Angle, Pembrokeshire. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 25th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cargo ship was on fire five miles off St. Anne's Head.
The weather was foggy with a...
Redcar, Yorks. At 6.55 p.m. on July, 1964, the coastguard told the lifeboat crew that three people were cut off by the tide on West Scar rocks. At 7 p.m.
the inshore rescue boat launched in a slight westerly breeze and calm...
Inavery light wind on the 19th March a small coble—the Grace Darling, of Burnmouth —was seen off Eyemouth. She had been warned not to attempt to enter Burnmouth Harbour on account of the sea, and was obliged, therefoi'e, to take the...
On the 13th July the motor boat ex-Bacchus, while on passage from Burnham-on-Crouch to Southend-on-Sea, with a woman and two men aboard, ran out of petrol off West Shoebury buoy and began to drift helplessly. A moderate W. breeze was blowing...
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 6.23 on the evening of the 7th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small yacht was in diffi- culties off Ramrose Head. The life- boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) put out at...
Recovery ofClogher Head's 35' 6" Liverpool lifeboat, Thomas Corbett. She has been beached, turned and then recarriaged. The tractor has been attached and all is ready for towing up the beach to the... - View image in PDF
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SEPT. 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT, AND SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Leysdown. The Margate life-boat was launched just after eleven at night in a thick fog and reached Leysdown two hours and twenty...
On the night of the 8th November, the sloop Loftus, of Pad- stow, in entering that port, was compelled to anchor in Hell Bay, exposed to a strong westerly wind and heavy sea. At daylight she was discovered from the shore with a flag of...
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 2nd of June, 1957, the piermaster telephoned to say that a motor cruiser was in a very dangerous position off the end of Brean Down and needed help. The life-boat Frank and...
Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire.—Early in the afternoon of the 16th March the auxiliary yacht Chantecler, of Lytham, broke away from her moorings. A strong east breeze was blowing, with amoderate sea. As no one was on board the yacht, the motor...