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Perhaps this book
http://www.portrushlifeboat.com/2008/05/history-portrush-lifeboat-station
or contact the author who is the archivist of Port Rush lifeboat
station. All the RNLI lifeboat stations I have visited complete lists
of ships saved and of their own members who were lost on duty.

Bill Lionheart

On 31 May 2016 at 22:28, Don Seltzer  wrote:
> I inquired on another list and the legendary John Harland offered the
> following:
>
>
> In 1863, The MacDuff schooner ‘Providence’ was on route from Troon to
> Portrush with a cargo of coal, as she came by Bengore the wind came up from
> the west, which was dead ahead. She managed to get up to the Skerries but
> could not get right up into the sheltered deeper water and stood off the
> White Rocks. She dropped her two anchors, unfortunately the wind veered to
> the north-west and dragged her anchors and grounded her in the breakers of
> the Strand. Being in the breakers she broke up and her crew washed off,
> three were drowned.
>
> Two boats came out from the shore to give assistance, one with a crew of
> fishermen and the other of coastguardsmen – -they also got into difficulties
> with the loss of two fishermen, David Martin and John Hammond, Jack Winters
> of the coastguard also lost his life in the other boat.
>
>
> Don Seltzer
>
>
> On May 31, 2016, at 3:53 PM, Michael Martin  wrote:
>
> Would any one know of a site where I might be find any record of a Ship that
> down approximately in the 1830's off Port Rush, Northern Ireland. One of my
> relatives was a member of the Life Boat Service out of Port Rush.
> He perished endeavoring to victims of this tragedy. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
> I've been searching for years with no luck
>
> Thank-You
> Michael G. Martin
>
> 
>
> 



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