Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 18th of June, 1958, a message was received from Valentia radio station that the trawler Marie of Waterford needed help half a mile west-north-west of the small Tearaght Rock. At 2.30 the...
Blyth, and Amble, Northumberland.
At 2.50 on the morning of the 26th of June, 1958, the coastguard informed the Blyth honorary secretary that a fisher- man had reported that his two sons, who were out in the coble...
Launch into south-westerly strong gale, force 9, Sunday March 22: Three progressive photographs of Eastbourne lifeboat, the 37ft 6in Rather Duke of Kent, taken by 16-yearold Matthew Hancock as (left) she launched down her slipway into... - View image in PDF
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Newhaven: The Greek MV Georgios of Pireaus sent out a 'mayday' signal on the morning of Thursday January 13 reporting a severe list; she was about 14 miles south of Beachy Head. Winds from west north west were gusting up to near gale...
Blown offshore AT MERSEA ISLAND in the early evening of Sunday September 11, 1983, although the water was smooth off Cooper's Beach, a north-easterly near gale, force 7, was blowing off the shore and the tide was ebbing. At 1724 Thames...
Driven ashore THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Stornoway lifeboat station received a message from HM Coastguard at 0540 on Sunday, August 28, saying that a small foreign vessel, Vieux Copains, had gone aground at Battery Point at Stornoway Bay, one...
Broken steering ON SATURDAY April 28, at 0700, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Port St Mary lifeboat station that a fishing vessel, Anjonika, was disabled 13 miles to the south east. She had been on passage, in ballast, from...
The Lizard - Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 6.48 a.m. on llth September, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a large yacht was firing red flares about two miles south south west of the Lizard West coastguard's look-out....
Moelfre, Anglesey - At 1.25 p.m. on 24th May, 1970, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy was rapidly drifting out to sea about four miles south east of the coastguard lookout. As the IRB was already at sea assisting a capsized yacht...
At 2 p.m. on 20th May, 1970, it was learnt that a yacht in Moelfre sound was unable to make headway against the wind and tide. The IRB was launched at 2.10 in a strong south westerly wind with a rough sea.
It was three...