On the evening of the 24th September a message was re- ceived from the lighthouse-keeper on Ross Island that a sailing dinghy with two men had gone ashore on Richard- son's Rock, which is between Ross Island and the mainland. The men had...
12 February: Clifden Four experienced fish farmers were working at the mouth of Clifden Bay in Galway when a storm left them stranded and they called for assistance. The Clifden inshore lifeboat rode through huge...
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NEWQUAY, CARDIGANSHIRE. — The schooner Industry, of Aberystwyth, bound from Bristol for Newquay with a general cargo showed signals of distress while at anchor in a dangerous position in the bay, during a strong N.W. gale on the morning of...
Recovery ofClogher Head's 35' 6" Liverpool lifeboat, Thomas Corbett. She has been beached, turned and then recarriaged. The tractor has been attached and all is ready for towing up the beach to the... - View image in PDF
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Even in good weather strong rip currents and surf can make the sea at Morgan Forth a dangerous place.. - View image in PDF
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JAN. 3RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At 6 A.M. the watchman at the life-boat station reported a steam trawler aground on the Trinity Sands.
breeze was blowing, with a slight sea.
A N.W.<...
CRIES FOR HELP HEARD FROM FISHING BOAT Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 11.25 on the night of the 5th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat in the north bay was flashing a light and that cries for help...
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Two lifeboats called to blazing ammunition ship Eastbourne and Shoreham lifeboats were launched on 24 February 1991 when fire swept through the 400-ton motor vessel Breydon Merchant some 12 miles SW of Newhaven.
The vessel...
Two lifeboats called to blazing ammunition ship Eastbourne and Shoreham lifeboats were launched on 24 February 1991 when fire swept through the 400-ton motor vessel Breydon Merchant some 12 miles SW of Newhaven.
The vessel...