AUGUST 10TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. Shortly after 3 P .M. a s m a l l yacht about three miles east of the harbour was seen trying to beat into harbour against westerly gale and a rough sea. She was kept in view by the life-boat...
Penlee, Cornwall. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 12th December, 1961, the port medical officer informed the honorary secretary that a seventeen- year-old apprentice on board the tanker Border Falcon of Newcastle was ill and...
Several fishing boats went to sea early on the morning of the 21st February, and by noon all of tibem except the motor fishing boats Fortwnatus and Pilot Me had returned to harbour. Later a moderate N.N.E.
gale sprang up,...
Swanage, Dorset. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 31st of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a helicopter had seen a yacht flying a red flag five miles south-south-west of Anvil Point. A fishing...
OCTOBER 21ST. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 2.30 in the morning the life-boat coxswain was out fishing and saw the schooner Trinite', of Gothenburg, ashore on the west point of Brims Ness. She made distress signals, and...
FEBRUARY 3 RD. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 8.35 A.M. a fisherman reported that two ships were being attacked by enemy aircraft. This was confirmed by the coastguard. A light breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 8.45 A.M. the motor...
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On the 19th September four fishing boats which had left har- bour early in the morning were seen to be in trouble five or six miles north of the harbour. A moderate S.S.E. gale had sprung up, bringing a rough sea and heavy rain. The motor...
Newbiggin, Blyth, Amble and Tynemouth, Northumberland - On 5th August, 1966, life-boats from these stations carried out a search for the missing fishing coble Eventide whose crew of three - a father and two sons - were all at some time...
KILMORE, Co. WEXFORD.—On the 2nd January 1900 the Life-boat John Robert was launched at 1.45 A.M., rockets and guns having been fired from the Barrels Rock Light-vessel. A light S.E. wind was blowing at the time, the sea was moderate and the...