Pictured ( l - r ) : Mrs Maureen McLoughlin, President of Howth Ladies Guild; Mrs Jane Spears who delivered the lifeboat to the RNLI on behalf of the late Mr Roy Barker; and Mrs Geraldine Coulter. - View image in PDF
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APRIL 14TH. - CROMARTY. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but it was learned later that the crew had reached the shore unaided. - Rewards, £5..
JUNE 13TH. - NEWQUAY CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled, as the men had been saved. - Rewards, £11 17s. 6d..
JANUARY 11TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. The naval authorities had asked the life-boat to bring an injured man ashore from a steamer, but the steamer could not be found. - Rewards, £12 4s..
JANUARY 26TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
The motor vessel Monica, of Gothenburg, had stranded, but the tide was ebbing and the crew were in no danger. - Rewards, £17 9s..
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DECEMBER 3RD. - CROMARTY. A British aeroplane had come down in the sea near Nairn Harbour, but the crew swam ashore before the life-boat arrived. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d.
AUGUST 20TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea over thirty miles away, but the life-boat was recalled by wireless before reaching the position. - Rewards, £11 8s.
At 2.15 in the afternoon on Wednesday the 20th February, distress signals were hoisted on a schooner in the bay, which was riding heavily and dragging her anchors.
There was a N.N.W. gale blowing at the time and a rough sea...
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—At 9.40 on the night of the 7th of July, 1955, a message was received from the pilots at Passage that a boat had broken down off Brownstown Head. At 9.55 the life-boat Annie Blanche Smith put out, with the...