LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dark Horse
When the yacht Dark Horse was seen riding at anchor on 22nd June off the entrance to Portloe harbour, with one man aboard, she was in fact in difficulties.
The Falmouth, Cornwall, life-boat Lilla Manas, Douglas and Will...
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...
Osprey
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 4 p.m.
on ist October, 1965, the m.f.v. Osprey was reported to have stopped near Withernsea with engine failure. There was a moderate south-south-easterly breeze with a rough sea. The tide was...
Ocean Venturer, Success and Lead Us
CONDITIONS DETERIORATING At 8.50 a.m. on 22nd November, 1965, conditions on and near the harbour were rapidly deteriorating and two motor fishing vessels, still at sea, were due to return to harbour. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was...
A Motor launch
Poole, Dorset-At 7.15 p.m. on 2yth March, 1966, a motor launch with three members of the Parkstone Yacht Club on board, which was going to a yacht moored in the middle of the harbour, broke down and was in difficulties. There was a gale from...
Canoes (1)
CANOEISTS SAVED At about 12.5 p.m. on 26th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that some 24 boys in canoes were in difficulties about one mile offshore near Herne Bay Pier. At 12.10 the IRB launched in a strong south...
Gym
New Brighton, Cheshire - At 3.45 p.m. on zoth June, 1967, it was learned that a small motor boat was in difficulties off the 025 buoy. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett slipped her moorings at 3.58 in a slight west north westerly breeze and a...
A Yacht (3)
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 4.0 p.m. on I2th August, 1967, preparations were almost complete for the new life-boat's naming ceremony when severalcalls were received of a boat in distress in Scotsmans bay. At 4.20 p.m. the lifeboat...
Jim
Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.31 a.m. on 3rd November, 1968, the coastguard reported that flares had been seen in Sandwich bay at the entrance to the river Stour. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 7.40 in a southerly gale...