PORTHDINLLAEN.—While a strong wind was blowing from the E.N.E., with heavy squalls of snow and a heavy sea, on the llth Jan. 1892, the schooner Rose, of Car- narvon, dragged her anchors while lying in Porthdinllaen Bay and went...
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PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 314 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 315 COXSWAIN SWARTS 316 BRAVERY AT TORBAY 317 CHAIRMAN'S NAME 318 CONGRATULATIONS TO IRISH MECHANIC 319 MAUD SMITH AWARD 319 AWARDS TO TWO COXSWAINS 320 FOCUS ON ANGLE 321 CHRISTMAS CARDS...
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Angle, Pembrokeshire. At 8.15 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961. the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a local fishing boat from Milford Haven could not be found in the harbour, but that a small boat with two people on...
A Year of Conspicuous Services.
THE storms in the latter part of 1927 have supplied the answer, if any were needed, to the question which is sometimes asked whether the gradual replacement of the sailing ship by steam and...
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Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 10.35 on the morning of the 3rd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Swedish vessel was drifting ashore about two miles from Glas Island lighthouse and needed immediate help. A...
Saviours at the sand When faced with 3m swells, notorious sandbanks and a drifting, rolling fishing vessel, it cannot be easy to stay calm. But the composure and courage of a helmsman and her crew in just such conditions saved two lives -...
medals are more difficult to earn, and hence few are more highly appreciated, than the Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. It may indeed well be regarded as the Victoria Cross of the sea service, although it differs from that...
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IN our January Number we gave an account of the spirited and philanthropic exertions of the inhabitants of Ipswich, headed by Mr. BATEMAN BYNG, to raise a fund for the establishment of a Life-boat station on the coast, and stated that so...
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Lifeboathouse destroyed: a 645-tonnc coaster. Kingsabbey ploughed into Southend Pier on the evening of Monday June M . 1986. She came l« rest athwart the lifeboat slipway destroying piles supporting the front of the boalhouse. More... - View image in PDF
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THE Centenary Celebrations which began in London with the Centenary Meeting at the Mansion House on 4th March, 1924, concluded on 14th December with a solemn Thanksgiving Service at the Central Hall, Westminster, which was kindly lent to the...
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