LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sol
Troon, Ayrshire. At seven o'clock on the morning of the 15th of March, 1961, the harbour master at Ardrossan in- formed the honorary secretary that the Liberian tanker Sol of Monrovia was aground one mile south of Ardrossan.
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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
The S.S. Castle Galleon
The Motor Life-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood was launched at 4.40 A.M. on 28th February, in a fresh easterly gale with a very heavy sea, on receipt of information from the Coastguard that the St.
Nicholas...
Rosendal
At 9.30 A.M. on the 24th December, a Coastguard reported that a vessel, with a signal of distress flying, was ashore on the Aberlady Sands. The Life-boat Norman Clark was launched without delay and proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be...
Jenny III
The following account of a service by the Newhaven, Sussex, life-boat on the 27th of September, 1959, was received too late for inclusion in the December 1959 number of the Life- boat.
At 12.5 in the afternoon, the coast-...
Wells the Crew and Those Who Back Them Up Ashore
Portrait of a lifeboat station WELLS the crew and those who back them up ashore by Campbell MacCallum 1 Coxswain David Cox 2 Second Coxswain Anthony Jordan 3 Offshore lifeboat crew 4 Lt David Case RNVR, station honorary secretary 5 Mrs David... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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
Twilight
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 24th of January, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a fishing boat not recognised as a local boat was making for the harbour, and...
Aires
TOWED TO NEWHAVEN Newhaven, Sussex. At 9.59 p.m. on 27th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was flashing an SOS signal south-east by south of West Pier, Newhaven. Maroons were fired at 10.1 and nine minutes...
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