Hastings crew were out on service in reserve lifeboat Jane Hay on September 27, 1974. In a force 10 wind they rescued three men from FV Simon Peter; Jane Hay is seen here returning to the shelter of the harbour arm with the men... - View image in PDF
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Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—-At 1.20 P.M.
on the 30th July, 1939, a man reported to the life-boat coxswain that the motor fishing boat Point Girl, of Ballycotton, which was out with anglers, was flying a distress signal about...
MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.—A signal of distress was seen in Moelfre Bay during a storm from the S., at about 2 P.M. on the 24th January. The Lady Vivian Life- boat put off, and found that the signal was shown by the smack Frens, of Beaumaris, bound...
Sergeant F J Tobin of the Irish Free State Civic Guard Awarded The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed On Vellum. - View image in PDF
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King, smuggler, lifeboat hero – what do you know about your ancestors?
We’ve enlisted genealogist Laura Berry to give you seven easy ways to discover your family history
Imagine you’re a detective, with clues...
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During a strong S.S.W. gale on the 17th February, the schooner Proba, of Bideford, whilst bound from Charlestown to London with a cargo of china clay stranded on the Brake Sands. Information of the casualty reached North Deal at 9.45 A.M.,...
Regular customers of the Brewery Shades pub, Crawley, raised £89 by dropping coins and notes behind a glass screen in the bar.
A competition to guess how much was behind the screen was won by Rufus, a dog.
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It’s Saturday 14 June, the day before Father’s Day. A gentle swell is building off Redcar, Cleveland. Two boats, each carrying a father and son, are out on fishing trips. The crew of one vessel will soon owe the other their...
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UNTIL the beginning of the present century Bradford may be described as a place of no importance, though supplied by nature with every requisite to make it what it has now become, a town of the first magnitude. It is situated in the West...
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ATTEMPTING TO SALVE A DUTCH STEAMER The Humber, and Bridlington, Yorkshire.
—At about 10.30 in the morning of February 21st, 1947, the master of the motor vessel Vrede, of Rotterdam, which had gone ashore four miles...