Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—While the motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was at sea on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1938, for her monthly exercise, she received a signal from the coastguard that a yacht was in a dangerous position...
Walmer, Kent.—At 12.10 A.M. on the 26th May, 1939, a message was received from the South Goodwin Light-vessel through the Deal coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the sands to the N.E. by E. A N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At five o'clock on the morning of the 4th ofNovember, 1957, the skipper of the large keel boat Brilliant Star reported on returning to harbour that the weather was worsening rapidly and the fishing coble Premier...
MOTOR CRUISER TAKEN IN TOW Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.25 on the afternoon of the 28th October, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a small boat was burning red flares three quarters of a mile off Jay wick. The life-boat Sir...
FITTER PUT ABOARD MOTOR TRAWLER Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 17th November, 1962, a message was received that the motor trawler Heather George, of Swansea, had broken down and had anchored half a...
OWNER'S GRATITUDE Dungeness, Kent. At 11.30 a.m. on 15th October, 1963, a man informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had fired two flares 150 yards off shore between Galloways and Dungeness. The life-boat Mabel E. Holland was...
Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 5th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the fishing boat May Blossom was in difficulties four miles south-west of Barmouth, and at 3.45 the life-boat The Chieftain...
Hastings, Sussex. On the afternoon of the 2nd July, 1961, while the Hastings regatta was taking place, news was received that a small dinghy belonging to the local angling association was lying some distance off shore and mak- ing no headway...
TOWED BY TANKER At 11.40 a.m. on 6th September, 1964, the coxswain was informed that a tanker had taken a drifting yacht in tow two miles east of Greystones. The two members of her crew had been taken aboard while, with the yacht in tow, the...
OCTOBER 19TH. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
At 10.31 P .M. information was received, through the coastguard, that the coastwatching post at Kennack had seen an aeroplane crash into the sea in Kennack Bay, and in eight minutes the...