APRIL. 15TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At midnight on the 14th April, the Donaghadee coastguard asked the life-boat to stand by at the harbour ready to take on board an armed guard. A west wind was blowing, with squalls, and...
JULY 23RD. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.
DUBLIN, AND WICKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
Flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Dun Laoghaire, £11 14s. ; Wicklow, £15 1s. 3d..
Ix 1950 the Committee of Management of the Institution resolved that life- boat stations which had been pre- sented with a vellum to commemorate the completion of a hundred years would be presented with another to mark the completion of a...
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JUST A YEAR AGO—that was when the appeal to raise the cost of a Rother class lifeboat to be named Shoreline was first launched. And what has happened in those twelve months? Well, for a start, membership has risen by neatly a third, from...
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WEXFORD.—At about 6 o'clock on the morning of the 18th October, 1889, the Life-boat Ethel Eveleen was launched, intelligence having been received that a vessel was aground on the Dogger Bank.
A strong gale was blowing...
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Margate, Kent - At 7.32 p.m. on 22nd August, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that cries for help had been heard in the vicinity of Longnose buoy. At 7.58 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched...
Whether you slaved over a hot stove or just popped down the chippy, thanks for making our Fish Supper a real hit
Thousands of people are feeling that warm glow of satisfaction after sharing a hearty meal for the RNLI Fish...
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23 October: Ilfracombe After spotting a yacht anchored near Ilfracombe Pier with waves breaking over her, Coxswain Andrew Bengey contacted the Coastguard. His crew mates launched shortly afterwards in force 7...
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Stranded swimmer R LIFEBOAT CREW were paged at 1428 on Saturday, August 8. 1987, following a report of a man having been cut off by the tide below Hunt Cliff, Saltburn.
The station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable...
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire, and Aberdeen.
THE new Porthdinllaen Motor Lifeboat was named on 12th August by Dame Margaret Lloyd George.
D.B.E., J.P., President of the South' Caernarvonshire Branch...
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