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Steamlight
— On the morning of the 8th January the cox- swain telephoned to the honorary secretary that the local motor fishing boat Streamlight had left harbour early in the morning in company with other fishing boats, but had not returned with...
Fertile
WITHERNSEA.—On the morning of the 1st April intelligence was received that a fishing smack and a large steamer had stranded. A dense fog prevailed at the time and there was a heavy ground swell.
The Life-boat Admiral Sous...
Last-Minute Rescue from Sinking Ship
AT 12.38 early on the morning of the j 2nd of January, 1956, the motor vessel Citrine of Glasgow, a vessel of 779 tons, bound from Llandulas for London with a cargo of limestone and carrying a crew of ten, wirelessed that her fore hatch had...
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Torrish
TOW FOR YACHT IN STRONG GALE Anstruther, Fife. At 5.47 on the morning of the 24th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was drifting two miles south-east-by-south from Fifeness.
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Loreley
HARWICH.—-At noon on the 7th Feb., in answer to a telegram, the Springwtll Life-boat was manned and put off to the rescue of the crew of a vessel ashore on the Shipwash Sand. A strong S.S.E. wind was blowing at the time, and the sea was...
A Fishing Vessel
At 11.22 a.m. on 9th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there had been an explosion on board a fishing vessel. The life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched at 11.38 in a smooth sea. The tide was flooding....
The S.S. Giannoulis Gounaris and the S.S. Lunineach
MAY 2ND. - LYNMOUTH, DEVON. At 7.15 A.M. the Croyde coastguard reported a steamer ashore to the east of Lynmouth. A light easterly wind was blowing, with a smooth sea, and the weather was hazy. The pulling and sailing life-boat Prichard...
The Greek M.V. Georgios
Newhaven: The Greek MV Georgios of Pireaus sent out a 'mayday' signal on the morning of Thursday January 13 reporting a severe list; she was about 14 miles south of Beachy Head. Winds from west north west were gusting up to near gale...
A Vessel (2)
Margate, Kent.—16th September, 1939. A vessel had been reported with a bad list, which was thought to be the result of enemy action, and the lifeboat put out in charge of the bowman, as both the coxswain and second coxswain were at sea...