Longhope, Orkneys.—At 7.45 on the evening of the 21st of May, 1955, the principal keeper of the Cantick Head lighthouse reported that the local motor vawl Shirma, laden with lobster pots and carrying a crew of two, had broken down. He later...
MARCH 11TH. - ARBROATH, AND BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. An R.N.A.S. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found except two wheels, one by the Arbroath life-boat and one by an R.A.F. launch. - Rewards : Arbroath, £16...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.26 on the night of the 7th November, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a small boat was trapped under the north pier and that cries for help had been heard by the...
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 6.30 on the evening of the 25th of August, 1957, the harbour authorities reported that a fishing vessel was anchored in a dangerous position about one mile outside the harbour. The life-boat Howard Marri/at...
Ramsgate, Kent. — During the after- noon of the 6th of June, 1949, the honorary secretary had under observa- tion a sailing yawl cruising near the Brake Sands. In the evening she arrived off Ramsgate Harbour, but was carried eastwards with...
AUGUST 12TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 11 A.M. the life-boat crew were at the Town Hall, where a picture of the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk was being presented to them, when an an-raid alarm was sounded.
The crew made...