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Flagstaff Memorial:
Flagstaff memorial: The Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Peter Mumford, blesses the flagstaff mounted in Truro Cathedral and made as a memorial to the lifeboatmen who died in the Penlee lifeboat disaster of December 1981. The wood for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kate
WEXFORD.—On the 12th February, at about 5.30 P.M., the fishing schooner Kate, of Wexford, was seen to be running for the harbour. The wind was blowing moderately from the S.W., but the sea was rolling furiously in consequence of a strong...
House-To-House Collections
THE value of the house-to-house collection is well known to experienced Life-boat workers, as one of the simplest, most economical, and most effective methods of appeal. It is used with particular success in the North of England. When the...
Category: Articles
Penguin
At 9.5 P.M. on the 27th July a telephone message was received from the coastguard that flares of distress were being shown one mile N.E. of Rhyl Pier. A strong and increasing W.N.W. wind was blowing and the sea was rough. The pulling...
Mizpah
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At half pa^t one in the afternoon on the 9th of November, 1949, the coxswain reported that .the local motor fishing vessel Mizpah, with a crew of four, had not returned from the fishing...
Dagny
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 4.22 on the morning of the 23rd of June, 1951, during a thick fog, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was sounding SOS signals on her siren opposite the coastguard station. At 4.37 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...
Silver Quest (4)
Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
Finlandia
LIFE-BOAT AND TUGS TO HELP OF DUTCH VESSEL St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 4.45 on the morning of the 4th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Dutch vessel was in distress, and though the position of the...
Zuiderhaven
MAY 21ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 9 A.M. a naval establishment onshore reported through the coastguard that a vessel was signalling for a doctor. The weather was fine, with a light N.E. wind and a smooth sea. With a...
A Lobster BBoat
Howth, Dublin.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th of March, 1956, the Civic Guard at Skerries reported that a lobster boat from Rush was in difficultues about three miles off shore between Rush and Lambay. At 3.30 the...