Gregory Conneely, chairman of Galway and Aran Fishermen's Co-Operative Society, presents a cheque for £1,500, the result of a proportion of its fish auction being made over to the RNLI. (1. to r.) Noel Mickey, chairman of Galway... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: December 19 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: January 8 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 42ft Beach: February 4 Amble, Northumberland 37ft 6in Rather: December 2 Arranmore, Co. Donegal 52ft Burnett: December 19, January 1,...
Category: Services
The Life-boat Charles Dibdin was launched at 11.10 P.M. on 18th October in response to a message stating that a vessel was on fire near the fairway buoy. Owing to the fog prevailing some time was lost before the Life-boat could find the...
German tug, Dutch coaster ON THE AFTERNOON of Tuesday January 3, 1984, the West German tug Fairplay X fouled her propeller in St Ives Bay while trying to pass a towline to the Netherlands coaster Orca; the coaster, her engine disabled, had...
Eastern Division 141 hour service in severe gale A MESSAGE FROM THE YACHT Coronade to the Sunk Pilot Cutter, saying that a red flare had been sighted southward, in the direction of the Long Sand, was intercepted by Walton Coastguard at 1621...
Category: Services
Swanage, Dorset - At 1.58 p.m. on 2Oth May, 1967, a message was received that a dinghy was in need of assistance off Poole Bar buoy. Later two other dinghies were reported in trouble. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 2.30 in a fresh south...
JANUARY 23RD. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. The Norwegian steamer Pluto and another steamer had been mined, but fishing boats nearby picked up the crews of both steamers. - Rewards, £14 18s.
(See North...
Arbroath, Angus.—At midday on the 17th December a S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The local fishing boats Sceptre, Our Boys, Golden Rule, Breadwinner and Helen Cargill were expected in, and as the harbour bar was very...
THURSDAY, 12th October, 1911.
The Right Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance...
Category: Committee
Crowded hour THE OUTBOARD ENGINE of an inflatable dinghy broke down just as she was clearing Shoreham Harbour eastern breakwater on the afternoon of Sunday, August 1. A message came from HM Coastguard at 1521, saying that the dinghy, with...