JANUARY 23RD. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN, AND PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM At 2.6 in the afternoon the Bangor coastguard reported a vessel in distress off Ballywhlskin.
There was a thick fog, but the sea was...
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8,125 1 - To NEW LIFE-BOATS, (exclusive of carriages and equipment) for the following Stations :— Abersoch, Atherfleld, Boul- mer, Biighsione Grange, Cahore, Caister (No. 2), Cul- daff,...
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Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the rescue on August 18 of two people trapped by the tide at the foot of cliffs. The photograph shows the area at low tide: x marks the position... - View image in PDF
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(Left, top) Liam checks the cover on one of the first Atlantics to come up for sale. (Left, lower) A clutch of Waveneys at the Depot quay. The outer boat.
44-0 / 7, was due to leave Tilbury for New Zealand in March where... - View image in PDF
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"THE lads are afloat, they have launched the boat Where the moaning storm-birds- flew; Oh, wife, from the shores they cry, ' One more, With strong, steady hand, and true I' There are lives to save On the frothing wave— ' One...
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JUNE 22ND. - MONTROSE, ANGUS. At 9.40 AM. a strong N.E. wind was blowing, the sea was rough and the tide ebbing. It was evident that two motor fishing boats, Rosa and Widgeon, which were out would have great difficulty in crossing the bar...
Wreck and Rescue in the Bristol Channel by Grahame Farr (D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, 305.) tells in the first of two volumes the story of the English life- boats in those waters.
Of the life-boat stations detailed in...
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Right Crew members draw the winners for the 83rd national lifeboat lottery assisted by Julia Fish, lottery development officer.. - View image in PDF
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WE have, on a previous page, given an account of the loss of valuable lives occasioned by an accident to a life-boat. The following is an interesting'and affecting narrative of the loss of a valuable life, illustrative of another phase...
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Left to right: Commander Hairier, Mr. Randell (at the wheel). Commander Drury, the Lieuten nt-Governor. the Bailiff of Guernsey, and Mr. Frampton. In front: Mr. Small.. - View image in PDF
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