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Catherine

The Sisters' Memorial life-boat on this station was called out on service on the 4th November, the Dutch brigantine Catharina driving ashore and becoming a total wreck in Llandudno Bay on that day in a strong gale from the N.N.W. and a heavy sea. The life-boat was promptly launched to the aid of the shipwrecked crew, numbering 5 men, all of whom were rescued and safely landed; the vessel soon afterwards becoming a total wreck..