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A telephone mes- sage was received about 9.15 A.M. on the 13th November, stating that a small yacht was riding off Winspit, about a mile to the east of St. Alban's Head, with a man on board and that the Life- boat was wanted. A whole N...
Dover, Kent.—At 1.30 in the after- noon of the 8th of April, 1950, the life- boat mechanic saw a rowing boat in the outer harbour in need of help.
At 1.40 the life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, left her...
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 12.2 p.m. on 2ist September, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized in Newton Bay and that two people were believed to be on board. At 12.5 the IRB...
YACHT TOWED CLEAR IN GALE Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.55 on the evening of the llth August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had gone aground some thirty or forty yards off St. Osyth beach. Of her crew of...
Lifeboatmen transferred to Belgian yacht in gale and heavy seas A joint service by Southwold's Atlantic 21 class lifeboat Quiver and Lowestoft's Tyne Spirit of Lowestoft has won two lifeboatmen framed letters of thanks from the...
AUGUST 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 9.12 at night the Ramsgate coastguard reported a sailing yacht aground on the Goodwin Sands. A light west-south-west breeze was blowing and the sea was calm.
At 9.20 the motor life-boat...
JUNE 18TH. - DUNGENESS. KENT. An Admiralty yacht’s engine had broken down, but her crew were able to repair it. - Rewards, £10 17s. 6d..
19 June: When this eye-catching yacht ran aground with one person aboard, Aldeburgh’s D class lifeboat Christine and Mersey class lifeboat Freddie Cooper had a job to do. It was just after midnight. The yacht was...
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JULY 29TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 1.56 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported red flares five miles south-south-east of Leathercoats. A moderate south-south-west gale was blowing and the sea was rough.
The motor life-boat,...