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...
FEBRUARY 6TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. At 8 A.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore on Forewick Holm, Papa Stour.
A moderate southerly gale was blowing, with a rough and increasing sea, and it was snowing. The motor...
Following the assistance given by the Bembridge life-boat to H.M.S. Submarine Alliance after she had grounded in January, 1968, Admiral Sir John Frewen, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, wrote to the Institution: 'I should like to...
Category: Correspondence
MARCH 17TH. - PORT ST. MARY, AND DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. A steamer had stranded, near Fort Island, Isle of Man, but the crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards : Port St. Mary, £25 8s. 9d. ;...
Mabel E. Holland in the ice during her four-year round-the-world voyage.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dinghy capsized A SMALL SAILING DINGHY capsized by the Mulberry harbour, Littlestone, was reported to Dover Coastguard at 1103 on Saturday September 6, 1980. Her crew, two young boys, were signalling for help and it was later learned that...
Meet the men and women flying the lifesaving flag on the Isle of Man 190 years on ...
Norman Quillin
Ex-Coxswain/Mechanic, Port St Mary<...
Category: Articles
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to August 31st, 1953 ....
78,333 The Thirty-first of January: A Day of...
Category: Services
(Left) Some of the survivors of Portrush, Northern Ire/and, raft race at the finishing line. The race, paddled in cold, blustery weather on May 28 by more than 60 competitors from all over the Province, raised a fine £5,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Moorings parted PENTLAND COASTGUARD telephoned the honorary secretary of Kirkwall lifeboat station at 0915 on Sunday January 22, 1984, to report that the 16-ton fishing vessel Benachie had parted her moorings and gone on to the beach on the...