Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.10 in the evening of the 17th of March, 1948, information was received from the har- bour watch-house that a vessel was burning red flares, south of Newhaven Breakwater, and at 8.25 the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian...
Southend-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—Beginning on the evening of the 31st of January, 1953, floods inun- dated areas in the east of England to an extent unknown in this country in living memory. The Southend-on- Sea life-boat was...
MAY 12TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 3.10 A . M . the Tynemouth coastguard reported that a vessel was in distress off Souter Point, and the motor life-boat Westmorland was launched at 3.30 A.M. A fresh N.N.E. wind...
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Padstow, Cornwall.—Early in the morning of the 19th January, 1938, the coastguard reported a boat near Stepper Point in a dangerous position. A moderate westerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell. Flares of distress were seen later and...
Exmouth, Devon.—At 9.30 on the night of the 28th of September, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that three red flares had been seen eight to ten miles south of Lyme Regis, and that an R.A.F. rescue launch was putting out to search. At 9.48...
SEPTEMBER 13TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
At eleven in the morning news was received that a man and two women who had left harbour the previous day in the auxiliary sailing boat Annie, were thought to be on Lady Isle.
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Plymouth, Devon - At 10.10 p.m. on ist April, 1967, a yacht was reported to be in difficulties inshore and dangerously close to rocks near the Royal Western yacht club. She appeared to be trying, without success, to pick up a mooring.The...
APRIL 2 9TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 10.50 A.M. the lighthouse reported a partly submerged ship’s boat about one and a half miles to the south-west, and the motor life-boat Mary Stanford was launched at 11 A.M. An easterly breeze was...
A NEW Life-boat Station has been formed at St. Abbs (Berwickshire), the Life-boat being of the Watson type, 38 ft. by 10 ft., with motor installation.
The Life-boats at the following Stations have recently been replaced by...
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