DECEMBER 25TH. - GALWAY BAY. A British soldier coming to his wife in Aran on short leave from Italy arrived at Casla, Connemara, on Christmas Eve, but was unable to find any boat in Connemara to take him to Aran or in Aran to come and fetch...
JANUARY 20TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
After dark the naval motor fishing vessel 1165 ran on Corton Beach, and the mate scrambled ashore to get help. At 10.35 the coastguard informed the life-boat station, and at 10.47 the...
FEBRUARY 8TH . - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The fishing boat Thankful, of Scarborough, with four men on board, did not return during the afternoon, as expected, and another fishing boat went out to look for her, but failed to find her. At 6.30...
NOVEMBER 14TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. During the darkness of the early hours a heavy north-north-east gale, with squalls and a rough sea, broke the moorings of the fishing fleet in Balaclava Harbour. One drifter was driven on to...
THE Wreck Register not having been issued as early as usual by the Board of Trade, we are unable to furnish our readers, in the November number of our Journal, as has been our wont, with a Chart showing the wrecks and shipping casualties...
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On the morning of the 18th March, when it was blowing hard from the N.N.E. with snow showers, signals of distress were observed on the ketch New Leader, of Ramsey, which was riding in the South Bay about 100 yards from the Queen's Pier....
New Chairman visits Poole headquarters The new Chairman of the RNLI, Mr Michael Vernon, visited the Institution's headquarters and depot at Poole on 31 August, to meet members of staff and talk to a number of station honorary secretaries...
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CLIFDEN | 23 DECEMBER
An elderly resident of Inishturk Island was able to spend Christmas at home, after volunteer crew from Clifden Lifeboat Station sped the local doctor to his bedside in an...
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On the morning of the 5th April a telephone message was received from the New- biggin coxswain that the motor fishing coble Provider, of Newbiggin, was in difficulties off Cresswell, and that as the Newbiggin life-boat was off service...
Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. — Shortly after seven in the morning of the 28th of July, 1949, the motor trawler Baile na n Gall was seen drifting- off Helvick Head near a rocky shore, and flying distress signals. She was known...