Last month, we examined the foundation of the Duncannon Lifeboat station in 1869. This month, we will examine the station’s service record and some of the shouts that the lifeboat, Richard and Anne Warner (sometimes the Warner was unused ), completed. We will...
1869 was an important date in the history of Waterford Harbour. In September of that year, a new lifeboat was placed at Duncannon, Co Wexford on the eastern shore of the harbour. Although it was only in place for 17 years and launched 8 times it saved 43 lives...
When the owners of the four-masted iron hulled sailing barque Earl of Beaconsfield (1883) saw their new ship enter the River Clyde, they must have hoped for a handsome return on their investment. But although fate has a large role to play in anything to do with...
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