Among the 455 people aboard the passenger steamer Royal Charter which went aground off the Anglesey coast on 25th October, 1859, were members of the family of R. M. Ballantyne, the famous writer of children's books. Ballantyne was deeply...
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Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1957, a yacht at anchor was seen to be in a dangerous position. A watch was kept on her, and as the weather was worsening the life-boat Tillie Morrison,...
The Royal Silver Jubilee 1910-1935 lifeboat from Wells alongside the sinking Lancaster bomber on July 14, 1942, when the late Coxswain Theodor T. L. Neilson searched the wreck.
The painting was executed by L. F. Gilding...
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Galway Bay. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 23rd of October, 1957, the honorary secretary received a request for the life-boat to make forClare Island in Clew Bay to search for a curragh, which was missing with five people on...
SHORELINE membership continues to increase steadily and insignia sales continue their upward trend. It is encouraging to find several boats in some of the larger harbours flying Shoreline flags, and to pass the occasional car on the road...
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AT 4.10 in the morning of March 23rd, the coastguard rang up Fowey life-boat station to say that he could see signals of distress in Par Bay, and thirty minutes later the reserve motor lifeboat, The Brothers, put out. A whole gale was...
Category: Services
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 145 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 17 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 15th June, 1939 66,237 The Duke of Kent's Presidential Address A Record Year.<...
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JULY 25TH. - ST. HELIER, JERSEY. At 12.15 in the morning distress signals were burned by the motor yacht Mary Bowers, of Chichester, which had gone ashore on Mangeuse Rocks shortly after leaving St. Helier Harbour. She had six onboard. The...
OVERHEARD in the street on Cromer Life-boat Day : " Have you got plenty of coppers ? Because to every along." we shall have to give flag-seller who comes.
Category: Donations
To the Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL.
SIR,—As I was an eye-witness of them, I think it may be of interest to you to have a narrative from myself of the events which led up to what I have no hesitation in calling one of the...
Category: Correspondence