OCTOBER 2lST. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. The Walton coastguard reported a message, from Light-vessel No. 89, that a vessel was ashore three and a half miles to the S.E., but the life-boat found that the vessel was the m.v. Aridity, to...
PORTRUSH.—The brigantine Sunshine, of and from St. John, N.B., laden with timber, arrived off Coleraine Bar on the 4th July and anchored, waiting for a sufficient depth of water to enable her to cross the bar. On the 10th a gale from the N.E...
Fundraisers in Liverpool, London and across Ireland are celebrating after raising lifesaving funds during two special events.
Mayday is Ireland's big RNLI fundraising event, held at the beginning of May. 2014 was the...
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THE following story of how a little girl of four years old worked for the Life-boats has been sent to the Institution by the Honorary Secretary of its Llandudno Branch:— "A little girl visitor, Betty Ruth Wharton, of Oldham, only four...
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ESCORT FOR YACHT IN TOW rock, and at 9.11 the life-boat Deneys Reitz put to sea. There was a light south-south-easterly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat made a search and found the yacht four miles south of...
During a moderate gale with a heavy sea on the 7th July, the Life-boat Sarah Kay was called out to the assistance of a naval motor-barge, which had become un- manageable and stranded about four miles to the east of...
Her naming ceremony held by the River Thames, the new relief 52ft lifeboat gave her demonstration run with the Houses of Parliament as her background.. - View image in PDF
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Right: The RNLI's only two female crew members on lifeboats over ten metres are both to be found in Ireland. Ruth Lennon, pictured here goes out with the Donaghadee lifeboat, (she is the daughter of Coxswain William Lennon), and at... - View image in PDF
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The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.— Shortly after 8 A.M. on the 4th October, 1938, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore at Kenfig Sands. She was the M.V. Regina, of Rotterdam. A strong W. gale was blowing, with squalls and a very heavy ground...
At about 5.30 A.M. on the 31st March flares were ob- served from Moelfre Island. A strong S.W. gale prevailed at the time, with rough sea, and the Life-boat Charles and Eliza Laura was launched. On arriving at the north side of the Island...