Margate, Kent.:—At 7.55 on the evening of the 21st of July, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was on Margate Sands. At 8.7 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI, was launched. The sea was rough •with a moderate...
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.0 in the afternoon on the 7th of August, 1951, the Formby coastguard reported that a cutter rigged yacht was off Formby Point. Twenty minutes later he said conditions were bad and her sails had been damaged. At 1...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 6.25 on the evening of the llth of August, 1951, a member of the local life-boat committee telephoned that a yacht taking part in the Fastnet Race had been dismasted west of the North East Shingles Buoy. She was...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 10.31 on the night of the 21st of August, 1951, the signal station made a report.
The yacht Marguerite T., of Lowestoft, had wirelessed that she had broken down and was in a dangerous position...
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 8.15 in the morning of the 13th of September, 1951, the St. Anthony coastguard telephoned that a ship seemed to be in difficulties off Swanpool beach in Falmouth Bay, and at 9.0 the life-boat Crawford and Constance...
Flamborough, Yorkshire. — On the afternoon of the 2nd of November, 1951, two local fishing cobles were at sea in bad weather and the life-boat coxswain felt anxious for their safety.
The weather got worse, and one of the...
At 4.45 AiM. on the 31st July the coastguard telephoned that a yacht near the breakwater light- house was burning distress signals. A moderate W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and the weather was thick.
The motor life...
Southwold, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 20th August the coastguard reported that two motor fishing boats inDunwich Bight which were trying to make Southwold harbour were in danger. A moderate to strong S.S.W breeze was blowing and the sea...
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 6.55 on the evening of the 7th of June, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a cabin cruiser was making very heavy weather five miles south-south-west of Mumbles Head. At 7.10 the life-boat William...
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 8.40 on the evening of the 2nd of November, 1954, the coxswain noticed distress rockets at the entrance to the harbour. At nine o'clock the life-boat A.E.D. put out in an ebbing tide. The sea was rough and a fresh...