Workington, Cumberland. — At 7.50 in the evening of the 21st of June, 1952, a report was received through the coastguard that a boat was in dis- tress about three miles north-east of Whitehaven, and at 8.15 the life-boat N.T. was launched....
Barra Island, Hebrides.—During the night of the 31st October, 1938, a whole south-westerly gale sprang up, and the steamer Kyle Rona, of Glasgow, which was at anchor in the bay, lost one of her anchors and was in danger of being driven on...
OLD WARSHIP ADRIFT Holynead, Anglesey.—At 9.5 in the morning of the 24th of March, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that an SOS had been picked up by Seaforth and Plymouth Wireless Stations giving a bearing six miles south-west of...
LOBSTER BOAT'S CREW LOST Dunmore East, Co. Watcrford.—On the morning of the 2nd of May, 1947, news was received from Brownstown Head by the civic guard that a lobster fishing boat had not been heard of since seven o'clock the...
RADIO INVICTA Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.5 p.m. on 28th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that one of the personnel of Radio Invicta, a wireless transmitting station on Redsand Towers, had badly injured a foot and...
DRIFTING BROADSIDE Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 1.36 p.m. on gth July, 1964, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a yacht two miles south-west by south of the coastguard look-out was dismasted. There was a fresh westerly breeze with...
MOTOR LAUNCH TAKEN IN TOW Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 31st July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor launch had broken down and was drifting out to sea a mile east-by-south of Penmon...
DUTCH VESSEL TOWED OFF ROCKS IN GALE Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 11.45 on the morning of the 9th December, 1962, the honorary secretary was informed that the motor vessel Unitas of Groningen was in difficulties at Kincasslagh Bay. She had...
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 11.15 on the night of the 4th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Inga of Helsingborg, Sweden, was anchored in Branahuie Bay three miles from Stornoway and had a very...
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 11.24 on the morning of the 28th of March, 1959, the coxswain was informed that two boats, which were drifting towards Dinas Head, appeared to be in diffi- culties as their occupants were waving frantically. The...