Redcar, Yorkshire.—At two o'clock in the afternoon of the 4th of June, 1949, the life-boat Louisa Polden was launched for exercise in a west-north- west wind, with a swell, and saw the Hartlepool yacht Kittiwake passing, bound for Whitby...
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties off the Little Orme. Shortly afterwards the yacht...
Margate, Kent.—At about 4.30 P.M.
on the 29th May, 1938, the coastguard reported that a motor yacht was ashore on the north part of Margate Sands.
The weather was squally, with a southerly wind and a rough...
Eastbourne, Sussex - At 4.44 p.m. on I2th July, 1966, a yacht with one man on board was reported in difficulties four miles south-east of Beachy Head. A small coaster was standing by the boat. There was a gale from the south-west with a...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 12.5 on the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a boat had been reported appar- ently in distress off the Cliff Hotel, Holland-on-Sea. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was...
Crowded hour THE OUTBOARD ENGINE of an inflatable dinghy broke down just as she was clearing Shoreham Harbour eastern breakwater on the afternoon of Sunday, August 1. A message came from HM Coastguard at 1521, saying that the dinghy, with...
15th May.
A yacht had been reported to be ashore on the Sunk Sands, but could not be found.—Rewards, £10 11s..
Donaghadee, Co. Down. — 28th August.
A motor yacht caught fire and foundered, but the crew got ashore in a small boat.—Rewards, £8 18s. 6d..
Weymouth, Dorset.—19th April. A small yacht had stranded on the breakwater, but was towed off by a motor launch.—Rewards, £8 15s..
Ramsgate, Kent. — 18th September, 1938. A trawler reported having seen a sailing yacht in difficulties, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £13 4s. 6d..