LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat
Exmouth and Torbay, South Devon.— At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1956, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that the Devon County Constabulary had reported that two children who had gone out from Dawlish in a small boat had...
Commander Edward Drury
COMMANDER EDWARD DUMERGUE DRURY, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., late chief inspector of life-boats, died on the 24th of January at the age of 72.
He was the elder son of Dr. Drury, Bishop of Ripon, was educated at Merchant...
Category: Obituaries
Mrs Henrietta Masser
Mrs Henrietta Masser, house to house collector for Howth branch for 38 years..
Category: Obituaries
RIDING TO THE RESCUE
‘You bet!’ That’s what a group of local lads said when challenged to undertake a gruelling bike ride from Arbroath to Dobbies at Ethiebeaton Park – and back – late last summer. Their combined pedal-power raised a whopping £563, which...
Category: Articles
Temple Insurance
Temple Insurance Brokers Ltd., specialist Marine Craft Insurance Brokers, Members of the British Insurance Brokers Association, are pleased to offer Shoreline Members and other 'Lifeboat' readers special terms for their personal...
Category: Advertisement
Boston Heron
MINISTER OF TRANSPORT EXPRESSES THANKS Stornoway, Hebrides. At 9.30 on the evening of the 3rd December, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a mayday distress signal had been heard from a vessel and that they were trying...
Jenny Rose
Selsey, Sussex. At 6 p.m. on 8th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a white flashing light had been observed a half a mile south of Chichester Harbour. A R.A.F.
helicopter from No. 22...
An Aeroplane (59)
AUGUST 13TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 7 A.M. warning was received from the coastguard of an impending air fight. The wind was N.W. and moderate, with a smooth to moderate sea. At 12.15 P.M. an aeroplane was reported down off...
£212 from a Leeds Christmas Tree
LAST Christmas a Leeds firm, Messrs.
Schofields, had a Christmas tree in the arcade outside their stores and asked for a life-boat collecting box to put beside it. They collected in it £212 9s.
The...
Category: Donations
Awards to Coxswains
The following Awards were made to Coxswains during April, May, June and July :— To THOMAS WILLIAM JONES, on his retire- ment, after serving 11 years as Coxswain of the Aberdovey Life-boat, and, previous to that, 29 years as Second Coxswain,...
Category: Awards