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Fishing Cobles (3)

Date: May 1913

Volume: 22

Issue: 248

At 6.30 A.M. on the 26th December fourteen of the cobles belonging to Filey put to sea for the purpose of hauling their lines, and at about 8 A.M. the wind commenced to freshen, causing most of the boats to run for safety. By 10 A.M. all the...

Daisy Picker

Date: December 1955

Volume: 34

Issue: 374

Fenit, Co. Kerry.—At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 1-lth of September, 1955, the honorary secretary noticed that the fishing boat Daisy Picker, of Tralee, was towing a raft towards Upper Tralee Bay. The tide was ebbing strongly, and half-way...

Zircon

Date: Autumn 1977

Volume: 45

Issue: 462

On the bar TWO RED FLARES sighted on the south side of Portmadoc Estuary, near and inside the bar, were reported to the honorary secretary of Pwllheli lifeboat station by Coastguard Porthdinllaen at 0035 on Thursday, September 1. The wind...

Mac Duff

Date: August 1881

Volume: 11

Issue: 121

PENZANCE.—On the 14th February the Richard Lewis Life-boat put off to the assistance of the ship Mac Duff, of Glasgow, which was riding at anchor in a dangerous position off Lamorua during a strong SS.W. wind and a heavy...

Letters

Date: Autumn 2001

Volume: 58

Issue: 558

Beach bother In August, when my granddaughter Victoria was on holiday in Dorset, she went with her mum and brother to a beach at Sandbanks, where she recognised some of the members of the lifeguard team from the photo in theLifeboat article...

Category: Correspondence

Windermere

Date: September 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 377

The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 2.58 on the afternoon of the 4th of April, 1956, the coastguard reported that the auxiliary schooner Windermere, of Dublin, which had a crew of five, had gone aground on the Tusker Rock off Porthcawl. At...

Scrivens

Date: Autumn 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 538

"MY HEARING AND HAPPINESS - I'VE REDISCOVERED BOTH!" "I'm not deaf but I am hard of hearing", (iwen Banks of Plymouth told us.

"My hearing problem gradually got worse over the years until it...

Category: Advertisement

A Meteor Aeroplane (2)

Date: September 1952

Volume: 33

Issue: 362

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Aberyst- wyth, Cardiganshire, Barmouth, Meri- onethshire, and Pwllheli, Caernarvon- shire.

At 3.19 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1952, the Fishguard coast- guard telephoned to the Fishguard...

A Sailing Dinghy (1)

Date: Summer 1982

Volume: 48

Issue: 481

Dinghy and canoe A SAILING DINGHY with two boys on board capsized in a fresh south westerly breeze, force 5, about three miles west north west of Redcar lifeboat station on Saturday May 22. The D class lifeboat launched at 1612 manned by...

Island Excellence

Date: Autumn 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 574

The RNLI's fleet of inshore lifeboats do sterling service 365 days a year - but who is responsible for the creation of such trusted workhorses? The volunteers so rightly renowned for their skill and bravery in saving lives at sea rely...

Category: Articles