HOLYHEAD. — Signals of distress were fired at 6.30 A.M., on the 9th December,1886, by the ship Pegasus, of and for Liverpool, laden with timber, which was in danger amongst the breakers in the S.E. part of the bay during a N.W.
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In response to signals of distress from a vessel at anchor on the north-west side of the Hugo Bank, the Life- boat Charlie Medland was launched shortly after 3 P.M. on the 5th January.
They found the brigantine Perseverance...
The new Watson cabin motor life-boat for Fraserburgh entering Lowestoft harbour in February last, on her 600-mile journey from Cowes to Fraserburgh.. - View image in PDF
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L To R Senior Helmsman Marcus Lewis. - View image in PDF
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Bringing New Meaning To Table Football.. - View image in PDF
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Above - crowds gather to see the displays and watch the airshow.. - View image in PDF
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Visits by French, Dutch and Spanish delegations, on behalf of their respective lifeboat societies, took place in November and January.
The Netherlands delegation, headed by the Director of the North and South Holland...
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PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 14th September the William Sugden Life-boat was despatched to the assistance of two fishing-boats which had been overtaken when on the lee side of Calf Island by a gale from the north-west and a heavy sea,...
THE fund which the Mayor of Tyne- mouth opened to supplement the pensions paid by the Institution to the dependent relatives of the men who lost their lives when the Cullercoats motor life-boat capsized on exercise on 22nd April, 1939, was...
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