north of Skeg- ness pier. At five o'clock the life- boat The Cuttle...
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 4.10 in the afternoon of the 3rd of December, 1949, the life-boat coxswain saw a motor boat drifting down the river Tay. There • was a man on board, waving his jacket. At 4.18 the life- boat Mono was launched in a...
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 11.50 on the morning of the 20th of January, 1955, the Commissioners of Irish Lights reported that the father of the fog signalman on the Black- water lightvessel had died in Wexford and asked if the...
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 1.27 early on the morning of the 30th of July, 1956, the Senior Naval Officer, Northern Ireland, asked if the life-boat would stand by a motor minesweeper which had hove to in bad weather three miles...