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Mannin

Date: October 1939

Volume: 31

Issue: 339

Douglas, Isle of Man.—On the afternoon of the 20th March, 1939, a whole gale sprang up from the N.W., bringing with it a heavy sea. A watch was kept for the local fishing smack Mannin, which was at sea. As nothing had been seen of her by 3 P...

A Trimaran

Date: December 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 402

HOW A TRIMARAN WAS SAVED At 3.14 on the afternoon of the 21st July, 1962; the Lowestoft, Suffolk, lifeboat was launched to the help of a trimaran. An eye-witness account of this service appears on page 349..

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Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

Exmouth, Devon - At 2.40 a.m. on igth May, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was lying injured at the foot of the cliffs between Otter and Brandy Head, near Budleigh Salterton, and he could not be reached from the...

Ros Airgead

Date: March 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 395

Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 8.15 on the morning of the 16th of December, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed by Valentia radio station that the trawler Ros Airgead was drifting five miles west of Bray Head with a defective fuel pipe, and...

Past Times (2)

Date: Spring 2006

Volume: 60

Issue: 576

Man overboard The dangers of the sea were tragically demonstrated on 18 March 2006 when David Clear was washed off his yacht, Past Times, off St Aldhelm's Head near Swanage, Dorset. His inexperienced crew member made a Mayday call but...

Audrey

Date: December 1949

Volume: 32

Issue: 352

Poole and Bournemouth, Dorsetshire.— At eight o'clock in the evening of the 4th of September, 1949, the South bourne coastguard reported that a small vessel was on fire near Poole harbour entrance.

At 8.5 the life-boat...

New Inshore Rescue Boat Off Littlehampton

Date: June 1963

Volume: 37

Issue: 404

New Inshore Rescue Boat Off Littlehampton. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Sea Clipper

Date: September 1959

Volume: 35

Issue: 389

Ramsgate, Kent. At 2.37 on the morning of the 12th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht in tow of the German steamer Helios, which was twenty-four miles east of Ramsgate, needed the help of a life-boat....

Dolphin

Date: October 1949

Volume: 32

Issue: 351

Margate, Kent.—At 1.5 in the after- noon of the 5th of June, 1949, the coastguard telephoned information re- ceived from Herne Bay that a motoryacht was ashore on the Hook Sand- bank flying a distress signal, and the life-boat Lord...

Richmond Castle

Date: December 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 414

ENGINEER INJURED St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 10.55 a.m. on igth August, 1965, news came that the motor vessel Richmond Castle had an injured man on board and had requested medical help. Her position at one o'clock would be eleven...