Fig. I: The forefoot of the stem has a fine entry. Ruffle holes are built into the skeg through which preventer chains are passed to hold the lifeboat, when at rest, on her slipway.. - View image in PDF
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Representatives from H.M.S. Eagle handing over £650 in cash to Commander E. F. Pritchard, R.N., Deputy Appeals Secretary of the R.N.L.I., to provide two sets of R/T equipment for ILBs. The money was the result of fund-raising efforts by... - View image in PDF
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MARCH 10TH. - 11TH. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. Late on the night of the 9th of March the Belgian motor trawler St. Jan Berchmans, of Ostend, with a crew of seven, was fishing about five miles from Mine Head in a strong south-easterly...
Mr. Alasdair Garrett, who is promoting the Y.U.A. on behalf of the R.N.L.I., looking on at the Dublin Boat Show in March/April, 1970, as two members are enrolled. At this show 140 Y.L.A. members were recruited.. - View image in PDF
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight. — In the early morning of the 12th July a message was received that two men in a boat, north-east of Ryde pier, were shouting for help and flashing a light.
A fresh west breeze was blowing, with a...
RADIO CAROLINE CALL Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 11.25 a-mon 27 ch January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that one of the personnel of Radio Caroline, a wireless transmitting station in Ramsey Bay, was suffering from...
February Meeting.
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—On the 2nd January, 1939, the crew of four of the motor trawler Yankee Girl were rescued by another fishing boat.—Rewards, £2 105., with £3 for loss of fishing, and 2s. 6d....
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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 12.40 early on the morning of the 26th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the motor vessel Durham that the yacht Helma II, which had a crew of two,...
Pictured during the presentation of this year's cheque for £1,000 are. from left to right, Don Galbraith, yacht club commodore; Brian Hurst, chairman of the Castletown branch; Rod Haire, representing Royal Life; Jane Galbraith,... - View image in PDF
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JUNE 23RD. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A boat of the Air Sea Rescue Service had gone out to the help of an aeroplane which had come down in the sea, had caught fire herself and had been burnt out, but her crew were rescued by the examination...