THE Porthdinllaen Motor Life-boat saved the French yacht Rose Marine and her three occupants during a strong N.E. gale with a rough sea on the 15th September, 1927. Out of the salvage money received for their services the Crew have given a...
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Shortly before midnight on the 13-14th February a messenger reported that a vessel was ashore opposite Ardross Castle, half a mile east of Elie. It was blowing a S.S.W. gale with a heavy sea running.
The crew of the...
Aiming High! The Navy Again Took Part In Portsmouth Life-Boat Day Among Others Who Helped Were The Portsmouth Brotherhood. - View image in PDF
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Wordage: £5.50 per single column centimetre (minimum charge £16.50. NB: The minimum of 3cm takes about 45 words at 15 words per cm). With illustration: £12 per single column centimetre (minimum charge...
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On the 18th January the Aberdeen steam trawler Ben Screel was wrecked and the Institution's life-saving apparatus at Torry helped in the rescue of the crew of ten, while the life-boat stood by.—Rewards, Tony life-saving apparatus,...
No life-boat station can be considered complete without a set of life-belts for the boat's crew, and the several local committees should insist upon having them, and upon the belts being put on, before the men go afloat. The qualities...
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SECOND MECHANIC of the Howth life-boat, George McConkey, who has never received any tuition as an artist, has painted a remarkable picture in oils of the rescue, in which he took part and for which he was subsequently awarded a medal service...
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About 11.30 P.M. on the 18th January, the Coxswain of the Life-boat was informed by the Coastguard that a telephone message had been received reporting a vessel ashore at Scotston Head.
The crew were at once summoned and...
SCARBOROUGH.—On the 8th May the fishing coble Sarah, of this port, which had gone out at about 3 A.M., was caught in a gale from the E.S.E, which subsequently sprang up, and at about 8.30 she was seen making for the harbour. The sea had...