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The Ladies of Hoylake Guild
The ladies of Hoylake guild at a coffee morning which raised £430. It was held at The Hermitage, Caldv, the home of the guild's treasurer, Mrs B. M. Frazer. The enthusiasm of the helpers and the fine weather both persuaded guests to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Mumbles: IN MEMORY OF TIM
In October, more than 50 people met at The Mumbles Lifeboat Station to raise money in memory of RNLI supporter Tim Mahoney, who sadly passed away last year.
Tim loved cycling and completed a Ride to the Somme charity bike ride...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Fort Enterprise
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 11.13 on the morning of the 17th of April, 1951, the S.S. Fort Enterprise, of London, bound for America from Liverpool, wirelessed that she had a sick steward. She asked for him to be landed, saying that she would be...
The S.S. Tartar
MAY 9 T H . - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. The S.S. Tartar, of Sligo, had stopped off Dunmore for examination.
She had not dropped anchor, but drifted to the S.W. round the headland. She was kept under observation, and was...
Ethel Ada
Newhaven, Sussex. At 5.30 on the evening of the 6th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec-retary that a sailing barge was drifting close inshore in Seaford Bay. The life- boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 5.37 in a fresh...
The S.S. Clutha
BURRY PORT.— Signals having been seen on the morning of the 18th December, during foggy weather, a strong S,W.
wind, and a heavy sea, the Life-boat David Barclay of Tottenham was launched at 3.30, and found that the lights...
The S.S. Broomhill
SUNDERLAND.—The S.S. Broomhill, of Dundee, while endeavouring to enter Sunderland Harbour, during a strong wind from the N.E. with a heavy sea, on the 5th February, took the ground on the Bar, and was afterwards carried by the wind and sea...
The Minesweeper Ceresio
SEPTEMBER 3RD. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET. At 7.50 P.M. information was received from the naval authorities at Portland, through the coastguard, that three trawlers or drifters were ashore between St. Albans Head and Durdle Door, Weymouth Bay, and...
The King of Norway and a Life-Boat Crew
IT will be within the recollection of our readers, that in May 1913 we had the pleasure of announcing that His Majesty the King of Norway had graciously given a monetary reward to be divided among the crew of the Skegness Lifeboat, for their...
Category: Awards
Drago, of Genoa
On the afternoon of the 20th March this coast was suddenly visited by a tremendous storm from the N.N.W., and shortly afterwards information arrived that a large vessel was in a most precarious position off Morte Stone, a dan- gerous reef...