Roy Gerstner


My apologies Neil, your e-mail got stuck somewhere and only just found it. Yes Roy still live just outside York  – Retired from the Sea in 2020 after being stuck onboard Sailing Around the World during Covid for 7 months – thought life was too short – work out well […]

Neil Woodburn (Ex Ch/Eng)   Recently updated !


Recently had correspondence with Grandson – the threads below.. 1/ Hi there Roy, I stumbled across the LOF website, I was looking for information about the Ropner Lines SS Clearpool(my great grandfather Alfred Smith was master but died at sea in 1931 and was buried in Istanbul). His son (my […]

Commodore Alfred Smith   Recently updated !





https://john-andrew-evans.muchloved.com Oh what memories come back…..I see Tony T with his friend The Dutchess was it?The somewhat bent typewriter – should have brought it to me – I could have fixed.The link above takes you to the donation site for the RNLI and you can see there has beena good […]

Update On John Evans (RIP)





I am sad to report the passing away of another LOF member – Ex Chief Engineer John Evans.(I sailed with John on the ‘London Pride’ around 1981) I received the following this morning (24th) Hi Roy, My sister and I came across your LOF News website while searching for information about […]

Obituary – John Evans Ex Ch/Eng