Valentia Co. Kerry - At 1.15 a.m. on 22nd December, 1968, Valentia radio station told the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Sea Flower of Castletownbere was in distress in the Ardgroon harbour area. Maroonswere fired at 1.20. There was a...
KINGSTOWN.—The barque Loch Fergus, of Liverpool, bound from Glasgow for Brisbane with a general cargo, stranded in Killiney Bay in thick weather, moderate gale from S.E. and a rough sea, on the morning of the 6th February. A tug attempted to...
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 10.50 on the night of the 30th of July, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that shouts for help could be heard from the wreck-marker buoy in Ox- wich Bay. At 11.5 the life-boat William Gammon—Manchester and...
QUEENSTOWN. —A telegram was received from the officer of Coastguard at Ballycroneen, at about 3 A.M. on the 4th March, stating that a vessel was displaying signals of distress off that place. The Quiver Life-boat was speedily despatched to...
FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.—At 8 P.M. on the 4th February the Life-boat Sob Newbon was launched, intelligence having been received from the coastguard that a vessel was aground on the Black Rock. A moderate wind was blowing from E.N.E., and there...
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 11.28 on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1952, the Medical Officer of Health for the Shetlands asked if the life-boat would go to Fair Isle and bring back a man who had appendicitis. The weather was too bad for a...
COXSWAIN'S SONS RESCUED Longhope, and Stromness, Orkneys, and Wick, and Thurso, Caithness- shire. At 5.30 p.m. on I7th December, 1963, the coastguard told the Longhope honorary secretary that red flares had been seen in the Pentland...
On the 13th November the fishing-boat Lucy Jane, which had been out fishing for herrings, got into difficulties when about three miles from Clovelly and was in danger of being swamped. The Life-boat Elinor Boget was launched and suc- ceeded...
YACHT AGROUND At 12.8 p.m. on i3th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was reported aground in heavy seas on the West Barrow sands. No distress signals were seen but, because of a strong south-westerly...
LLANDDWYN, ANGLESEY.—On the 25th June the Life-boat John Gray Bell was launched to the assistance of the schooner Hannah and Joseph, of Liverpool, ashore on Carnarvon bar, which vessel, after some hours' hard work on the part of the...