CLOGHER HEAD, Co. LOUTH.—While about sixteen open yawls were fishing off Clogher Head on the morning of the 24th January, a gale sprung up very suddenly from W.N.W., and the coxswain of the Life-boat, who was watching the fleet, saw that...
YOUHGHAL, IRELAND.—On the 8th February, the Norwegian barque Galatea ran on shore on the bar at the entrance of Youghal harbour, the captain having mistaken the port for Queenstown: a gale of wind was blowing at the time from the south, and...
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HRH The Duke of Kent KG and The Ballycotton Men. - View image in PDF
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The Wreck of the St Ives Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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The Dedication of the Southwold and Dunwich Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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The Duke of Atholl Who Headed The Rnli Delegation. - View image in PDF
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The problems encountered by lifeboat designers seeking extra speed have been mentioned before in these pages, as boat design is never as straightforward as it may seem. Increased speed is not just a question of bigger engines or even just of...
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Three stages in the launching of the St. David's, Pembrokeshire, life-boat Joseph Soar. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of P. D. Lathan. - View image in PDF
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The second Hen Island Challenge Race, for home-built craft which have cost no more than £25 and which have never before put to sea, was sailed in Northern Ireland last October; Portaferry D class inflatable lifeboat acted as one of the... - View image in PDF
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At midnight on the 30th December the same life-boat put off again, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, in reply to signals of distress from the light-vessel on the Goodwin Sands.
While proceeding to the southward at the back of...