HOLTHEAD.—About 10 A.M. on the 3rd January the smack John and Eliza wasobserved in a dangerous position on a lee shore, and surrounded by broken water.
It was at the time blowing a gale from E.S.E. The Life-boat Thomas...
John Neville Taylor The £1.3M Trent class lifeboat was named on Monday, 2 June 2003 in Poole.
The cost of the lifeboat was met by a substantial bequest from the estate of Mr John Taylor and other legacies. Mr Taylor... - View image in PDF
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'We've been building boats here for 110 years now, and before that we were sailors and fishermen. Always in Arklow.
It was a very small town devoted, at that time, solely to seafaring. Nothing...
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Amble, Northumberland. — In the morning of the 5th of July, 1948, the local fishing cobles, Hephzi-Bah, and The John, were at sea. At 9.30, although the breeze from the north- north-west was moderate, a rough sea was running, and at...
FISHGUARD, SOUTH WALES.—On the 20th December, during a whole gale of wind from the N. and a heavy sea, the No. 2 Life-boat Helen of Foxley put off at 6 A.M. in reply to signals of distress shown by two vessels at anchor in the roadstead.<...
Stronsay, Orkneys.—At 11.40 on the morning of the 3rd of May, 1955, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the Polish trawler Cietrzew had wire- lessed that she was in great danger and needed help 140 miles east of...
Waveney 44-020, John Fison stationed at Harwich, was built in 1980 and incorporates the RNLI's modifications to the original design.. - View image in PDF
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4. Present Coxswain John James Davies, Richard's son. - View image in PDF
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On the- 29th April, the schooner John 0. Wade, of Newry, was stranded off Troon Harbour, N.B. It was blowing a heavy N.W. gale at the time.
The Glasgow Workmen's life-boat put off, and, after some difficulty, succeeded...
Above: Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the launch of the Thames initiative in January.. - View image in PDF
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