Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 12.30 in the morning of the llth of October, 1949; the Civic Guard reported that a radio message had been picked up by the Roches Point Lighthouse, stating that the S.S. Glengariffe had wirelessed that the Daunt...
Abersoch breakwater was 'opened' in 1927 by the then Lord Howe who arrived for the ceremony by lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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1,072 Lives Rescued by the Twenty James Stevens Life-boats.
IN 1894 the Institution received under the will of the late Mr. James Stevens, of Birmingham, a sum of £50,000, to be spent on the construction of twenty...
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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 31st December, 1955 79,970 Notes of the Quarter THE year 1955 has been classified by...
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CLOUGHEY, Co. DOWN.—On the night of the 20th January the s.s. City of Lahore, belonging to Liverpool, stranded on Kearney Point. The Life-boat John was launched and proceeded to the steamer. The captain requested the boat to stand by, which...
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A 24-hour darts marathon was staged last March by the darts team of the Royal William, Camber, in aid of Rye Harbour ILB and Dungeness lifeboat stations. Although only 200 people live in Camber there was no shortage of helpers and in the 24... - View image in PDF
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THE little cliff-side village In sleepy stillness lay, When the fishers' boats, at daybreak, Set sail from Bunswick Bay.
" God keep our sons and husbands, And bring them safely home I " Was the prayer that...
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SEAHAM, DURHAM.—Towards midnight on the 31st Dec., 1898, signals of distress at sea were observed off this place, and when the New Year broke, the Life-boat SJcynner was on her way to render help to the vessel which had displayed them. The...
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ANOTHER MILESTONE on the path of lifeboat development was passed in May this year when Frank Pen/old Marshall, the 37' Oakley stationed at St Ives, the first of her class to be fitted with radar, successfully passed righting trials and...
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We're not asking you to risk your life in Force 9 gales. Or to be on call, day and night. Or even to devote time to training. We are asking for something equally important, though: put pen to paper, below, and take out a Lifeboats...
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