Clovelly, Devon.—Shortly before halfpast eight in the morning of the 14th March the Hartland Point coastguard telephoned that a small cabin cruiser was flying what appeared to be a large red flag, and was drifting S.W. two miles from...
At 5.25 p.m. on 3oth August, 1965, the police at Withernsea reported that a small vessel was firing red flares one and a half miles east of Withernsea. There was a moderate to fresh westerly wind and a slight sea. The life-boat City of...
Peterhead: Very strong winds and heavy seas were experienced in the Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, area during January this year. On Sunday January 22 the 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat James and Mariska Joicey launched at 0248 to stand by an oil... - View image in PDF
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Peterhead: Very strong winds and heavy seas were experienced in the Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, area during January this year. On Sunday January 22 the 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat James and Mariska Joicey launched at 0248 to stand by an oil...
One of the most outstanding lifeboat rescues of all time was carried out by Ballycotton lifeboat in 1936. The Daunt Rock lightship was torn from her moorings in a February gale. Coxswain Patrick Sliney and the crew of Ballycotton's 51ft...
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Sick seaman saved THE 18,000 TON GREEK tanker Kithnos was heading north of the Humber light vessel at 0418 on January 15,1987 when one of her crew was reported to be suffering from a severe nosebleed, requiring medical...
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SAFETY RULES A skipper whose 60-foot motor yawl rammed a 12-foot sailing dinghy, shipwrecking the latter crew, was fined £2 in January for careless navigating in Chichester harbour. The defendant had pleaded guilty to navigating a...
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CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—A small yacht, the Luffra, of Douglas, was reported to be in distress and quite unmanageable off Santon Head while a whole gale was blowing from N.E. with a very heavy sea, on the 29th May. The Life-boat...
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 5.23 in the morning of the 29th of April, 1948, the coastguard reported that a rubber dinghy, believed to have two people on board, could be seen two miles to the north-east. The motor life-boat Michael Stephens...