LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Modern Lifeboat Exhibition
A great success, particularly with its many young visitors: that was the verdict on the Modern Lifeboat exhibition held from February 21 to April 21 at the South Kensington Science Museum, London. School parties, more than 700 of them, came...
Category: Articles
Captain Gerald Rodger Cousins, D.S.C., R.N. (Ret.)
Captain Gerald Rodger Cousins, D.S.C., R.N. (Ret.), died on 3Oth May, 1965, aged 71. He entered the Navy in 1911 and served in destroyers in the First World War, at Gallipoli and later with the Grand Fleet. In March 1931 he was appointed...
Category: Obituaries
A Yacht (6)
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 8 p.m.
on 25th July, 1965, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties off Lane End shore. At 8.9 the IRB launched in a fresh southwesterly breeze and...
Shield
Brighton, Sussex. At 4.38 p.m. on 30th August, 1965, the pier master reported that a small fishing vessel about 2 miles out was signalling for assistance.
At 4.45 the IRB launched in a moderate westerly breeze and...
Selene
YACHT'S CREW SEASICK At 4.3 p.m. on 9th October, 1965, the yacht Selene was reported in difficulties.
The life-boat Kathleen Mary launched at 4.15 in a strong east-north-easterly breeze and a moderate sea, two hours...
A Boat
MOTOR BROKE DOWN At 4 p.m. on 2yth October, 1965, the coxswain reported that three men in a small boat were in difficulties with their outboard motor broken down, near the Brazil buoy in the river Mersey. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett went...
None (7)
SICK CHILD At 4.30 p.m. on 25th January, 1966, the local Medical Officer of Health informed the honorary secretary that there was a sick child with suspected appendicitis who needed immediate hospital treatment, and because of the rough sea...
Kate
At 11.1 a.m. on 3rd August, 1966, a yacht was reported to be making little headway in very heavy seas in Rye bay.
The life-boat Fairlight was launched at 11.17, three hours after low water, in astrong south westerly gale...
Tropacara
At 4.23 a.m. on 2oth June, 1967, it was reported that flares had been sighted north west of Cape Cornwall. The lifeboat Susan Ashley was launched at 4.45 in a moderate westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was shortly after high water. The life...
The Lowestoft Trawler Renovate
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 6 a.m. on 5th July, 1967, it was learned that the cargo boat Erctonia of Goole had the Lowestoft trawler Renovate in tow with engine trouble. The cargo boat had requested for the tow to be taken over. The life-boat...