Filey, Yorkshire.—At noon on the 3rd of February, 1955, the coxswain re- ported that the local fishing coble Catherine and Ann was at sea. The weather was becoming worse, and at 12.15 the life-boat The Isa & Pennjn Milsted was launched...
Shortly after noon on the 30th October a telephone message was received stating that a ship was showing signals of distress in Bhos Bay. The assembly signal was fired for the crew of the Life- boat, and the boat Theodore Price was promptly...
The lions of Trafalgar stand guard as volunteers and supporters man the displays and collect cash {above) while Stanley Potter aka Stormy Stan fteftl looks after the children.. - View image in PDF
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New Quay,Cardiganshire.—At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 18th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a boat was reported in difficulties be- tween five and six miles north-east of New Quay. There was a shirt flying from her mast-head...
On the following night, while the schooner Esther Ann, of Belfast, bound from Dublin for Wexford with a cargo of wheat, was attempting to beat up Dublin river during rough threatening weather, her top-sail split as she was passing the North...
Gampbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 9.5 on the morning of the 28th of February, 1955, the Southend coastguard tele- phoned that an ex-coastguardsman at Feorlin had reported that two ex- hausted men from the fishing boat Girl Ann, of Fraserburgh,...
On the 6th September the fishing boat Sarah Ann, of Hoylake, returning from the fishing grounds, ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank. As the weather was threatening, it was decided to take out the Life-boat Admiral Briggs, and at 7.35 P.M....
During a moderate W.N.W. gale and rough sea j on the 8th April the sprit sail barge I Mary Ann, of Rochester, stranded on the North East Buxey Sands, and the Motor Life-boat Albert Edward was dispatched to the assistance of those on...
In a mode- rate gale with a heavy sea and a strong surf, on the 28th January, the ketch Sarah Ann, of Liverpool, bound from Port Colman to Beaumaris in ballast, became unmanageable, and the master, fearing he could not reach Holyhead in...
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 27th of November, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Margaret Ann was at sea. There was a strong north-easterly wind with a rough sea,...