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Maureen
Holyhead, Anglesey. — At 6.10 in the evening of the 26th of June, 1949, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat Maureen, with twelve on board, had broken down off the Skerries.
She had reached Skerries Island,...
William and Mary
After daylight on the 14th October, the fishing vessels of Newbiggin -were caught in a' sudden gale from the east, and obliged to j make for the port. Anticipating some i mishap, the Life-boat William HopJcinson, \ of BrigJiouse, was...
Forest Queen
BALCARY, KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—The barque Forest Queen, of Belfast, bound from Dublin for Norway in ballast, was reported to be in distress about five miles distant from the Life-boat station, and in danger of being driven on the sandbanks during a...
Fishing Cobles
. — Several cobles were out fishing on the morning of the 13th October, when a gale sprung up from the N.E., and the sea became very heavy.
Some of the boats returned to the shore before the sea had risen very much, but two...
The King and the Life-Boat Institution
AT a Life-boat demonstration, held at Southampton on Monday, the 3rd August, a loyal message was sent to the King, and the following acknowledg- ment was promptly received : " I am commanded by the King to thank you for your telegram,...
Category: Correspondence
Trawlers
At about 3 P.M. on the 21st March, during a gale from the S.S.W., a number of the big trawlers belonging to Penzance, which had been at anchor off Newlyn, ran for Penzance Harbour for shelter. Several of the steam drifters also started to...
The Emily and Eva and The Three Brothers
At 12.45 P.M. on the 18th March two of the fishing-cobles belonging to Robin Hood's Bay, named the Emily and Eva and The Three Brothers, which had gone off earlier in the morning to fish, were in danger. Whilst fishing the wind and sea...
Ramsgate's Coat of Arms
THE town of Ramsgate has decided, in celebration of the jubilee of its incor- poration as a borough, to apply for the grant of supports to the borough arms. After consulting with Sir Gerald Wollaston, M.V.O., Garter King of Arms, she has...
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Invermore, of Dublin (6)
Cloughey, Donaghadee, and Newcastle, Co. Down, and Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.—On the 19th November, 1937, the disabled schooner Invermore, of Dublin, was picked up by the Cloughey and Donaghadee life-boats....