Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Aberyst- wyth, Cardiganshire, Barmouth, Meri- onethshire, and Pwllheli, Caernarvon- shire.
At 3.19 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1952, the Fishguard coast- guard telephoned to the Fishguard...
Yacht aground THE POLICE informed Barrow coxswain, Robert Charnley, at 2300 on August 24, 1974, that an independent source had reported the sighting of a red flare north of Walney Island. They were advising HM Coastguard, who would be...
Half the power- but thiejob's still donenile some RNLI's services are carried out in extreme weather conditions the majority ' are more 'rotifine' but still require proven and reliable equipment in addition to a high...
An unconventional launch followed by 8 hours at sea in near gale force conditions – ‘business as usual,’ say the crew of The Lizard lifeboat, Cornwall.
At midnight on Saturday 11 September the crew assembled on the village...
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A tower of coins It took one year for the landlord of "The Shoulder of Mutton" in Binfield to build a two foot high tower of 2p and Ip coins, using beer as an adhesive and filling the hollow centre with lOp...
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 137 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 28 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1938 .... 65,849
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On the 30th Novem- ber, the schooner William Henry, of Belfast, was totally wrecked on St. Mary's Isle, near Kirkcudbright, during a gale from S.S.E.
The Helen Lees life-boat put off and suc- ceeded in saving the...
On the 28th De- cember, during a gale from S.S.W., the brig Flying Cloud, of Bideford, was run into by another vessel, and afterwards became a total wreck on Batten Reef. The Prince Consort life-boat was quickly launched, and succeeded in...
The No. 1 Life-boat, Sisters, on the 9th December, rescued 2 men from the barge Jane, of Eochester, which was disabled, and landed them in safety. It was blowing hard at the time from W..
On the 31st January the schooner Susan, of Dublin, drove ashore in Dundrum Bay during a strong gale from S.S.E. The Newcastle life-boat went out, and succeeded in saving the vessel's crew of 4 men, afterwards landing them in safety..<...