CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—At about one o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 1st October, 1882, the brigantine Eugenie Auguste, of Castletown, bound for that port from Euncorn with a cargo of coal, was observed to be labouring heavily and...
THE ORIGINAL TILLER MASTER AUTOMATIC STEERING on a COMPASS COURSE For craft 20-45ft. over 100lbs.
thrust. Self-contained unit with simple 2-hole installation. Quickly disengaged. 4 amp. average...
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THE LONG SERVICE BADGE for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Abersoch Crew Member B. D. McGill Clogher Head Motor Mechanic J. Garvey Eastbourne Coxswain G. Cole Fishguard...
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Galway Bay.—At 11.30 in the morn- ing of the 25th of February, 1949, a doctor asked for the help of the life- boat to take an urgent maternity case to the mainland. No other suitable boat was available, and the life-boat K.E.C.F. was...
On the 15th May the motor yacht Morna, of Bangor, was dragging her anchor in Ballyholme Bay, and was in danger of being driven ashore. A strong northerly wind was blowing, with a heavy sea.
The coastguard reported the...
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 9.30 a.m. on ist October, 1966, four local fishing boats were still at sea between New Quay and Aberystwyth, when a storm was reported. The life-boat St.
Albans was launched at 9.42 in a gale...
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. At. 7.30 in the afternoon the Castletown coastguard telephoned that a vessel was in difficulties in Castletown Bay.
A S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy...
Very much an Inshore Lifeboat...
West Kirby's D class inflatable took the term Inshore Lifeboat literally on 14January 1991, when the crew took her 14 miles by road and through the Mersey Tunnel to rescue a boy and his...
Canon Murphy The Catholic Parish Priest Blesses The New Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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The Duchess of York On Board The Montrose Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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