Moelfre, Anglesey. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 25th July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing dinghy had capsized three miles south-east of the boathouse.
The life-boat Watkin Williams...
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 7.30 on the evening of the 6th of August, 1960, a message was received from Valentia radio that the fishing boat Ros Bui was drifting two miles south of Puffin Head and needed immediate help. The life- boat Rowland...
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 28th June, 1961, the honorary secretary received an urgent message from the doctor at Gaveedore that the resident nurse on Tory Island had fallen while trying to...
Lymington, Hampshire. At 7.5 a.m.
on 22nd June, 1965, the police informed the acting honorary secretary that a fishing boat was overdue. At 7.25 the inshore rescue boat was launched in a slight, gusting to gentle,...
The Evening Herald, Dublin, paid this tribute to the work of the R.N.L.I.
in their edition of 25th January, 1967. 'There are very few voluntary institutions left with a tradition of service to humanity to match that of...
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MAY 28TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
At 4.16 in the afternoon the naval officer at Workington informed the life-boat honorary secretary that a Martinet aeroplane was down in the sea north-west of...
OCTOBER 10TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At about 10.30 A.M. the harbour entrance had become dangerous owing to a heavy fresh which was running out on the ebb tide. A strong N.N.W. breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough. Four...
OCTOBER 7TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At 2.10 P.M. information was received by telephone that a fighter aeroplane had crashed in the sea. A few minutes later one of the life-boatmen reported that he could see a small object on...
JULY 13TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. At 5.30 A.M. the coastwatchers reported that a small boat was in distress about five miles S.E. of Oysterhaven, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford 1, on temporary duty at the station, was...
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—On the 15th of August, 1949, an officer of the Irish Army and a priest, who were on holiday, went out from Drogheda in a motor boat. About four in the after- noon the engine broke down, the boat anchored, and the...