DUNGENESS.—The ketch Appledram, of Foole, sprung a leak and foundered on the sand off No. 2 Battery on the 2 ad August, while a moderate gale of wind was blowing. The No. 1 Life-boat, E.A.O.B., was launched at 9.30 A.M., and the Life-boat...
NAIRN.—The fishing-yawl Margaret and Ann was seen in the bay, about five hundred yards east of Nairn harbour, in a critical position, while a gale was blowing from the S.W. and a high sea was running, at about 1 P.M. on the 27th June. She...
During a strong W.S.W. breeze with heavy sea on the 12th August, a man put off in a small rowing-boat, but got into diffi- culties, and was seen drifting with the tide rapidly towards the Gorton Sands.
His signals of...
— The brigantine Lenore, of Eaversham, carrying a crew of six hands, whilst bound to London on the 5th April, got into difficulties near the mouth of Harwich Harbour, owing to a strong easterly gale. Shortly before 5 P.M. she displayed...
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At about 11.25 A.M. on the llth December, 1938, the harbour-master saw the local motor fishing boat Peggy Gordon, with a crew of two, about two miles west of the harbour, flying distress signals. A moderate S.S.E. gale was...
The Newquay life-boat station was established in 1860. Its life-boats have been launched fifty- one times on service and have rescued 103 lives. It has the steepest launching slipway on our coasts, with a gradient of 1 in 2f, and the... - View image in PDF
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Flamborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 16th January a moderate S.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, sleet and rain. A fisherman reported that the local fishing coble Pioneer was at sea, and the No. 1 motor life-boat...
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—Early on the afternoon of the 20th September it was reported that conditions at sea were bad and getting worse, and that the local motor fishing coble Brittania was out. A moderate N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough...
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At about 7 A.M. on the 20th May, 1938, the Staithes fishing fleet put to sea. The weather was fine, but a moderate sea was running. A moderate north breeze sprang up, and the sea became very heavy near Staithes harbour,...
About 10 A.M. on the 26th September, a N.E. breeze increased to gale force, causing the sea to break heavily at the harbour entrance, and making it very dangerous to cross the bar. As the motor fishing boats Enterprise, Rosa, Comfort and...