Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1952, the Foreland coast- guard telephoned that a sailing yacht was in distress two miles south-east of the look-out hut, near the Princessa Buoy. Ten...
Weymouth, Dorset.—-At 4.40 in the afternoon of the 30th of November, 1951, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that a fifteen ton auxiliary yacht was flashing SOS signals three miles west of Portland Bill. The sea was rough, with a fresh...
TOW FOR YACHT WITH THREE ABOARD Dungeness, Kent. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 16th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulty off the power station. The life-boat Mabel...
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire - At 10.5 a.m. on 13th October, 1968, the coastguard reported that a flare had been seen off Sully island. The lifeboat Rachel and Mary Evans was launched at 10.15 in a south westerly gale with a rough sea. The...
Newhaven, Sussex. At 6.28 p.m. on 6th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen off the Martello tower at Seaford. There was a moderate south-westerly breeze with a corresponding sea. The tide was...
At 2.19 a.m. on I3th July, 1966, a red flare had been reported about three miles offshore in an easterly direction. The lifeboat Edian Courtauld left her moorings at 2.45 in a fresh westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was one hour after low...
Fire at sea 'Very competently handled,' was the verdict of Portpatrick's honorary secretary after his crew put out a blaze aboard the yacht Roimbahn.
with three men and two dogs aboard, on 24...
Dover: On Saturday September 10, 1983, a day of north-westerly gales and rough seas, Dover's 50ft Thames lifeboat Rotary Service, under the command of Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony Hawkins, was just returning to harbour from one... - View image in PDF
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YACHT POUNDED AGAINST HARBOUR WALL Dover, Kent. At 1.25 on the afternoon of the 19th May, 1962, the eastern arm signal station informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Marie Hendrika was drifting into the full force of a westsouth-...
EMPTY YACHT TOWED TO QUAY Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 19th June, 1962, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a yacht had broken adrift from her moorings at Knott End and was being carried out across...