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Fidget
Yacht sinks in gale THE 30ft yacht. Fidget, of stout construction, was on passage from Gosport to Plymouth on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985, when she hit a huge crest south of Gara Rock, near Salcombe.
Within one...
Surprise
On the 10th June the fishing lugger Surprise, of Lowestoft, which had put to sea the previous day, had not returned, and, as there was a moderate S.W. gale blowing with a rough sea, it was considered advisable to make a search for...
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Rostellecois
Padstow, Cornwall.—Early in the morning of the 19th January, 1938, the coastguard reported a boat near Stepper Point in a dangerous position. A moderate westerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell. Flares of distress were seen later and...
Stornoway's Arun Sir Max Aitken
Stornoway's Arun SirMaxAitken Is pictured from aboard the stranded merchant vessel Golf Star as the lifeboat stands by in worsening weather on 21 October 1995.
The Antiguan registered Golf Star was on passage from... - View image in PDF
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A private resident of Paignton telephoned to the Coastguard on the night of 27th April that he had seen a rocket about three miles east of Paignton Head. He thought that it had been fired from a boat in trouble eastward of a line from Berry...
Major Arthur Thomas Fisher, Honorary Secretary of the Salisbury Branch
Major Arthur Thomas Fisher, .Honorary Secretary of the Salisbury Branch.
WE regret to announce the death of Major A. T. Fisher, who founded the Salisbury Branch in 1910, and had been its Honorary Secretary ever...
Category: Obituaries
Bereby
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO.
DOWN. At 3 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that a ship was ashore at Ringfad Point, Killough, and the motor life-boat L. P. and St. Helen was launched at 3.20 A.M. A S.E.wind was blowing,...
A Boat
Anglers all at sea Three anglers in an ill-equipped 12ft open boat had a lucky escape at Penarth on 28 February 1989 when their anchor started dragging in a Force 7 wind and 8ft to 13ft seas and their outboard engine failed to...
Exercising the Life-Boat
As soon as possible after the arrival of a new Life-boat at her Station an exer- cise is held, preferably in rough weather, in order not only to test her sea-going qualities, but also as a means of giving the crew some experience of the boat...
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