WEXFORD.— A sudden gale sprung up from the E.N.E., accompanied by snow-showers and a heavy sea, on the morning of the 25th March, and the schooner Perseverance, of Wexford, homeward bound in ballast from Dublin, stranded on Raven Point. The...
A FINE service carried out in an easterly gale resulted in the rescue of all nine people on board a Dutch motor vessel. For this service Coxswain Walter Jonas Oxley, of Walton and Frinton, was awarded the bronze second service clasp for...
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On the 22nd August at 2.40 P.M. the Coastguard ob- served a flat ashore on the East Hoyle Bank with a signal of distress, flying.
The crew of the Life-boat Hannah Fawsett Bennett were promptly assembled and the boat...
THE magnificence and terror of a gale on the rock-bound coasts of Cornwall can scarcely be exaggerated. The long impe- tuous swell of the great Atlantic, flinging itself on the rugged granite cliffs which guard the shores, is by its own...
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SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF THE LONGHOPE LIFEBOATS THE STORY OF THE FLEETWOOD LIFEBOATS Written and published by Jeff Morris Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society Jeff Morris is by now well-known for his...
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The first of May 2002 was a very special day for the RNLI, Falmouth lifeboat station and the county of Cornwall. Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, started her Golden Jubilee tour of Great Britain in Cornwall and...
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ABERSOCH, CARNARVONSHIRE.—Signals of distress were shown by the yacht Atalanta, of Abersoch, which was dragging her anchors in St. Tadwall's Roads, while a moderate gale was blowing from S.W., accompanied by a rough sea and thick weather...
On the 17th September the French schooner Goeland, of Paimpol, was in distress in a strong gale, with a very heavy sea, and the motor life-boat Prince David rescued the crew of six.—Rewards, silver medal, bronze medals, thanks of the...
FOR the rescue of six people from a motor fishing boat on the 21st February, 1968, Coxswain George Jappy of Buckie has been awarded the Institution's bronze medal for gallantry.
At 12.40 a.m. on that day, the Buckie...
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