| Life boat |
Date |
Vessel |
Home port |
Action |
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Lifeboat station opened 1868. Following a
gift of £400 to buy the first lifeboat.
The boat house was built at a cost of £160 on a site given by the Marquis of
Anglesey. |
| Eleanor (£246) |
12/2/1871 |
Schooner Albion |
Beaumaris |
Hoisted a distress signal while anchored off
Bull Bay in a SSW gale. Saved 3 |
| |
3/3/1873 |
Schooner George IV |
|
Swept out to sea in a stiff breeze. Two men
saved after 5 hours at sea. |
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14/8/1874 |
Schooner Baltic |
Liverpool |
Dragged anchor and driven onto rocks in a
fierce northerly gale.
Saved 3 via hauling line. |
| |
9/5/1877 |
Steamer Dakota |
Liverpool |
Wrecked near east mouse. Off a total of 530
people on board 20 were saved by the lifeboat and the remainder by local
boats and the local Rocket apparatus. |
| |
7/10/1879 |
SS Arabian |
Liverpool |
Went aground 1 1/2 mile west of the east
mouse in dense fog. Stood by vessel until she refloated. |
|
Bull bay lifeboat house with
"Curling" around 1885 |
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|
| Curling I (£290) |
22/12/1886 |
Schooner Ocean belle |
Amlwch |
Vessel dragging anchor in Bull bay. Saved 4 |
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22/12/1886 |
Schooner pacific |
Aberystwyth |
Had just returned from Ocean Belle when caled
out in rough sea again. Saved 5 |
| |
6/9/1889 |
President of Harbitz |
Norway |
Stood by vessel which had grounded at Middle
mouse. |
|
John Hughes was awarded a Silver medal on
his retirement in 1890. He had been coxswain since the station opened
|
| Curling II (£442) |
7/11/1890 |
Schooner John Clark |
Fowey |
Anchors dragging in strong NNW gale.Saved 5 |
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26/8/1892 |
Sailing boat Baum |
|
Three youths in a sailing boat swept out to
sea in a WSW gale. All saved. |
| |
23/3/1895 |
Schooner Clarence |
Beaumaris |
Seen in distress off Deer point in SW gale. Saved 3
and put back on board the following day. |
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12/1/1897 |
Steamer Brabloch |
Glasgow |
Stood by vessel until she refloated off East
Mouse. |
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3/11/1899 |
Harbinger |
Belfast |
Stood by vessel until she was able to proceed
to Menai Bridge. |
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22/8/1902 |
Smack Jane |
Beaumaris |
Gave assistance off Point Lynas. |
| |
18/12/1902 |
SS Rapido |
Bilbao |
Gave assistance in Heavy seas and NNW gale 6
miles off Bull bay. Bilbao toweed to save anchorage by Life boat and a
steamer. Curling beached at Moelfre until next day. |
| Anne Cullen (£368) |
1903-1904 |
|
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Only launched once. |
|
1903 A new boat house was constructed
on piles with a slip way closer to the sea at a cost of £2000 |
|
| James Cullen (£992) |
4/3/1906 |
Ketch Eliza Jane |
Beaumaris |
Went aground at east mouse, stood by until
refloated. |
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31/8/1908 |
SV Flower of Portsoy |
Plymouth |
Gave assistance |
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4/4/1909 |
Unknown |
Amlwch |
1 saved when small boat was blown out to sea. |
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29/1/1910 |
Schooner Four Brothers |
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Salvaged abandoned vessel |
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20/2/1915 |
SS Cambank |
Cardiff |
Sank by German submarine. Saved 21 |
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24/1/1922 |
Ketch Excel |
Poole |
Sales blown away and out of control in S
gale. Saved 3 |
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24/4/1922 |
Jane McCall |
Dublin |
Wrecked near Amlwch in NNW gale. 4 crew and 7
local men saved. |
|
Lifeboat station closed after 41
launches in 58 years having saved 63 lives. |
