At 6.30 P.M. on the 18th May the fishing-boat St. Bridget, of Ballinagoul, whilst returning from Dungarvan, ran on to the rocks near Ballinacourty Light- house, in a squall of rain. As the four men on board were in danger, the Life- boat...
MOTOR BOAT BREAKS DOWN ON FISHING TRIP Bally cotton, Co. Cork. At 7.30 on the evening of the 16th September, 1962, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that a visitor had reported that a boat was burning flares off Ballycotton....
Llanddulas, NORTH WALES,—On the same morning (14th May), the brigantine St. Olaf, of and from Mandal, Norway, laden with pit-props, for Connah's Quay, near Chester, capsized when about three miles out at sea, off Llanddulas, and her crew...
ON THE ROCKS Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.
At 5.30 a.m. on 23rd October, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the m.v. St. Trillo was aground six miles south-west of Porthdinllaen. There was a strong...
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—About 4.0 on the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1951, the skipper of the steam trawler St. Philip, of Fleetwood, asked for help to refloat his ship, which had run on the rocks west of Castlebay pier. At 4.15 the...
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 7.15 on the evening of the 12th of January, 1961, flares were seen north-north-east of Arklow. There was a moderate south- south-westerly wind with a correspond- ing sea, and the tide was ebbing. At 7.30 the life-boat...
.—At 3.15 P.M. on the 18th March a French cargo steamer, named the St. Malo, and belonging to St. Nazaire, struck the bar when leaving the harbour, and knocked round broad- side to the sea. The Life-boat Michael Henry was sent to her...
At 2 A.M. on the 17th March signals for assistance were seen from a schooner at anchor in the bay. A strong N.N.W. gale was blowing at the time, accompanied by a moderate sea, and without loss of time the Life-boat James Stevens No. 10 was...
THORPENESS, SUFFOLK.—The Life-boat Christopher North Graham was called out on service on the morning of the llth October, while a moderate gale was blowing from the S.W., accompanied by a heavy sea. The boat was launched at 6.30, and half-an...