Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1960, the coastguard asked the honorary secretary for the use of the life-boat to take a doctor to a sick woman on Bardsey Island. The life- boat...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - At 1.29 a.m. on 14th April, 1968, the honorary secretary learnt that there was a sick man on board the Cross Sands lightvessel. The lifeboat Khami with a doctor on board slipped her moorings at 2 o'...
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DONATION MADE Dunbar, East Lothian. At 840 p.m.
on I5th June, 1965, a member of the public told the coxswain that a catamaran had capsized about 300/400 yards off the harbour entrance. The life-boat Margaret put out at 8.51...
TEIGNMOITTH.— The Arnold Life-boat put off at 11 P.M. on the 18th December to the assistance of the fishing-smack lona, which had not returned to Harbour, the weather being thick, the wind freshening, and the sea becoming very rough with a...
JULY 21ST. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. A canoe with two boys was missing from Groomsport and the life-boat searched with the help of searchlights from shore batteries, but found nothing. - Rewards, £8 18s. 6d.
While a strong gale was blowing from the S., accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the night of the 5th October, signals of distress were shown by the schooner Mary and Martha, bound from Queensferry for Dundalk, laden with bricks, which had...
At 2.52 p.m. on 23rd June, 1967, a message was received that a naval vessel was on fire off the Cock of Arran. An amended position of the casualty was given as between Skipness Point and Lochranza. The life-boat City of Glasgow II slipped...
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 6.10 in the evening of the 29th of November, 1949, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Rosemary was overdue. The life-boat Herbert Joy II was therefore launched at 6.20 in a smooth...
JULY 28TH. - GALWAY BAY. A flying boat was overdue, but was later sighted in Clew Bay. The life-boat went as far as Cleggan, but returned on learning that the flying boat had been located. - Rewards, £15..