LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lily of the West
PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN.—The Lifeboat Annie and Mary of Manchester was launched at 9 A.M. on the 31st January to the assistance of the trawler Lily of the West, of Douglas, which had been disabled by loss of sails. A strong wind was blowing...
Ramsgate's Coat of Arms
THE town of Ramsgate has decided, in celebration of the jubilee of its incor- poration as a borough, to apply for the grant of supports to the borough arms. After consulting with Sir Gerald Wollaston, M.V.O., Garter King of Arms, she has...
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Coxswain William McAuslane
Coxswain William McAuslane of Troon died on the 16th of January, 1960, at the age of 83. He was appoin- ted bowman in November 1913, be- coming coxswain in 1920. He retired in 1942. In 1941 Coxswain McAuslane won the silver medal for...
Category: Obituaries
Accident to Life-Boat Inspector
LIEUT. E. D. STOGDON, R.N.V.R., Eastern District Inspector of Life-boats, suffered a serious accident at Hastings on the 27th of July, 1958. The life-boat was about to be launched in connection with the celebration of the hundredth...
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Obituaries
Deaths It is with regret that we report the following deaths Eddy John Porthcawl crew member and shore helper, in December 2001 Captain F Sheridan Galway deputy launching authority, on 4 April Tommy Alcock Former Holyhead coxswain, on 7...
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Jolani
A Fine Northumbrian Rescue.
THE fierce gales which are experienced j on the Northumbrian coast from time to i time cause a large number of casualties, ! and the brave Life-boatmen at Holy i Island have a fine list of...
Holba
Dover, Kent.—At 5.50 in the after- noon on the 10th of December, 1949, the life-boat bowman picked up a wireless message. It said that the trawler Holba, of London, with a crew of two, had been disabled when four miles south-west of...
Champion and Dawn
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.57 on the evening of the 24th of April, 1957, the watchman on the east pier reported that the motor boat Champion, with a crew of two, which had gone out to help the yacht Dawn, needed help as the key on her propeller...
Tranquillity
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 9.30 on the morning of the 22nd of July, 1954, the Walney Island coastguard telephonedthat a fishing vessel was reported to have been at anchor five miles north- by-east of Selker buoy since the prev- ious afternoon...
Morning Star
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 1.30 early on the morning of the 18th of Decem- ber, 1954, the Formby coastguard reported that a fishing boat had wire- lessed that she was standing by the fishing boat Morning Star, of Rothesay, which had run...