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Svea
Exhausted crew saved at Aldeburgh After 25 hours at sea, the crew of two on the yacht Svea were in real trouble in rough seas near Aldeburgh. The yacht's sails had blown out and the radio was not working. When the Aldeburgh Mersey class...
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AUGUST 8TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 3.20 P . M . information was received from the Beach Manager at Brighton, through the coastguard, that a number of men were marooned on the sea end of the Palace Pier at Brighton. They were unableto...
An Aeroplane (58)
AUGUST 8TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At about 5.15 P.M. an aeroplane was reported by the coastguard down in the sea ten miles S.S.W. from Bembridge Point.
A strong south-westerly wind was blowing, with a very rough sea....
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The Sheringham Lifeboats 1838-2000 By Mick Bensley Price: £35 Published by Bengunn ISBN 0953399818 SHERINGHAM LIFEBOATS U38-JOOO Internationally acclaimed marine artist Mick Bensley brings alive the most notable and daring rescues of...
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The Admiralty Trawler Their Merit
JANUARY 12TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At about 12.25 P.M. the port war signal station reported that the Admiralty trawler Their Merit was aground on the North Beach just north of the harbour entrance, and a tug went out.<...
The S.S. Asteria
MARCH 10TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At 11.30 P.M. on 9th March, the duty naval officer at Ardrossan reported the S.S. Asteria, of Glasgow, ashore on Eagle Rock, off Ardrossan breakwater, and in need of help. She was a vessel of 694 tons gross, in...
Gipsy
JULY 9TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE.
At 1.55 in the afternoon the Preston Corporation house barge telephoned that a vessel had signalled to them that a boat was in distress on the north side of the river, near Wall End...
A Convoy and a Corvette
NOVEMBER 8TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.
At 8.45 at night the coastguard reported a red flare, and a few minutes later the position was given as north-west-by-west, ten miles from Peel. A very strong north-west wind was blowing,...
The Dutch Motor Ship Ooster Haven
DECEMBER 17TH. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.
At 4.20 in the afternoon a call was received from a vessel in distress off Beer Head. A strong south-south-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet...
H.M.S. Rhyl, A Minesweeper
JANUARY 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. During a south-westerly gale with a very rough sea H.M.S. Rhyl, a minesweeper, parted her tow from a tug off Felixstowe.
She anchored, but the anchors dragged and she was drifting...