The whole loss of lives during the year, as far as has been ascertained, amounts to 989.
Of these, 18 went down with the Herdd, which sunk off the Start, after collision with a schooner at night, on 10th January; 83 in the...
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Two Gold Medals Readers may remember mention in the winter 2003/04 issue of the Lifeboat of an appeal to provide a statue to the late Die Evans MBE. Thanks to the generosity of many, the dream became a reality in November 2004 when HRH...
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Aberdovcy, Gwynedd September 12, 27 and November 11.
Abersoch, Gwynedd September 15 and November 14.
Aberystwyth, Dyfed September 5 and October 27.
Arbroath, Tayside October 26.Atlantic...
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1 CCl - Mersey class Ruby Clenf Saturday 12 September 1992 started dry with the threat of rain later, but fortunately not until the naming ceremony of the new Peel lifeboat Ruby Clery was almost over.
The Mersey class...
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Aldeburgh, Suffolk September 15.
Ballycotton, Co. Cork November 3 and 6.
Baltimore, Co. Cork September 13, October 10,26 and November 11.
Barrow, Cumbria September 2 and November...
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CARRADALE, ARGYLLSHIRE. At eleven in the morning of the 9th of December, 1943, the two motor fishing boats Betty and Irene, which work together, were at anchor in Carradale Bay, when their crews saw an aeroplane come down on the sea. A...
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On the 5th June, the schooner Mersey, of Liverpool, went on the South Bishop Rock and sank. Signals of distress were made by the light- keepers, whereupon the Life-boat Augusta proceeded out, and brought the vessel's crew of 4 men safely...
On board the Blyth Life-boat after the naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
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More than £1,000 was collected at the third annual wine lasting evening organised bv Lvmm branch. Nenrlv 150 people sampled various wines on offer, supplied bv G and J Greenall. Pictured lasting one of the wines arc Chris Miller,... - View image in PDF
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A LIFE-BOAT, built in Dublin, was stationed at Poolbeg by the Dublin Ballast Board in 1820, four years before the Institution was founded. It was " at the entrance of the River Liffey ; kept on the quay, near a crane." It is known...
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