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Sabrina and Pen Cw

Date: December 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 378

New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 11.20 on the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the harbour master reported that the yacht Sabrina had parted her moorings and was drifting on a lee shore with one man on board. The life-boat St. Albans was...

Gipsy

Date: November 1898

Volume: 17

Issue: 190

YOUGHAL, Co. CORK.—The ketch Gipsy, of Youghal, returning from Cork, with no cargo or ballast, on the 25th March, found that with a strong head wind and an ebb tide she could not enter the harbour; she therefore ran for shelter under...

Gracieuse

Date: November 1908

Volume: 20

Issue: 230

The weather was so bad on the night of the 6th March that a watch was kept all night and at about 6.30 next morning it was reported that a schooner off the Bull Lighthouse was steering very badly.

She was watched for some...

In Retirement Services

Date: Autumn 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 574

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Prairie Flower

Date: February 1897

Volume: 16

Issue: 183

WEXFORD.—While a moderate gale from W.S.W. to N.W. was blowing, accompanied by a rough sea, on the morning of the 16th April, signals of distress were seen flying on a fishing-smack. TheLife-boat .Andrew Pickard was launched at 9.45, sailed...

Lifeboat Quiz Answers (From Page 18)

Date: Spring 1973

Volume: 43

Issue: 444

Lifeboat quiz answers (from page 18) 1—(a) Aith, Shetlands;(b) Lowestoft, Suffolk; (c) St Helier, Jersey; and (d) Valentia, Co. Kerry.

2—The first lifeboat designed to work under sail was the Frances Ann, built at Lowestoft...

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Hilda, Reliance and Courage

Date: March 1939

Volume: 31

Issue: 337

Scarborough, Yorkshire.—Some of the local motor fishing boats were caught at sea by bad weather on the 2nd January, 1939. A N.E. breeze wasblowing, with a rough sea. The Eagle came in and reported that the boats still at sea were in danger...

Moronel

Date: January 1973

Volume: 42

Issue: 442

TOW LASTED 13 HOURS AT 8.10 a.m. on 11 March, 1972, the St. Mary's, Scilly Isles, life-boat station learnt that the yacht Moronel had requested assistance 13 miles from Bishop Rock. The maroons were fired at 8.22...

A Dinghy (3)

Date: September 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 421

At 10.27 a-m- on 24tri April, 1967, it was reported that a dinghy was in difficulties off the pier. The outboard motor was out of action and the dinghy was drifting out to sea. The life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse slipped her...

Rainbow Flowers,

Date: Winter 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 551

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