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An Aeroplane (78)
OCTOBER 12TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
At 12.39 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea 3 1/2 miles S.W. of Towan Head, and the motor life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was launched at...
Going Alongside and Survivor Recovery
WHEN A LIFEBOAT reaches a vessel in distress in gale or storm force winds she has come to the heart of her problem; how best the people on board may be brought safely to shore. Can she go alongside and take off the survivors. Or is there a...
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Apollo
The steam trawler Apollo of Sandefjord, Norway, was reported ashore on the Middle Barber Sands during thick weather on the 21st January. The No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was launched to her assistance and found the vessel riding with her...
Firefly II
SPEEDBOAT BROKEN DOWN IN HEAVY SWELL Newhaven, Sussex.—At 12.50 in the afternoon of the 14th of September, 1947, the coastguard reported that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties off Saltdean and that persons aboard were waving. The...
Millicent
On the after- noon of the 19th November the coast- guard telephoned that the local fishing boat Millicent, with three men on board, had been out for twelve hours, and some anxiety was felt for her safety. A moderate north wind was blowing,...
P.N. 143
Lytham-Sl. Anne's, Lancashire.—At 8.50 on the evening of the 6th of July, 1957, a message was received that a small motor boat had been seen drift- ing eastwards down the Ribble estuary with her engine broken down. The life-boat Sarah...
The Motor Boats Morning Star and Fame
Whitehills, Banffshire.—At 6.22 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say a small boat had broken down and needed help two miles north-west of Banff. The life-boat St. Andrew (Civil Service No. 10) was...
Sally
TOW FOR TUG AFTER ENGINE BREAKS DOWN Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 9.35 on the morning of the 4th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tug Sally of Rochester, which had a crew of two and was bound for Swansea,...
The Fishing Trawler Rosebud
Newcastle, Co. Down. At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 1st of January1959, a passing motorist told the motor mechanic that a fishing trawler anchored off Mullartown Point was burning distress flares. At 3.40 the life-boat William and Laura...
A Motor Boat (1)
Newcastle, Co. Down - At 12.10 p.m.
on 13th July, 1966, news was received that a motor boat, which had been trying to take another in tow, had had to leave the casualty apparently broken down and drifting two miles south of...