NOVEMBER 1 7TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
A yacht had broken adrift from a tug which had her in tow, but a fishing vessel brought her in. - Rewards, £12..
JULY 14TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE.
A small yacht had been seen making heavy weather, but was able to go on her way without help. - Rewards, £7 6s. 6d..
Humber, Yorkshire. At 6.25 on the morning of the 20th of September, I960, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a light had been observed flashing off shore south of Withernsea. At 6.38 the life-boat City of Bradford III...
AUG. 31ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A small sailing yacht with two men on board had broken adrift and was being carried out to sea in a dense fog, but when the motor life-boat found her she was safely at anchor and did not need help. -...
Coverack, Cornwall. — 14th August, 1939. A motor yacht was on fire amile E. by N. of Dollar Point, but when the life-boat arrived her crew of five had already taken to their boat and had been picked up by a fishing...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 11.29 a.m. on 29th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the West Barrow sands. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 11.45 in a gentlewesterly breeze...
MAY 17TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, and a minesweeper which had seen the crash found wreckage, but no survivors were found.- Rewards, £16 5s. 6d.
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JUNE 26TH. - MARGATE, KENT. The engine of the Admiralty motor yacht Jinty had broken down and she was dragging her anchor, but her engine started again just as the life-boat was taking her in tow.- Rewards £12 8s..
Surrounded by fellow members, Tom Pearson, Commodore o/Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club, hands a cheque to Colin Nibbs, chairman of Leamington Spa branch, on his left. Miss Julia Johnstone, branch honorary secretary, holds a specially inscribed... - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 11TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A yacht had been reported capsized, several miles north-east of Great Orme’s Head, but nothing was found.
It seemed probable that this was the boat which capsized...