SEPTEMBER 27TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 5.25 P.M. the coastguard reported that a German aeroplane was in the sea a quarter of a mile S.W. of the bathing pool at St.
Leonards, and that another had crashed in...
MCH. 11TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARseaplane.
VONSHIRE. The life-boat motor mechanic saw a sailing yacht which appeared to be in difficulties about three miles S.E. of the lifeboathouse.
A moderate N.N.W. gale...
OCTOBER 29TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT.
At about 10 P.M. a message was received from Ross Lighthouse that a vessel was showing distress flares north of Ross Island. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor...
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In response to Christopher Hansen’s comment last issue, please do not give up the lifeboat launchings summary. You can’t possibly feature more than a very few high-profile rescues in...
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Fire Aboard by FRANK RUSHBROOK (The Technical Press, 1961) is a most comprehensive work by a man who first became a fireman in 1938 and has since held a number of responsible posts concerned with the task of fire...
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Stolen Yacht A YACHT was seen to be in difficulty just outside New Quay harbour, Cardiganshire, one-and-a-half miles from the station on a bearing of 070° on Wednesday, September 19, 1973. Within ten minutes, at 9.35 a.m., the lifeboat,...
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Ramsgate, Kent - At 12.40 p.m. on 3rd August, 1966, a yacht with engine trouble was seen dragging her anchor off East pier. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings at 12.47 m a gale force south westerly wind and a very rough...