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Laurence C H Cave

Date: Autumn 1981

Volume: 48

Issue: 478

November Laurence C. H. Cave, who had been elected a member of the Committee of Management in 1947, a vice-president of the Institution in 1964 and a life vicepresident in 1977; he had served on both the Finance and the Establishment...

Category: Obituaries

Cromer's famous son

Date: Winter 2013

Volume: 61

Issue: 606 Lifeboat Magazine Winter 2013

Henry Blogg’s peaceful manner reflected a humble background – he was born in a small cottage near Cromer’s pier, and in many ways was a typical Norfolk fisherman.

After joining the town’s lifeboat crew in 1894, he was...

Category: Articles

William Pritchard

Date: Summer 1988

Volume: 51

Issue: 505

William Pritchard, coxswain of Beaumans lifeboat until his retirement in 1980.

He joined the crew in 1956, becoming coxswain in 1972..

Category: Obituaries

Charles Byrne,

Date: Autumn 1993

Volume: 53

Issue: 526

Charles Byrne, coxswain of Wicklow lifeboat from 1968 to 1976. Having joined the crew prior to 1932 he served as assistant mechanic from 1950 to 1953 and as second coxswain from 1953 to 1968..

Category: Obituaries

David Geldart,

Date: Winter 1994

Volume: 53

Issue: 527

David Geldart, station honorary secretary of Hoylake lifeboat from 1980 to 1985 and from 1961 to 1968. He also served as the deputy launching authority from 1971 to 1979..

Category: Obituaries

Letters

Date: July 1972

Volume: 42

Issue: 440

PYROTECHNICS 0 As a reader of THE LIFE-BOAT I have found many of the articles printed therein of great interest, particularly so the 'article in the January issue, 'Safety at Sea with Pyrotechnics', by Pat Winter Thomas.

Category: Correspondence

Castle Craig

Date: February 1884

Volume: 12

Issue: 131

BROOKE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—The steamer Castle Craig, of Liverpool, stranded on Brooke Ledge during thick weather and a heavy sea on the 14th December. At about 4 A.M., her signals of distress being observed, the crew of the George and Anne...

Marzealine

Date: December 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 378

Weymouth. Dorset.—At 1.12 on the afternoon of the 1st of August, 1956, a local sailing club asked if the life- boat would put off to the help of the yacht Marzealine, of Le Havre, which, after going ashore, had refloated but was in danger of...

A Rubber Dinghy

Date: June 1957

Volume: 34

Issue: 380

Penlee, Cornwall.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 10th of March, 1957, the St. Just coastguard telephoned that a rubber dinghy had been seen south-west of Penzer Point. The life- boat IF. and S. was launched thirty minutes later in...

Olivia

Date: December 1957

Volume: 34

Issue: 382

Weymouth, Dorset.—At 7.5 on the evening of the 17th of July, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that the Shambles lightvessel had reported a yacht in need of help near the lightvessel. At 7.20 the life-boat William and Clara...