Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 6.55 on the evening of the 3rd of November, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Friedi, of Delfzijl, had broken down two miles north-north-west of Inishowen Head. At 7.10 the...
A strong gale from the N.E. sprung up on the afternoon of the 14th February, accompanied by snow-showers and a very high sea. Most of the fishing-boats had returned home, but one of them, the Reliance, was overtaken by the storm and was...
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, aircompartments, shifting-coamings, and hatches of one of the safety boats, 40 feet in length and 14 feet in breadth.
In figs. 1 and 2, the...
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ESCORT AFTER CARGO VESSEL IS REFLOATED Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 1.8 early on the morning of the 22nd January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cargo vessel had gone aground on Newcombe sands. The coastguard made...
Many local organisations and clubs in Filey have arranged special fund raising events throughout the year to help fund Filey' s new Mersey class lifeboat, due on station early in 1991. But none can have been more spectacular than the... - View image in PDF
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James Nesbitt, star of television's Cold Feet, lent his support to the exciting and wild RNLI event, Splash and Dash, which took place on 22 June at Shaws Bridge Sports Association in Belfast.. - View image in PDF
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A RECRUIT, on entering the French army, is early taught to swim. Water, when it becomes familiar, is the best of friends.
Soldiers have been known to march fifteen miles further (after a long march) under a sultry sun,...
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MAY 12TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 9 A.M. a message was received from the Kilmichael Point look-out that the S.S. Joffre Rose, of Liverpool, had gone ashore on the mainland south of Pass Head, while bound laden with coal...
With deep regret we record the following deaths: August 1995 Lieutenant-Colonel Brian Clark CM GM, Former national organiser for RNLI in Ireland from 1967 to 1982.
September 1995 Tommy Dawson, coxswain of North Sunderland...
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 156 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to December 31st, 1949 ...
76,724 Into the Dragon's Mouth IN the...
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