Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. — At 2.2 P.M. on the 3rd December, 1937, the coastguard reported that a motor ketch anchored in the harbour was flying a signal of distress. A whole N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and squalls of rain. The...
Robert Glen (I.) of E. P. Barrus presented the cost of a D class ILB to Major-General Ralph Farrant, a vice-president of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
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NEW BRIGHTON. — Information was brought to the Life-boat Station at 9.45 P.M. on the 17th May, that a vessel had beaten over the Brazil Bank and had sunk in the Kock Channel. The wind was blowing from the W.S.W. at the time; the weather was...
Our coastlines may appear as fi rm lines on a map but they are constantly changing. A European Commission report in 2004 stated that over 17% of the UK and nearly 20% of the RoI coastline is eroding, challenging the very existence of some...
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St. Ives, Cornwall. At 9.19 on the night of the 14th of March, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was adrift in a small boat in St. Ives Bay. At 9.35 the life-boat Frank and William Gates, on temporary duty at the...
THIS is the third feature describing companies which have given the R.N.L.I.
valuable financial support over a number of years.
9 Colvilles Ltd., of Glasgow, which is now the Colvilles Division of the...
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ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—The schooner Jane Smith, of Plymouth, bound from Llanelly to Ipswich with coal, was observed running for St. Ives Harbour at about 8 A.M. on the 15th of September, during a strong gale from the N. and heavy sea, with a...
Islay, Inner Hebrides - At 7 a.m. on 7th March, 1967, it was reported that the m.v. Emerald of Glasgow was aground on Feolin Spit in the Sound of Islay but was in no immediate danger. The mechanic was maintaining R/T contact with the vessel....
UPGANG AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.— During the afternoon of the 15th Feb- ruary the northerly wind freshened, bringing up a heavy sea, and at about 3.30 P.M. a telephone message from Runswick reported that a small vessel was driving southward in...
spIRIt Storyteller, boatman and hero Anglesey has seen more than its fair share of difficult rescues. Carol Waterkeyn hears how Margaret O’Leary’s grandfather played a pivotal role This year marks the 80th anniversary of an outstanding...
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