THE LIFE-BOAT The Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution

VOL. XXXIV DECEMBER, 1956 No. 378

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 30th September, 1956 80,491

Notes of the Quarter THE summer months of 1956 were increase in work has come at a time exceptionally arduous ones for the when a helicopter service is already crews of life-boat stations all round well established around our coasts. the coasts of Britain and Ireland. It The figures for 1956 offer the most was the busiest July in the whole conclusive answer to those who believe history of the service, with 129 that helicopters are beginning sub- launches compared with the previous stantially to reduce the work of life- record for July of 78 in 1952. August boats. was busier still, with 144 launches compared with the previous record of SERVICES TO YACHTSMEN 113 in August 1940. In July no fewer Of the 107 lives rescued during the than 153 lives were rescued, more than twenty-four hours from the 28th to 100 of them in one period of twenty- the 29th of July no fewer than 88 four hours between the 28th and the were from yachts, a number of those 29th of July. A full account of the rescued being children. A multiplicity activities of this memorable day of services to yachts has been a regular appears on page 322. feature of the work of the life-boats By the end of August more lives had during the summer months for a been rescued by life-boats in 1956 number of years, and it is gratifying than in the whole of 1955, and by the to record that increasing appreciation end of September life-boats had been of the services rendered by life-boats launched on service more often than is now being shown by yachtsmen. in the whole of the previous year. For example, the flag officers and Already during 1956 life-boats have committee of the Royal Ocean Racing been launched on service more often Club expressed to the Institution their than in any other year in time of peace. appreciation of the help given by life- Hitherto the busiest year apart from boats to the yachtsmen who took part 1940 was 1954, with 668 launches on in the Channel race on the 27th of service. This figure was passed when July. The Secretary of the Royal the Flamborough life-boat put out on Ocean Racing Club, in conveying the the 14th of November to escort the committee's decision, stated that the local fishing fleet to harbour. It is club had had many messages of perhaps significant that this huge appreciation. The Council of the 322 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 Royal Yachting Association, in making tickets may be sold by or to anyone a donation, also expressed its appre- under sixteen years of age; and that ciation of "the splendid services the amount allowable for expenses is rendered by life-boat crews to yachts- either the actual amount incurred or men in the past summer." ten per cent of the proceeds, which- ever is the less. District Organising NEW AWARDS FOR HONORARY Secretaries have registered with the WORKERS local authorities concerned for their The Committee of Management has respective areas. The Act provides decided to institute a silver badge as that the total value of all tickets sold an award for honorary workers who or on sale in all lotteries in a registered have given exceptionally long and area shall at no time exceed £750. The valuable service to the Institution. Small Lotteries arid Gaining Act, 1956, The silver badge will normally be does not apply to the type of lottery awarded in cases where hitherto the which was legal before the act came award has taken the form of a record into force. of thanks or a statuette. A bar to the gold badge is also to be introduced. NEW PUBLICATION This distinction will rank next in A new booklet entitled The Heroic order to that of appointment as an Story of the Life-boat Service has just honorary life governor, which is the been published by Pitkin Pictorials highest award the Institution can con- Limited. The booklet briefly recounts fer on an honorary worker. the history of the service from the establishment of the first life-boat SMALL LOTTERIES station at Bamburgh in Northumber- The Small Lotteries and Gaming land in the late eighteenth century Act, 1956, which is now in force, will down to the present time. It is pro- enable branches to stage certain lot- fusely illustrated with more than teries on behalf of the Institution eighty photographs showing outstand- which but for the passing of the Act ing services, the progress of design and would have been illegal. A number construction of life-boats and some of of clauses in the Act, however, operate the outstanding coxswains in the to restrict the scope and extent of service's history. Copies (2.9. 6d. each) these lotteries. These clauses provide can be obtained from Life-boat House that no prize shall exceed £100 in or from branches. On every copy amount or value; that the maximum sold through the Institution lOd. goes charge allowable for a ticket is one to the Institution's funds. The book- shilling and that the same charge must let will also be on sale at life-boat be made for every ticket; that no houses in the summer months.

Busiest Day in the History of the Life-boat Service BETWEEN the late evening of Saturday, swept the coasts, and the Meteoro- the 28th of July, and Sunday, the logical Office had records of gusts of 29th of July, the Life-boat Service ex- 88 miles per hour. perienced the busiest day in its entire At any time of the year gales of history. this kind would have caused arduous During most of the month of July work for the life-boats, but coming the weather had been bad and the unexpectedly at the height of summer, life-boats had been busy. Then from when many yachts and other pleasure the 25th of July a fairly shallow craft were at sea, they gave rise to no depression began to move eastwards fewer than 52 launches on service across the Atlantic. Late on the within twenty-four hours. At 38 life- 29th it started to deepen quickly and boat stations urgent calls for help next day moved north-eastwards from were received, and the response every- the Scilly Isles. Widespread gales where was magnificent. DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 323 107 People Rescued violent. There was so much spray in Life-boats rescued 107 lives on that the air that there was barely any day; 12 other people were landed; visibility. 14 vessels were saved; and 7 vessels Coxswain Douglas Grant brought were helped in other wavs. The most the life-boat up on the port side of the exacting demands were made on life- yacht and put her starboard bow boat stations in the south of England. alongside just forward of the leeboard, The Bembridge, Isle of Wight, life-boat which formed the major obstacle. was called out four separate times in The Maaslust took a big sheer as a sea the twenty-four hours. The Dover, hit her, and the two vessels were Dungeness and Southend-on-Sea life- swept widely apart. boats were each called out three times. Services for which medals for gallantry Sails Blown Away were awarded were carried out by the At this moment another yacht was Selsey, Dover and Dungeness life- sighted to windward. She seemed to boats and by a Whitstable fishing be in even greater difficulties than the boat. Maafihifit. and Coxswain Grant decided At 11.56 on the morning of Sunday, to take off her crew first. This yacht the 29th of July, the Selsey coast- was the Bloodhound. She was lying guard informed the honorary secretary to an anchor, with all her sails blown of the Selsey life-boat station, Mr. ,T. A. away and with a tangle of rigging over Tupper, that a small yacht heading her side. She was washing down towards West Wittering was flying heavily, and all her crew of nine were distress signals. There was a strong on deck. south-westerly gale. Wind speeds of The Bloodhound was lying nearly 45 to 55 knots were recorded at head to wind with the sea on her port Tangmere Meteorological Station, and side. She was just to windward of the owner of a yacht, who was later some rocks. The life-boat's engines rescued by the Selsey life-boat, said were still restricted to 800 revolutions, that his anemometer registered more but Coxswain Grant brought her up than 90 knots at one time. on the Bloodhound's starboard side and held her nearly bow on with the Difficult to Reach Boathouse engines. Both the life-boat and the yacht were taking heavy water over The Selsey life-boat crew had some all. Some of the life-boat's crew difficulty in reaching the boathouse were stationed on the foredeck, and because of the force of the wind. The with their help the seven men and sea was very rough, there were heavy two women on board the Bloodhound rain squalls, and it was two hours were quickly taken off. Coxswain before low water. Grant then took the life-boat astern The Selsey life-boat Canadian Pacific and some of the lines fouling the pro- was launched at 12.10. Lobster-pots pellers were cleared. Revolutions in- had drifted from the westward because creased to 900. of the high wind and rough sea into the area east of Selsey Bill. The pro- pellers of the life-boat were soon Survivors Given Blankets fouled by lobster-pot lines and revolu- The survivors from the Bloodhound tions on both engines dropped to 800. were given blankets and put in the Hampered in this way, the life-boat fore-cabin while the life-boat made made her way slowly round Selsey Bill. for the Maaslust. She had not drifted It was impossible to stop the engines very far, and this time Coxswain and try to clear the propellers. Grant brought the life-boat up on the At 12.30 the Maaslust, a Dutch starboard side of the boeier. This boeier of forty tons, was sighted. Her was the weather side. The Maaslust sails had blown away and she was was nearly beam on to the sea. yawing wildly, but her engines were Once again the leeboards made it working. She was surrounded by difficult for the life-boat to be brought rocks and the seas were steep and alongside, and the coxswain therefore 324 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 decided to drive the stem of the life- the eighteen rescued people were boat hard on to the low bulwark^of landed. Food and dry clothing for the the yacht and to hold her there with crew were provided by the dockyard, the engines. and the life-boat left for her station There were six people on board the at 6.45. On the return journey an- Maaslust. Three were men, one was other yacht was sighted and the life- a woman and the other two were boat made for her, but she declined children, the younger being a baby. assistance. The life-boat finally They were all wearing life-belts with reached her moorings at ten o'clock. life-lines attached, and the life-boat For these services the silver medal crew had some difficulty in clearing for gallantry was awarded to Coxswain these lines from the rigging. There Douglas Grant. The thanks of the was some natural consternation on the Institution inscribed on vellum were Maaslust when a knife was produced accorded to the other seven members to cut the line by which the baby was of the crew: Second Coxswain L, held. Lawrence, Bowman H. Lawrence, Motor Mechanic J. Haslett. Assistant All Six Taken Off Motor Mechanic A. Fullick, Life- All six people were taken off, and boatmen J. Bryon, J. Woodland and the yacht was not seen again. She K. Laidment. presumably sank shortly afterwards. Rewards to the crew: £20 16,s.; re- In the course of this operation the wards to the helpers on shore, £7 5s.; stem and fendering of the life-boat additional monetary rewards to the were both damaged. The rudder was crew, £24; total rewards, £52 Is. also jammed, and Coxswain Grant The next day the Selsey life-boat gave orders to clear away the anchor made for the Bloodhound, which was as it seemed certain that the life-boat still afloat and towed her to Ports- would drive ashore. But just as he mouth. was about to give the order to let go the wheel freed. The rudder had Dover's Services probably been fouled by a float or a The Dover life-boat Southern Africa loster-pot and had luckily been cleared. was also called out more than once on Coxswain Grant decided to make for the same day. At 10.30 on the morn- Portsmouth to land the survivors, but ing of the 29th of July the Sandgate before the life-boat had gone far an- coastguard rang up to say that the other yacht was seen to be nearly on South Goodwin lightvessel had report- her beam ends. This was the Coima, ed a yacht in difficulties two miles from a six-metre yacht. She had a sea the entrance to Dover harbour. There anchor over her bow. was a very rough sea and a strong The Coima had driven across from south-south-westerly gale. It was low an anchorage in St. Helen's Roads and water. was on the point of going ashore. The life-boat put out at 10.50 and Coxswain Grant brought the life-boat came up with the yacht Straight Flush, up on her starboard quarter, and her which had a crew of four, two miles crew of three were quickly taken on from Dover. The sails of the yacht board. The yacht was full of water were torn and the life-boat put a line and sank almost immediately. As the aboard and towed her to Dover. life-boat was brought astern more The life-boat reached her station lines and floats were thrown up by again at 12.15 and was soon called out the propellers and revolutions quickly again to carry out a series of services increased. demanding seamanship of a high order. The south-south-westerly wind had now reached hurricane force, with Another Yacht Sighted gusts up to 80 knots. There was a The time was now 1.40, that is to steep confused sea in the harbour. say an hour and a half after the life- At 12.55 the honorary secretary, Mr. boat had put to sea. At 4.45 the Douglas Stewart, and the motor life-boat reached Portsmouth, where mechanic, Mr. H. K. Pegg, had both DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 325 noticed that a number of yachts shel- Walker decided that it would be too tering in the harbour had begun to risky to try to take her in tow so near drag their anchors. The crew of the a lee shore. He therefore decided life-boat were summoned by telephone to land the crew of the Tawi at the as it was thought that they might not entrance to the Granville dock, as hear the maroons in the conditions they were clearly suffering from the then prevailing. effects of what they had been through. When the life-boat..returned the Broke up in Minutes Sonia was flying a distress signal. She had now dragged to a position At 1.15, when the tide was half flood, some three hundred yards off shore. the Dover life-boat left her moorings. Coxswain Walker made several un- Coxswain John Walker decided to go successful attempts to come alongside, first to. the help of the yacht Mermaid, but finally he succeeded and the which was near Castle jetty, but by Sonia's crew of five were taken off the time the life-boat rounded the west at 2.10. pier he found that it was too late. The Mermaid broke up in a few min- utes, her crew being rescued by ropes Third Yacht thrown from a jetty. The life-boat then made for another The life-boat then went to the help yacht, the Tawi, which was just west of a third yacht. This was the of the Castle jetty and in danger of Madame Pompadour, a 45-feet cabin going ashore there or on the rocks to cruiser with a diesel engine. She had the eastward. The Tawi had two two anchors down and had her engines anchors down and was yawing wildly full ahead. She was rolling heavily in the confused sea. A large, decked and yawing wildly. Her owner and his son were on board and asked to be motor launch was alongside and trying taken off. to take her in tow, but when the life- Only at the sixth attempt did the boat arrived the launch's crew gave coxswain manage to come alongside. up the attempt and made for shelter. The owner of the yacht was a heavy man and the life-boat's crew had Clinging to Rigging difficulty in taking him on board the Coxswain Walker made several life-boat. At one moment his legs attempts to come alongside the port were nearly crushed between the two side of the Tawi and eventually suc- vessels, but in the end both he and ceeded in getting a line with a grapnel his son were taken on board. This fast. The Tawi's crew of three were time some stanchions on the port clinging to the rigging, exhausted and side of the life-boat were damaged. unable to help themselves. The Madame Pompadour broke up on Coxswain Walker had little room to the rocks by the west pier ten minutes manoeuvre as the Tau~i was now only after her crew had been taken off. fifty yards from the shore and about the same distance from the Castle jetty. He succeeded in keeping the Seven Survivors Landed life-boat alongside with the use of This third rescue was completed at the engines, and the crew of the life- 2.31 and seven survivors from the boat took the three men from the two yachts were landed at the Customs Tawi on board safely. A number of House jetty. The life-boat returned the life-boat's guardrail stanchions to her moorings at four o'clock. were carried away during the rescue. For these services a second service The Tawi eventually dragged ashore clasp to his bronze medal was awarded and became a total loss. to Coxswain John Walker. A letter of The owner of the yacht Sonia, appreciation was sent to Mr, Douglas which was anchored close at hand, Stewart, the honorary secretary. then asked for a tow. She was Rewards to the crew etc., £6 5.s.; steaming ahead on her petrol engine additional monetary reward to the and holding her own, but Coxswain crew, £12; totaj rewards, £18 5.9. 326 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 Yacht in Tow The S.S. B. P. Distributor was stand- The rescues from the three yachts ing by and had already picked up six did not end the services of the Dover survivors who had been clinging to life-boat that day. At 7.25 on the floating wreckage. The waves were same evening the Sandgate coastguard so high and there was so much flying reported that a yacht was drifting spray and rain that it was extremely five miles south-east of Dover. The difficult for the life-boat crew to find life-boat put out at 7.40. The sea was any of the survivors in the sea, but still very rough, a whole south-south- with the help of the steamer the life- westerly gale was blowing and the tide boat was directed to the main body of was ebbing. When the life-boat survivors. reached the position indicated she found that the yacht Crevette was Propeller Fouled being towed by a freighter Julia, None of these men was any longer which was heading for Dover. The capable of helping himself, and Cox- life-boat escorted both vessels until swain George Tart had to exercise the tow rope broke. She then took great care to avoid injuring any of the Crerette in tow. The Julia con- them. tinued on her journey to Antwerp When the life-boat was in the middle with the four survivors from the of a group of survivors the propeller Crevette on board. The life-boat, with became fouled by wreckage. The the yacht in tow, returned to her motor mechanic, A. J. Oilier, immed- station at 10.30. Property salvage iately went down into the engine-room, was claimed. uncoupled the shaft and by turning it by hand in a reverse direction Another _Kent Life-boat managed to clear the obstruction. The The third life-boat service on the obstruction had been caused by a day for which a medal for gallantry piece of the mast of one of the Tees- was awarded was carried out by an- zcood's boats. other Kent life-boat, that stationed at An Italian liner of some twenty Dungeness. At 12.35 on the after- thousand tons was also in the neigh- noon of the 29th of July a resident of bourhood. She attempted to rescue a Dungeness, Mr. C. Tart, told the man in the water by throwing him a assistant honorary secretary, Mr. A. line, but the man was too weak to hold J. Tart, that he had heard a distress on and fell back. The liner was drift- message from the motor vessel Tees- ing down on to the life-boat and Cox- wood on his wireless set. Almost swain Tart had to go ahead to clear immediately afterwards the Lade her, but the life-boat crew managed coastguard informed Mr. A. J. Tart to rescue the man as the life-boat drew that the TeesiL-ood was in difficulties clear to the windward of the liner. four miles east of Dungeness. At 12.55 the Dungeness life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched. Artificial Respiration Here too there was a wind of hurri- One of the men who had been picked cane force, blowing from the south- up from the sea was apparently south-west, with gusts up to 80 knots. drowned, and a member of the crew, There was a high confused sea and it W. Thomas, applied artificial respira- was two and a half hours before high tion for an hour and a half in condi- water. The life-boat met heavy tions of the greatest difficulty. He breaking seas soon after she left the and his patient were both being washed beach. about continually by heavy seas on At 1.15 the master of the Tees-mood the deck. His efforts did not succeed reported that he was sending his crew and the man died. away in boats. At this time the life- The life-boat left the Teeswood at boat was about a mile and a half 2.20, and Coxswain Tart shaped a away. When she reached the Tees- course for Littlestone, following the vood a quarter of an hour later she coast round close inshore to have the found that the vessel had capsized. advantage of anv lee there was. The DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT life-boat did not reach her station her help. The Dungeness life-boat until 4.15. The survivors were landed returned to her station, which she and immediately taken to hospital by reached at 11.30. She had spent ambulances which were waiting. eighteen of the last twenty-two hours While she was returning to her at sea. station the life-boat received a message The bronze medal for gallantry was by radio-telephone that flares had been awarded to Coxswain George Tart. seen from a yacht off Dymchurch. The thanks of the Institution inscribed The condition of the men rescued on vellum were accorded to Motor from the Teestuood was so bad that Mechanic A. ,T. Oilier and a member Coxswain Tart decided to Jand them of the crew, IV. Thomas. before answering this second call. Rewards to the crew, £49; rewards By 4.45 the life-boat had been to the helpers on shore, £82 6s.; addi- beached, hauled up and launched once tional monetary rewards to the crew, again into heavy confused seas with £95; total rewards, £226 6s. a wind of hurricane force blowing from the south-west. Service by Fishing Boat The life-boat made for the position The fourth service for which a medal given, one mile south of Dungeness, for gallantry was awarded on this day and searched the coast as far as Folkestone. The yacht, which was was carried out not by a life-boat but by a fishing boat. the Crereite, had in the meanwhile At 12.30 on the afternoon of the been taken in tow by a steamer, and the life-boat returned to hei- 29th of July a police sergeant in Whitstable, Kent, told Mr! Arthur st ation at 8.50. Rouse, a Whitstable fisherman, that a dinghy was in difficulties off Tanker- Appalling Conditions ton. Mr. Rouse went to the beach She had been at sea for eight hours and through his binoculars saw the in appalling conditions. But at mid- dinghy at anchor to leeward of the night she was launched a third time. Street Stones, a narrow shingle bank This was in response to a message running out from the shore at right- received from the coastguard that a angles for about a mile and a half. yacht was in distress fifteen miles The dinghy at the time had some south-by-east of Dungeness. The shelter from the bank, but it was wind was now blowing from the west- clear that the effect of this would grow south-west and it was two hours after less as the tide rose. The coastguard low water. informed the Margate honorary secre- At 1.19 early on the morning of tary, and the Margate life-boat North the 30th of July the life-boat contacted Foreland (Civil Service No 11) was the motor vessel Dora, which had first launched. But because of the distance reported the yacht to be in distress. from the Margate life-boat station and The Dora replied that she had lost the violence of the storm it was doubt- sight of the yacht nearly three hours ful whether she would arrive in time earlier. Coxswain Tart then asked to save the dinghy. the coastguard to arrange an air search at daylight. Local Boatbuilder Mr. Rouse, therefore, spoke to a locsi New Position Given boatbuilder and engineer, Mr. Leslie Coxswain Tart was now given a new- \Vood, and they decided to attempt a position for the yacht. This was four rescue with the fishing boat Audrey miles south of Colbart lightbuoy. At Russell if the owner could be found. 2.44 the life-boat reached the position The Audrey Russell was a 21-feet and began to search. Eventually it 6-inches whelk boat with a diesel was reported that the yacht, which was engine. the Right Royal, was alongside the The owner, Mr. Harold Rowden, a Dyck lightvessel and that the Calais man of 53, was found and he agreed and Dunkirk life-boats were going to to go out and try to rescue the dinghy's 328 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 crew. At 1.30, as soon as there was i rounding the end of the Street Stones, enough water in the harbour, the but Mr. Rowden brought her astern Audrey Russell put to sea. Mr. Row- of the dinghy. He then waited for a den was at the tiller, Mr. Wood was lull and went alongside the starboard in charge of the engine and Mr. Rouse side of the dinghy. He and his crew acted as crew. took off first a woman and then a The south-westerly wind was of man. The two people, a Mr. and Mrs. hurricane force, and although it was Liggins, had been fishing since early blowing from off-shore people who were morning and had been caught quite watching said they had never seen unprepared by the sudden onset of such a heavy sea on the beach. Some the storm. of them had to crawl on their hands After rescuing the two people Mr. and knees because of the violence of Rowden decided to try to save the the wind, and fish-boxes were hurtling boat. He therefore cut away her through the air. Because of the state anchor, secured her grass warp and of the tide and the fact that Mr. veered her astern for towing. With Rowden's boat drew five feet, the the dinghy in tow, the Audrey Russell. Audrey Russell had to pass round the escorted in the later stages by the seaward end of the Street Stones. Margate life-boat, returned to Whit- stable, which was reached at 2.15. Heavy Battering For this rescue the bronze medal The boat had no drogue, and with was awarded to Mr. Harold Rowden. the wind and sea on the starboard The thanks of the Institution inscribed quarter she was in grave danger of on vellum were accorded to Mr. broaching to on the outward journey. Leslie Wood and Mr. Arthur Rouse. Mr. Rowden had great difficulty in The table on page 329 summarizes controlling her. The boat took a heavy the services carried out during these battering in the confused seas when extraordinary twenty-four hours.

Portrait on the Cover THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- Roslin. On three occasions he has swain George Flett, who has been been accorded the thanks of the Insti- coxswain of the Aberdeen number one tution inscribed on vellum, the last life-boat since 1949. For six years time for the rescue of the crew of he was second coxswain of the boat. eleven of the trawler Sturdee on the In 1937, when second coxswain, he 19th of October, 1955. was awarded the bronze medal for an The photograph is reproduced by outstanding rescue from the steamer courtesy of Aberdeen Journals Ltd.

Accident to French Life-boat ONT the 4th of September, 1956, the letter of condolence to the Societe life-boat Jean Charcot, stationed at Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages. Molene and belonging to the Societe The Jean Charcot served with the Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages, Royal National Life-boat Institution overturned when being launched to go during the war. She was found in the to the help of the yacht Mathan. Six Channel and placed in the reserve of the crew were injured and one of fleet. For a time she was stationed at them was detained in hospital for Holyhead, and was launched five times some weeks. The Institution sent a on service. DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 329 Twenty-four hours in the Life-boat Service THE table below gives details of the period of twenty-four hours on the services of the life-boats during a 28th-29th of July.

Hours Lives Persons Vessels Vessels Services Station Launches Casualty at sea rescued landed saved helped rendered Aberystwyth | 1 Fishing boats Kathleen 6 2 -_ 2 Rescued 2 Clarice — — Gave help Pen-cw — — — — Escorted vessel Barmouth 1 Fishing boat Westmai4i 5 2 Rescued 2 Barrow 2 Fishing boats Rosalie 2 6 — —1 „—. Saved boat Sea Urchin and rescued 6 2 1 Gave help Beaumaris 1 Yacht Gypsy 4 —1 — — Rescued I Bembridge 4 Yacht Gardenia 1 2 — — Rescued 2 Yacht Falcon 5 4 — 1 Saved yacht — — and rescued 4 — — None Steamer Maria 3 — Yacht Colin Archer 6 4 — i i .— . Saved yacht i 1 ; and rescued 4 Blackpool 1 Fishing boat 4 | — — None Coverack 1 Yacht Moyana T — — None 2 i — — — Donaghadee 1 Motor boat : None Dover 3 Yacht Crevetre 3 — 1 — Saved yacht Yacht Straight Flush 2 | 4 — 1 Saved yacht — — and rescued 4 Yachts Sonia, Madame Pompadour and Tawi 3 10 ! — — Rescued 10 Dungeness 3 Yacht Right Royal 11 — — None Yacht Crevetle 4 — — — None S.S. Teesviood 4 —9 — — — Rescued 9 and — — landed a body None Exmouth 1 Reported flares 8 -— — 1 4 6 — Landed 6 Falmouth Yacht Crean — — — Fowey 2 Reported flares 2 . .— None Yacht Fairwood 2 — —I Gave help — — — Hartlepool 1 Yacht Giselle 1 — 1 Gave help Hoylake 1 Yachts Crusader, Portia, 4 7 — Rescued 7 and Matthew Walker — Lytham 1 Small boat 3 — — — — None — •— — None Mallaig 1 Fishing boat Betty 4 — Margate 1 S.S. Tecswood and small boat 7 — j 6 1 Escorted boat — and landed 6 Moclfre 1 Yacht Leader 13 3 1 Saved boat and rescued 3 New Brighton 1 Yachts Duke Belle and Troelodi'le 5 5 — | 1 Saved yacht and rescued 5 Newhaven 1 Yacht Ben's Choice 8 __ „ None New Quay 1 Yacht Sabrina 61 — 1 Saved yacht — and rescued 1 Plymouth [ Yacht Isonda 3 4 — 1 Saved yacht and rescued 4 Porlpatrick 1 H.M. launch M.L.D. 2593 16 — • — — 1 Stood by Rosslare Harbour 1 Yacht Nellie 3 1 i — Saved yacht 1 ! ~ and rescued 1

St. Ives 1 French fishing boat } Abousmor Camaret 6 None St. Peter Port 1 Yacht Knola 2 4 i — Rescued 4 balcombe 1 Dinghy 2 — None Selsey 2 Yachts Bloodhound, 10 18 ' — 1 — Saved a yacht Coima and Maaslust and rescued 18 Yacht Bloodhound 2 : — : — Gave help Shoreham Harbour 2 M.V. Solent Swan 6 : — — None M.V. Solent Swan 9 — — None Skegness 1 Yacht Vagabond 9 2 ~— 1 Saved yacht — and rescued 2 Southend-on-Sea 3 Raft 1 2 — : — . None Fishing vessel Navigator 2 . None — Yacht Ocean Breaker 26 — 1 Saved yacht and rescued 6 Swanage 1 Yacht Omega 4 4 i — , Rescued 4 Torbay 2 Tanker Mobilfuel 11 I — ' — None Reported rockets — i — l — — — None Walton 1 Reported flares 9 . — — None Wells 1 Yacht El/ena 2 5 i Saved yacht and rescued 5 Weymouth 1 S.S. Triton 3 None Yarmouth 1 Yacht Nave and S.S. — — Aliki 3 3 — Rescued 3 — — Assemblies Lizard Yacht Afoyana St. Ives French fishing boat — Abousmor Camaret — — — — — 52 243 107 1? 14 7 • 330 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956

Medal for Fourteen-year-old boy AT 4.45 on the afternoon of the 18th of west of the point from which he had May, 1956, a ten-feet dinghy in which put out. He beached his canoe, two boys aged fourteen and fifteen which was half full of water, and was were sailing capsized about half a then taken home by the police. The mile from the shore at Minnis Bay, rescue had lasted about an hour. near Birchington, Kent. A small boy t The two rescued boys were taken saw the dinghy capsize and immedi- by car to the Minnis Bay tea pavilion, ately told a Corporation employee. where the manageress, Mrs. L. M. The police were informed and the Skinner, who had seen the dinghy Margate life-boat North Foreland (Civil capsize, had prepared blankets and hot Service No. 11} was launched. drinks. She had also sent blankets to Another boy also saw the incident. the beach. The boys were stripped He was Michael Boyes, who was aged and massaged and given dry clothes fourteen and was a friend of the two before being taken to hospital by boys in the sailing dinghy. He at ambulance. once put out in his ten-feet single- seater canoe. A fresh north-westerly Skill and Courage wind veering to the north-east was Several witnesses paid tribute to blowing, and the sea was rough. The the skill and courage shown by Michael tide was half flood. Shortly after- Boyes in carrying out the rescue. He wards Mr. Charles Kite, a man in his had had to rely entirely on his own sixties, who had heard that the dinghy efforts in conditions which were bad had capsized, went to the boat park enough to have made it difficult for and with the help of Mr. T. Nicholson the two fully grown men, Mr. Kite and launched a pulling dinghy. Mr. Nicholson, to reach the capsized sailing boat. Mr. Kite and Mr. Held on to Canoe Nicholson were still searching for Meanwhile Michael Boyes, after survivors when the Margate life-boat paddling for twenty minutes, reached arrived. the capsized dinghy. The boys in the For the courage, skill and judgment water held on to the stern of the canoe he showed in carrying out this rescue, and with considerable difficulty were in which he was fully aware of the towed into shallow water where they risks he was running, Michael Boyes waded ashore. Michael Boyes had was awarded the bronze medal for realised he would have to make use gallantry by the Institution. Letters of the tide, which was setting to the of appreciation were sent to 3Ir. westward at about two knots, and the Charles Kite, Mr. T. Nicholson and canoe came ashore a mile and a quarter Mrs. L. M. Skinner.

Correspondence Four Winds, The circumstances in which the Wade Lane, rescue was carried out were of the most Wade Court Road, difficult. My boat, a 40 ton steel Havant, Hampshire. ketch with a wide rubbing band and 16th September, 1956. heavy leeboards, was drifting broad- DEAR SIR, side on in shoal water towards a lee I am writing to express my extreme shore. She was virtually out of con- gratitude to the coxswain and crew trol, since the after part of the rudder of the Selsey life-boat for their rescue had snapped and her sails had blown of my family, my friends and myself out, and, with seas 30 ft. high break- from the yacht Maaslust on July 28th ing over her, it must have been last. extremely difficult to get alongside at DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 331 all. The manner in which Mr. Grant I services carried out on the 29th of July. held the life-boat on our windward The owners of the Tees-mood made a quarter while we boarded her, was donation to the funds of the Institu- beyond praise. Had he made any tion; one of the members of the Tees- error of judgment our twenty-two wood's crew who was rescued wrote a month old son and Mr. Phillipps' letter of thanks; "an onlooker" also twelve-year-old daughter would have wrote to express his appreciation of had little chance of survival. The the efforts of the Dungeness crew; and wind at this time was of hurricane a statement was made at a meeting of force—96 m.p.h.—and such conditions the Lydd Borough Council declaring: had never before been experienced in "These efforts and achievements will the locality. take a high place in the long list of During the same trip, Mr. Grant gallant rescues in the history, not only rescued the crews of Bloodhound and of the Dungeness Life-boat Service, but Coima in an equally faultless manner. of the service of the Royal National I should be pleased if this letter Life-boat Institution, and we in this might be published as a small expres- old Borough are proud to have such sion of our appreciation of a most brave men living in our midst". admirable feat of seamanship, and our For the services carried out by the thanks for the preservation of our Selsey life-boat letters of appreciation lives. were sent by the owner of the yacht Yours faithfully, Bloodhound and the people rescued; (signed JOHN P. WILLS. the owner and crew of the yacht Coima sent a gift to the crew; and a woman A number of other letters of thanks whose grandson was rescued sent a and appreciation and gifts followed the donation to the funds of the Institution.

A Hundred Years Ago Extract from The Life-boat of 1st of January, 1857 WALMER AND DEAL, KENT in distress and to shipwrecked crews. A BRANCH of the National Life-boat These services have however been Institution, under the above title, has solely performed in their own boats, been recently founded at Walmer, and no life-boat having been stationed a 30-feet life-boat, on Mr. Peake's until now in the neighbourhood of plan, perfectly equipped both for Deal, of which Walmer is a contin- sailing and rowing, and combining all uation, it being, in fact, the south end the most recent improvements, has of Deal beach. With this superior been placed on Walmer beach. An boat in their possession, we cannot honorary Committee of gentlemen but look forward to their rendering residing in the neighbourhood has the most important services in future. been formed to superintend its The cost of this life-boat has been management, in conformity with the defrayed by subscriptions raised ordinary rules of the Institution, and amongst members of the Royal we trust that, in the hands of the Thames Yacht Club, for the purpose celebrated Deal and Walmer boatmen, of presenting a first-class life-boat to it may be the means of saving many this Institution. This generous act lives on the neighbouring Goodwin originated in the magnanimous offer Sands, for which purpose it has been made by a gentleman of that distin- established. guished Club, to contribute half the Every one is acquainted with the cost of such a life-boat, on the condi- meritorious and hazardous services tion that the other item should be which the Deal boatmen have from subscribed by other members of the time immemorial rendered to vessels Club. 332 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956

Services of the Life-boats in July, August and September, 1956 290 Lives Rescued JULY and it was high water. The life-boat DURING July life-boats were launched found the yacht Nona, of Southamp- on service 129 times and rescued 153 ton, with a crew of eight, bumping lives. badly and with heavy seas breaking over her. The yacht was in a very difficult position among the rocks and FRENCH YACHT TOWED TO DOVER reefs and swirling seas. A line was Dover, Kent.—At 6.10 on the evening fired from the life-boat across the wind of the 1st of July, 1956, the Eastern and at the first attempt reached the Arm signal station reported that a survivors. The yacht's dinghy was small sailing yacht was in difficulties then used to take off some of the crew, close inshore to South Foreland. At but at the second attempt it was 6.25 the life-boat Southern Africa put swamped and sank. The coxswain out in a rough sea. There was a strong then ran the life-boat right into the southerly breeze, and the tide was yacht, and the remaining members of flooding. The life-boat came up with yacht were grasped and lifted aboard the yacht Mamounia, of Calais, which the life-boat. The life-boat returned had a crew of two, a hundred yards off to her station, arriving at 1.30 in the the cliffs. She towed her to Dover, morning.—Rewards to the crew, arriving there at 7.45.—Rewards to £12 165.; reward to the helper on shore, the crew etc., £6 5s. 16s.

FISHING BOAT TOWED TO WALMER SERIES OF SERVICES TO COSTA Walmer. Kent. — At 6.58 on the RICAN STEAMER evening- of the 1st of July, 1956, the Workington, Cumberland.—At 6.35 Deal coastguard telephoned that three on the morning of the 5th of July, people in a dinghy could be seen wav- 1956, the Walney Island coastguard ing a flag on a stick in Pegwell Bay. reported that a vessel was aground in At 7.3 the life-boat Charles Dibdin the harbour entrance. The life-boat (Civil Service No, 2) was launched in a Edward Z. Dresden, on temporary duty slight sea. A fresh south-south-wes- at the station, put out at eight o'clock terly breeze was blowing, and the tide to help a tug refloat the vessel. The was ebbing. The life-boat found the sea was rough, there was a moderate fishing boat Drig with her engines south-westerly gale and the tide was broken down and towed her to Deal. flooding. The vessel, which was the The life-boat reached her station again Costa Rican steamer Carmen, with a at 8.15.—Rewards to crew, £9; rewards crew of twenty-three, had refloated to helpers on shore, £11 11s. under her own power, but she was making water and it was decided to beach her north of the channel en- EIGHT RESCUED FROM YACHT trance. Sixteen of her crew were ON ROCKS landed by the life-boat. Subsequent Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 8.35 trips from the 6th to 12th of July were on the evening of the 4th of July, 1956, carried out by the life-boat to convey the Southend coastguard rang up to a surveyor to the Carmen, as because say that a yacht was ashore at Cleats of the weather conditions the life-boat Point two hundred yards off shore. was the only boat that could get along- The life-boat City of Glasgow II put side her. A donation was made to out at 8.52. There was a moderate the Institution's funds. Rewards to sea and a fresh south-easterly breeze, the crew, £110 13s. DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 333 FISHING BOAT TOWED TO she intended to try to refloat under her HOLY ISLAND own power at high water. It was not Holy Island, Northumberland. — At thought that she would need any im- 9.15 on the morning of the 5th of July, mediate help. As the attempt to 1956, the coastguard reported that the refloat was unsuccessful and a tug local fishing boat Sarah Ann was over- could not be sent because of fog in due. After further enquiries had been Portsmouth harbour, the life-boat made, the life-boat Gertrude was Beryl Tollemache was launched at 10.15 launched at 10.5 in a rough sea. There at night. The sea was ealm, there was was a moderate south-westerly gale, a light breeze, and the tide was flood- and the tide was flooding. The life- ing. The life-boat came up with boat came up with the Sarah Ann four- Sybella and helped to refloat her. She teen miles north-east of Longstone returned to her station at 12.30 early lighthouse. The fishing boat's pro- on the 9th. The Commander-in-Chief, pellers had been fouled by her fishing Portsmouth, expressed his apprecia- nets, and she had been drifting. She tion to the station.—Rewards to the had a crew of four. The life-boat crew, £9 12.?.; rewards to the helpers towed the Sarah Ann back to Holy on shore, £9 Ss. Island, which was reached at 4.20, and remained there at moorings because of TWO STEAMERS IN COLLISION the weather. She was rehoused next IN FOG day.—Rewards to the crew, £15 15s.; Dover, Kent.—At 12.48 on the after- rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 10s. noon of the 8th of July, 1956, the Sandgate coastguard reported that two MAN TAKEN OFF MOTOR LAUNCH ships had been in collision five miles Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—-At 1.50 south-east of South Foreland in thick early on the morning of the 8th of July, fog. The life-boat Southern Africa 1956, the coastguard telephoned that put out at 1.10. The sea was smooth, a motor launch had left Fishguard the there was a light south-westerly wind, evening before and had not returned. and the tide was ebbing. The life- The life-boat White Star was launched boat came up with the S.S. Dione of at 2.15. There was a smooth sea, with Caen one and a half miles from the a slight southerly breeze and fog. The East Goodwin lightvessel and found tide was flooding. The life-boat that she was being towed by the tug searched in the direction of Cardigan Lady Brassey to Calais. The other Island and found the motor launch vessel, the S.S. Michael C, although Mitchell, of Fishguard, with two people damaged, did not need help and pro- on board anchored under the cliffs at ceeded under her own steam. The life- Aberporth. Her engine had broken boat stood by the S.S. Dione while she down. She was not in danger, but one was towed to Calais, and then returned of the men on board wished to be to her station, arriving at ten o'clock. taken back to Fishguard. The life-boat —Rewards to the crew etc., £15 6s. brought him back, arriving at Fish- guard at 10.5.—Rewards to the crew, TWO IRISH LIFE-BOATS IN £16 6s.; rewards to the helpers on LONG SEARCH shore, £3 16s. Baltimore and Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork.—At 1.30 on the afternoon of the FLEET TENDER REFLOATED 8th of July, 1956, the Garda at Castle- NEAR BEACHY HEAD townshend telephoned that the local Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.55 on the yacht Charis had put out the day morning of the 8th of July, 1956, the before and had not returned. At two coastguard telephoned that the Ports- o'clock the Baltimore life-boat Sarah mouth naval authorities had reported Tilson was launched in a rough sea. that the fleet tender Sybella (M.F.V. There was a south-south-westerly 1564) had gone aground east of Beachy breeze, and it was high water. Visi- head the evening before. She had bility was very poor because of mist, been twenty feet from the shore, and rain and fog. The yacht had last been 334 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 seen off Glandore, and the life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was searched an area from Galley Head launched in a calm sea, with a light west to Fasnet but could find no trace breeze blowing, to take two fire service of her. At 10.15 at night the Ccurt- pumps to the auxiliary cutter Spray. macsherry life-boat Sarah Ward and The Spray had sunk in Beaumaris Bay William David Crosweller joined the near Gallows Point after her anchor search east of Galley Head, but with- had parted and she had grounded, out success. The Baltimore life-boat when filled with water, on the rising returned to her station at one o'clock tide. There was no one on board. early on the 9th of July, and the Court - The life-boat reached the Spray at macsherry life-boat at 2.45. The two 1.30 and stood by until 5.30. The life-boats resumed the search in day- water was then pumped out. This light, and at 11.30 in the morning a lasted three hours, and the yacht was message was received that a yacht then towed to deeper water. The life- answering the description of the Charis boat returned to her station with the had been sighted off the Old Head, pumps, arriving back at two o'clock Kinsole. The Courtmacsherry life- in the afternoon.—Property Salvage boat went to the position and found the Case. missing yacht with two people on board six miles south of Old Head. She SURVEY MOTOR LAUNCH towed her to harbour and arrived back TOWED OFF ROCKS at her station at 2.15. The Baltimore life-boat reached her station at three Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 3.50 on o'clock after being at sea for a total of the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1956, twenty-one hours.—Rewards to the H.M. S.M.L. A 322 was observed to be crew: Baltimore, £39 14s.; Courtmac- aground on a rock outside Mallaig sherry, £22 8s.: rewards to the helpers harbour. The life-boat Sir Arthur on shore, etc.: Baltimore, £4 16s.; Rose put out at four o'clock with the Courtmacsherry, £3 12s. second coxswain in charge. The sea was calm, the weather was clear, and CREW RESCUED FROM STEAMER the tide was ebbing. The life-boat ON ROCKS came up with the motor launch, which had a crew of ten, and passed a tow Penlee, Cornwall.—At 7.10 on the rope. She then pulled the launch evening of the 8th of July, 1956, the clear. The life-boat arrived back at coastguard reported that a vessel was her station at five o'clock.—Rewards ashore at Cudden Point. The life-boat to the crew, £7. Millie Walton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 7.15. There was a swell, with a light southerly breeze blowing and fog. While mak- FRENCH TRAWLER ESCORTED ing for the position the life-boat ran Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 10.19 on aground for a short period owing to the the night of the 12th of July, 1956, a bad visibility. The life-boat came up representative of Messrs. MacBrayne with the steamer Yezccroft on the rocks Ltd., Port Ellen, telephoned to say at Trevean near Cudden Point, Fer- that a French trawler was in diffi- ranthnoe. The chief engineer was culties off Ardbeg. Conflicting in- landed by breeches buoy while the re- formation had been received, and the mainder of the crew were taken off by Kilchoman coastguard tried to have the life-boat. The life-boat arrived the position confirmed. The honorary back at her station at eleven o'clock. secretary decided to launch the life- —Rewards to the crew, £9 16s.; re- boat, and at 11.15 the life-boat Char- wards to the helpers on shore etc., lotte Elizabeth put out. There was a £11 13s. slight sea, with a fresh south-easterly breeze blowing. The tide was half FIRE SERVICE PUMPS TAKEN ebb. The life-boat came up with the TO YACHT trawler Salver-er-Bed two and a half Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At midnight miles west-south-west of Chuirn Island. on the 9th of July, 1956, the life-boat She had just been taken in tow by the- DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 335 S.S. Glen Rosa. The life-boat escorted she had been taken in tow by the pilot both vessels to Ardbeg and then re- boat Ada. The man on board the turned to her station, arriving back at Tregenna Castle was transferred to the four o'clock.—Rewards to the crew: life-boat, which then returned to her £12 7s.; rewards to the helpers on station, arriving at 10.50.—Rewards shore, £l 4s. to the crew, £7; rewards to the helpers on shore, £9 15s. FISHING BOATS TOWED TO AMBLE YACHT TOWED TO TOBERMORY Amble, Northumberland.—At 7.30 on Mallaig, Inverness-shire. —- At five the evening of the 12th of July, 1956, o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th of the coastguard reported that the fish- July, 1956, immediately after the life- ing vessel Blossom, of Wick, had broken boat had returned from a previous down in Druridge Bay. The life-boat service, a message was received from City of Bradford II, on temporary duty the Southend (Argyll) coastguard that at the station, put out at 7.55. There a small boat was drifting and firing red was a slight sea, with a light easterly flares between Ardnamurchan Point breeze blowing, and ib was high water. and the Isle of Muck. The life-boat The life-boat found the Blossom, which Sir Arthur Rose put out at 5.10. The had a crew of two, with her engine sea was calm, and there were light broken down. She towed her into south-easterly airs and an ebbing tide. Amble and arrived back at her station The life-boat came up with the motor at 9.25.—Rewards to the crew, £7. yacht Ranger, with a crew of five, some five miles north-west of Ardnamurchan LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY YACHT Point. The yacht had engine trouble IN TOW and the life-boat towed her to Tober- Walmer, Kent.—At 8.2 on the even- mory, arriving back at her station at ing of the 12th of July, 1956, Deal 3.30 on the morning of the 17th of coastguard rang up to say that the July.—Property Salvage Case. South Goodwin lightvessel had re- ported that a yacht was in distress STANDING BY FOR near the lightvessel. The life-boat MORE THAN TWO DAYS Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 8.15 on launched at 8.40. The sea was moder- the morning of the 17th of July, 1956, ate, there was a moderate north- the Orlock coastguard telephoned that easterly breeze, and it was low water. a vessel was ashore at the Maidens. The life-boat found the yacht Frou At 8.30 the life-boat Sir Samuel Kelly Frou towing the yacht Stormalong off was launched. There was a heavy Dover harbour. She stood by both swell and a slight east-north-easterly vessels until they were safely inside breeze with rain. The tide was ebbing. the harbour entrance. The life-boat The life-boat found the motor vessel returned to her station, arriving at Douglas, of Bergen, hard and fast on 10.30.—Rewards to the crew, £10; the rocks. The Norwegian captain rewards to the helpers on shore, asked the life-boat to stand by, as the £17 8s. vessel was holed and taking water. The following morning an attempt was MAN TAKEN FROM SKIFF TO made with the help of a tug, which had LIFE-BOAT arrived at the position, to refloat the St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 9.45 on the Douglas, but it was unsuccessful. The night of the 15th of July, 1956, the life-boat remained alongside the vessel coastguard reported that a skiff with until the 19th of July, when it was one man aboard was adrift in the bay decided that her services were no with no oars. The life-boat Edgar longer needed. She landed four of the George Orlando and Eva Child was crew of the Douglas at Lame at her launched at 10.10 in a smooth sea and captain's request, and then returned a flooding tide. When the life-boat to her station, arriving at nine o'clock came up with the skiff Tregenna Castle, at night. The life-boat had stood by 336 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 for nearly 53 hours.—Rewards to the back at her station at 12.45.—Rewards crew, £100 13s.; reward to the helper to the crew, £22 5s.; rewards to the on shore, £3 12*. helpers on shore, £4 14s.

PISHING BOAT TOWED TO YACHT TOWED TO WEYMOUTH STROMNESS Weymouth, Dorset.—At 6.45 on the Stromness, Orkney.—At 7.42 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1956, the evening of the 16th of July, 1056, the Wyke coastguard telephoned that a Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that yacht was out of control twenty-five the fishing- boat Halcyon, of Wick, had miles south-west of Portland Bill and gone ashore on Black Craig Rock in needed help. At seven o'clock the Hoy Sound. At 7.55 the life-boat life-boat William and Clara Ryland Archibald and Alexander M. Paterson put out in a rough sea. A strong put out. The sea was smooth, there northerly breeze was blowing, and the was a slight easterly breeze, and it was tide was flooding. The life-boat found foggy. The tide was ebbing. The life- the yacht Midnight being towed by boat found the Halcyon with a crew of H.M.S. Keppel, and at the request of four aground on Braga. With her, the captain of the Keppel she took over also aground, was another fishing boat, the tow and made for Weymouth, the El Alamein, which had a crew of which she reached at 7.30. As the five. The El Alamein had broken yacht was making water, a member of down, and the Halcyon was towing her the crew was put aboard to help when they stranded. The coxswain with baling.—Rewards to the crew, decided to stand by both vessels until £23 17s.; rewards to the helpers on high water, and the life-boat passed a shore, £l 4s. line aboard the Halcyon by means of the Schermuly pistol. Another line SICK MAN LANDED FROM TANKER was passed to the other vessel by the Valentla, Co. Kerry.—At 5.15 on the Stromness life-saving apparatus team. afternoon of the 21st of July, 1956, a Later the fishing boat Enterprise ar- message was received from Valentia rived at the position and her skipper radio that the tanker Dona Myrto, of arranged with the coxswain to tow Panama, with a gravely ill man aboard, the El Alamein clear, while the life- was expected to arrive off Yalentia at boat took the Halcyon in tow. The midnight. At 10.15 the life-boat life-boat reached her station at 6.25 William and Harriot, on temporary in the morning. The owner of the duty at the station, put out with a Halcyon made a donation to the In- doctor and two nurses aboard. There stitution's funds.—Rewards to the was a moderate sea, with a gentle crew, £20 13s.; rewards to the helpers south-westerly breeze and fog. The on shore, £l 16s. tide was flooding. The life-boat came up with the Dona Myrto two miles FISHING BOAT ESCORTED TO north-west of Skelligs Rock. A WHITSTABLE stretcher was passed aboard her, and Margate, Kent.—At 1.6 early on the the sick man, who was the fireman, morning of the 20th of July, 1956, the was transferred to the life-boat. The coastguard telephoned that a fishing life-boat returned to her station, arriv- boat was overdue. At 1.18 the life- ing at 2.30. The man was taken to boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. the hospital by ambulance.—Rewards IT) was launched in a heavy sea, with to the crew, £12 16s.; reward to the a fresh north-easterly breeze blowing helper on shore, 16s. and an ebbing tide. She searched in heavy rain and fog and found the LIFE-BOAT ESCORTS COASTER Flirt, of Whitstable, ashore on the Plymouth, Devon.—At 10.2 on the Columbine Sands, Isle of Sheppy. morning of the 23rd of July, 1956, the The life-boat stood by until the fishing Queen's Harbour Master, Plymouth, boat refloated at 7.30. She then reported that a small coaster was not escorted her to Whitstable and arrived under control about two miles south- DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 337 east of Mewstone. At 10.24 the life- the morning of the 25th. At four boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse o'clock she put to sea again with the put out in a moderate sea. There was coxswain in charge. This time they a moderate north-easterly breeze, and found the whaler north-west of Port- the tide was flooding. The life-boat rush and towed her to Portstewart found the coaster Adaptity of London harbour. The life-boat reached her five miles south of Burgh Island. station again at 5.10.—Rewards to the Repairs to the coaster's engine were crew, £15 13s.; rewards to the helpers nearly completed when the life-boat on shore, £2 18s. arrived and she went on her way ten minutes later, with the life-boat escort- ing her. The life-boat reached her SICK MAN TAKEN ASHORE station at 1.20.—Rewards to the crew, FROM LIGHTVESSEL £8 85. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk.—At 11.20 on the night of the YACHT WITH THREE CHILDREN ON 25th of July, 1956, the Superintendent BOARD TOWED IN of the local Trinity House depot rang Margate, Kent. — At 7.41 on the up to say that a man in the Gorton evening of the 23rd of July, 1956, the lightvessel was sick. He asked if the coastguard telephoned that a yacht life-boat would take him ashore for was aground on Margate Sands. At hospital treatment. As no other suit- 7.50 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil able boat was available, the life-boat Service No. 11} was launched. The sea Louise Stephens was launched at 11.42 was slight, there was a light north- with a doctor on board. The sea was calm, there was a light westerly breeze, north-westerly wind, and it was low water. The life-boat found the sailing and it was high water. The life-boat yacht Widgeon II, of Hamble, with a took the man on board and returned man and his three children aboard, just to her station, arriving at 1.14 early about to refloat. The man was an- on the 26th. A car was waiting for the man, and his life was saved. Trinity xious for his children as darkness was coming on, and he asked if the cox- House expressed their thanks.—Re- swain would help him to reach Rams- wards to the crew, £9; rewards to the gate. The life-boat therefore towed helpers on shore, £3. Refunded to the the yacht to Ramsgate and returned Institution by Trinity House. to her station, arriving at 2.15 the next morning.—Rewards to the crew, FISHING BOAT ESCORTED TO £14 5s.; rewards to the helpers on AITH shore, £4 4s. Aith, Shetlands.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 25th of July, 1956, the SEA CADET WHALER TOWED TO Lerwick coastguard rang up to say HARBOUR that the fishing boat Press On, of Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 11.17 on Lerwick, had left Papa Stour for East the night of the 24th of July, 1956, the Burrafirth at eleven o'clock on the coastguard rang up to say that a Sea night of the 24th with a crew of three, Cadet whaler from Portsmouth, with but had not arrived, and nothing had a crew of three, was under sail about been heard of her. At 12.13 the life- one mile north of Ramore Head, but boat The Jlankin put out. The sea was drifting seawards. As she would was rough, there was a strong south- not be able to reach Portstewart har- westerly wind, and the tide was flood- bour, the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil ing. The life-boat made a search and Service No, 4) was launched at 11.30, came up with the Press On near the with the second coxswain in charge. entrance to Aith Voe. Her engine was The sea was moderate, a moderate not working porperly and she was westerly wind was blowing, and the making way slowly. The life-boat tide was ebbing. The life-boat escorted her to a safe anchorage and searched but found nothing, and she then returned to her station, arriving reached her station again at 3.30 on at 1.25.—Rewards to the crew, £7. 338 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 BOYS ADRIFT IN RUBBER DINGHY with a crew of three, was found to have Hartlepool, Co. Durham.—At 12.45 engine trouble. The life-boat towed on the afternoon of the 26th of July, her to Brightlingsea and arrived back 1956, the coastguard rang up to say at her station at 6.30 early on the 28th that the police had reported two boys of July.—Property Salvage Case. drifting out to sea in a rubber dinghy off Seaton Carew. The life-boat The BARGE YACHT TOWED INTO Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 7) was HARBOUR IN GALE launched at one o'clock. There was Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 1.45 a smooth sea and a moderate west- on the morning of the 28th of July, south-westerly breeze, and it was low 1956, the coastguard rang up to say water. Information was received that that a Dutch barge, which had an- the two boys had been picked up by a chored off the east pier, had engine shore boat from Seaton. The life- trouble and needed help to enter the boat, which had picked up the rubber harbour. At 5.31 the life-boat Rosa dinghy, was recalled and arrived back Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched. at her station at 1.45.—Rewards to the The sea was rough, there was a gale crew, £5; rewards to the helpers on blowing from the south-south-west, shore, £1 16s. and the tide was ebbing. The life- boat found the Dutch barge yacht BIRD-WATCHER TAKEN FROM Marieke, with seven Englishmen on ISLAND board, on the seaward side of the east Longhope, Orkneys.—At 1.45 on the breakwater. She had lost her bow- afternoon of the 20 th of July, 1956, sprit and had broken down. The life- the Chief Constable of Kirkwall re- boat towed her to the harbour, reach- ported that a German student had ing her station again at 7.30.— been landed by motor boat on the Property Salvage Case. Island of Switha to study bird life two days earlier. It was known that he YACHT TOWED OFF SANDBANKS had enough provisions to last him Margate, Kent.—At 10.55 on the until the 25th of July, but by then a morning of the 28th of July, 1956, the gale had sprung up and it was not coastguard reported that a yacht was possible for a boat to be sent to the ashore on Hook sands. The life-boat island to collect him. At 2.50 the North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched was launched at 11.10. The sea was in a heavy sea. There was a fresh rough, and there was a moderate south- north-westerly gale, and the tide was westerly breeze with rain squalls. ebbing. On reaching the island the The tide was flooding. The life-boat coxswain dropped anchor and veered came up with the yacht La Bonne towards a rock, from which the student Sante, of Greenwich, with one man jumped into the life-boat. The life- aboard, among the sandbanks. The boat returned to her station, arriving coxswain put a man aboard the yacht. at five o'clock.—Rewards to the crew, He intended to tow her to Herne Bay, £10 3s.; rewards to the helpers on but the weather deterioriated and he shore, £5 4s. decided instead to tow her to Margate harbour. The life-boat arrived back MOTOR LAUNCH TOWED TO at her station at three o'clock.— BRIGHTLINGSEA Rewards to the crew, £10 10s.; rewards Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.8. on the to the helpers on shore, £4 4s. evening of the 27th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that the motor SEARCH FOR BOYS ON RAFT launch Sunny Seas needed help one Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.46 on mile west of Bench Head buoy. The the afternoon of the 28th of July, 1956, life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was the coastguard rang up to say that the launched at 8.16. The sea was slight, police had reported two boys adrift on there was a light easterly breeze, and a raft in the River Medway between the tide was ebbing. The Sunny Seas, Isle of Grain and All Hallows. The DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 339 life-boat Greater London II, (Civil LINE PASSED TO YACHT BY Service No. 30) was launched at 6.15. COBLE The sea was moderate, there was a Hartlepool, Co. Durham.—At 2.55 on moderate south-westerly breeze, and the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the tide was ebbing. The life-boat the coastguard telephoned to say that searched the area but found only a raft the harbour master had reported that three-quarters of a mile north of All a yacht was aground at Inscar Point Hallows. The search was continued and was in danger of breaking up. until it was reported that the two boys The life-boat Princess Royal (Civil had swum ashore. The life-boat re- Service No. 7} was launched at 3.20. turned to her station, arriving at 7.15. The sea was slight, and there was a —Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to light south-easterly breeze. It was the helpers on shore, £3 12s. low water. The life-boat found the yacht Giselle, with a crew of two, but RESCUED FROM PLUNGING as the yacht could only be reached by YACHT a small boat, the coxswain returned St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 10.30 to the harbour and collected a coble. on the night of the 28th of July, 1956, A line was then passed to the yacht the St. Peter Port signal station re- and she was taken in tow and brought ported that a yacht was on the rocks into harbour. The life-boat reached in Saint Bay. The life-boat Euphro- her station at four o'clock. The owner syne Kendal put out at 10.54 with the made a donation to the Institution's bowman in charge. The sea was very funds and a gift to the crew.—Re- rough, with a fresh southerly gale wards to the crew, £1 7s.; rewards to blowing. Using her searchlight, the helpers on shore, £1 16s. life-boat found the yacht Knola plung- ing heavily. She managed to take YACHT'S CREW BURN BEDDING off her crew of four and returned to AS SIGNALS her station, arriving at 12.40 early on Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 4.30 on the the 29th.—Rewards to the crew, £7; morning of the 29th of July, 1956, a reward to the helper on shore, 12s. man telephoned the coxswain to say that he had seen red flares out to sea. SKEGNESS LIFE-BOAT RESCUES The life-boat Watkin Williams was TWO launched in a very rough sea with a Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 2.4 early strong north-easterly gale blowing. on the morning of the 29th of July, It was high water. Visibility was bad 1956, the coastguard rang up to say and there was heavy rain. The life- that the Lynwell lightvessel had re- boat came up with the cabin cruiser ported that the auxiliary yacht Vaga- Leader some five miles east of Moelfre bond, of Peterborough, which had a light. She took off her crew of three crew of two, had broken down and and towed her to Beaumaris. The needed help. At 2.40 the life-boat crew of the Leader had burned fifteen The Cuttle was launched. The sea was gallons of paraffin and all their bed- choppy, there was a strong south- ding and spare clothing as distress south-easterly breeze, and the tide signals. The life-boat arrived back was ebbing. The life-boat made a at her station from Beaumaris at 5.15. search and found the Vagabond six —Rewards to the crew, £14 14s.; re- miles east of Skegness. She took her wards to the helpers on shore, etc., in tow and beached her at Wainfleet £5 18s. Haven. After landing the rescued men, she returned to her station, CHILDREN RESCUED FROM arriving at eleven o'clock. The YACHT yachtsmen expressed their thanks and Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 7.20 on the made a donation to the funds of the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the Institution.—Rewards to the crew, St. Anthony coastguard rang up to say £19 4s.; rewards to the helpers on that a woman had reported that a shore, etc., £5 19s. black-painted yacht was dragging her 340 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 anchor off Helford River. The life- to search for the Kathleen, of Aber- boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare ystwyth, and the Clarice and Pen Cw, put out at 7.45. The sea was very of Fishguard. She came up with the rough, there was a fresh westerly gale, Kathleen and Clarice about two miles and it was raining. The life-boat south of the coastguard station and searched for the boat without success, escorted the Kathleen to the harbour. but found a cream-coloured yacht She then went to the Clarice and ac- Crean in difficulties. She took off her companied her towards the harbour as crew of six, including some children, well. Heavy breaking seas heeled and landed them at Helford. Search the Clarice right over, half filling her was continued for the black-painted with water, and washing her fishing yacht until information was received gear out of her. She righted herself, that she had been blown into St. but she shipped water continuously Mawes. The life-boat returned to her and her pump broke down. She stood station, arriving at eleven o'clock.— out to sea again anchored half a mile Rewards, £9 16s. north-west of Castle Point. The life- boat had remained with her the whole TEN-MONTH-OLD CHILD TAKEN time and now went in to rescue her OFF YACHT crew of two. Twice she tried to get Plymouth, South Devon.—At 7.52 on alongside, but was driven clear. The the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, third time she succeeded, and the two the Rame Head coastguard reported men jumped aboard. The life-boat that a yacht was showing distress sig- crew gave them rum, biscuits and nals near Penlee Point. The life-boat chocolate, and landed them at Aber- Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse put ystwyth at 11.55. The Clarice sank out at 8.15. There was a rough sea soon after the rescue. with a strong westerly gale blowing and The life-boat put to sea again at a flood tide. The life-boat came up once to the help of the Pen CM,', which with the yacht Igonda, of Portsmouth, was being buffetted by the seas off the with two men, a woman and a ten- harbour bar, and came up with her month-old child aboard, half a mile half a mile from the harbour entrance. east of Pier Cellars. A hawser was The life-boat coxswain advised the got aboard the yacht, which was towed skipper that it was too dangerous to to Cawsand Bay, where the woman and enter the harbour and suggested that her child were transferred from the he beach his boat. This the skipper yacht to the life-boat. The yacht was did at 12.45, with the life-boat escort- then secured by another rope and ing her. The Aberdovey coastguard towed into Millbay Docks. The life- had reported that the fishing boat boat arrived back at her moorings at Westmark was missing from Barmouth 10.30.—Rewards to the crew, £10 16s. and was about one mile north-west of Aberdovey, so as soon as the Pen Cw RESCUE FROM FISHING BOAT had beached, the life-boat made for AT THIRD ATTEMPT Aberdovey. However, the Barmouth Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—About life-boat reached the Westmark, and 9.15 on the morning of the 29th of July, the Aberystwyth life-boat returned to 1956, the coastguard reported that he her station, arriving at four o'clock. had received warning of a full south- The Mayor of Aberystwyth on behalf westerly gale, and at 9.45 he stated of the town expressed his appreciation that several fishing boats were at sea. of the efforts of the life-boat crew. The wind was freshening, the seas were The New Quay life-boat was also rising, and there were squalls of rain. launched.—Rewards to the crew, At 10.25 the life-boat Aguila Wren was £15 ds.; rewards to the helpers on launched. By this time the full south- shore, £14 5s. westerly gale was blowing, the sea was very heavy, and it was nearly high THREE RESCUED FROM YACHT OFF water. The smaller fishing boats had ISLE OF WIGHT reached the harbour without help, and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 9.58 on the life-boat made for the southward the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 341 the Needles coastguard reported that YACHT TOWED OFF BANK IN the S.S. Aliki was out of control off GALE Brook Ledge. As the Bembridge life- Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—On boat was already out on service, the the 29th of July, 1956, the yacht Nellie S.G.E. put out at 10.20. The sea was moored alongside Rosslare Pier was very rough, there was a fresh to and was being severely buffeted. The whole south-westerly gale and a flood owner decided to make passage to tide. A message was received that Wexford. Fortunately the life-boat the Aliki did not now require help, and crew kept the yacht under observation the life-boat was recalled. On the and saw her go aground on Hantoon way back off Hurst Point the life-boat bank off Wexford harbour. The life- found the yacht Nare pitching and boat Douglas Hyde put out at 11.15 rolling heavily and dragging her an- with considerable difficulty. The sea chor. She went alongside and took was very rough, and there was a fresh off her crew of three and then returned north-westerly gale, with squalls and to her station, arriving at 12.48.— an ebbing tide. The life-boat came Rewards to the crew, £8 8s.; reward up with the Nellie, passed a rope and to the helper on shore, 12*. pulled her off the bank. After towing her to a safe anchorage off Rosslare MEDALS FOR SERVICES ON strand, the life-boat returned to her 29th JULY moorings at 2.30.—Partly permanent On the 29th of July, 1956, life-boats paid crew.—Rewards to the crew, from Dover and Dungeness, Kent, and £4 16*.; reward to the helper on shore, Selsey, Sussex, put out to the help of 14*. a number of vessels in distress. A full account of these services for which, YACHT BEACHED INSIDE GROYNE among other distinctions conferred, New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 11.20 the silver medal for gallantry was on the morning of the 29th of July, awarded to Coxswain Douglas Grant 1956, the harbour master reported that of Selsey, a second service clasp to his the yacht Sabrina had parted her bronze medal was awarded to Cox- moorings and was drifting on a lee swain John Walker, of Dover, and the shore with one man on board. The bronze medal was awarded to Cox- life-boat St. Albans was launched at swain George Tart of Dungeness, 11.25. The sea was very rough, there appears on page 322. was a strong northerly gale, with con- tinuous rain, and a flood tide. The RESCUE FROM LEE SHORE life-boat found the Sabrina off the Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 10.50 on pierhead and managed to take her in the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, tow and beach her inside the groyne. the Penmon coastguard reported that The coxswain was then informed that a vessel was in difficulties in Penmaen the Aberystwyth life-boat needed help Mawr and required help. The life- to locate the yacht Pen Cw. He at boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts once made for Aberystwyth, but re- was launched at 11.5. The sea was ceived a message that his help was no very rough, there was a moderate to longer needed. The life-boat returned fresh northerly gale and a flood tide. to her station, arriving at 4.30.— The life-boat found the yacht Gypsy Rewards to the crew, £12 13*.; rewards one mile north of Penmaen Mawr pier to the helpers on shore, £9 1*. with one man on board. She was in a very dangerous position on a lee shore, TWO RESCUED FROM FISHING but with great difficulty the man was BOAT taken off the yacht. The life-boat re- Barmouth, Merionethshire.—At 11.30 turned to her station, arriving at 2.30. on the morning of the 29th of July, The owner made a donation to the 1956, the coastguard rang up to say Institution's funds.—Rewards to the that a boat was making very heavy crew, £11 11*.; rewards to the helpers weather outside Aberdovey bar. The on shore, £3. boat was kept under observation but 342 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 was subsequently lost sight of in the •—Rewards to the crew, £9 16s.; re- poor visibility. As the Aberystwyth wards to the helpers on shore, £2 8s. life-boat was fully occupied with other boats in trouble, it was decided to THREE CALLS IN RAPID launch the Barmouth life-boat to SUCCESSION investigate. The life-boat The Chief- tain was launched at 12.20. The sea Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 12.22 was very rough, and there was a fresh on the afternoon of the 29th of July, to strong north-north-westerly gale. 1956, the Foreland coastguard reported The tide was flooding. The life-boat that a yacht was making distress sig- came up with the fishing vessel West- nals off St. Helen's Fort. The life- mark one and a half miles west of boat Jesse Lumb, which had just Towyn and managed after some man- returned from an attempted service, oeuvring to come alongside and take in which her help had not been needed, put out immediately. The sea was off her crew of two. She arrived back rough, there was a moderate to fresh at her station at 5.10.—Rewards to the south-westerly gale, and the tide was crew, £11 4s.; rewards to the helpers half flood. The life-boat came up on shore, £2 8s. with the yacht Gardenia and took off her crew of two. She landed them YACHT TOWED TO WELLS at her station at 12.50, and two Wells, Norfolk.—About 11.40 on the minutes later she put to sea again. morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the At 12.45 the coastguard had reported coastguard reported that the motor that a yacht was ashore near Hayling yacht Elleana, of Great Yarmouth, Island, and the life-boat searched with appeared to be in difficulties outside the help of Shackleton aircraft of the harbour. The life-boat Cecil Paine Coastal Command, which dropped was launched at noon. There was a flares to indicate the position of the rough sea, with a strong southerly gale casualty. In spite of of the very bad blowing and an ebbing tide. The weather the life-boat managed to tow life-boat came up with the Elleana, the yacht Falcon, with her crew of four, which had a crew of five, one mile east to Portsmouth harbour. She then by north of Wells bar. She took the returned to her station, arriving at five yacht in tow and returned to her o'clock. The owners made a gift to station, arriving at 1.20.—Rewards to the crew.—Rewards for the three the crew, £6 12s.; rewards to the services: to the crew, £17 9s.; to the helpers on shore, £10 14s. helpers on shore, £3 5s.

FOUR RESCUED FROM YACHT IN SIX SURVIVORS TRANSFERRED HARBOUR TO LIFE-BOAT Swanage, Dorset.—At 12.19 on the Margate, Kent.—At one o'clock on afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, the the afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, coastguard rang up to say that the the coastguard rang up to say that a piermaster had seen some people in a small boat had been reported in diffi- yacht in the harbour waving for help. culties one mile off Tankerton. The At 12.30 the life-boat R.L.P. was life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service launched. The sea was very rough, No. 11) was launched at 1.10. There there was a fresh westerly gale, and was a very rough sea, with a fresh the tide was flooding. The life-boat south-westerly gale blowing and a found the yacht Omega at anchor, but flooding tide. When she reached the dragging, about half a mile north-east position indicated, the life-boat found of the life-boat station. She had a that a motor-boat had the small boat crew of four. The life-boat went in tow and was trying to enter Whit- alongside twice, rescuing two people stable harbour. The life-boat escorted each time, and then returned to both boats. A message was then Swanage, arriving at 2.30. She re- received that the tanker B.P. Dis- mained afloat until the weather moder- tributor had six survivors aboard from ated and was rehoused at four o'clock. the S.S. Teesvcood, which had capsized DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 343 off Dungeness. The life-boat was The life-boat came up with the local asked to land them. She came up fishing boat Rosalie, which had broken with the B.P. Distributor off Longnose down while on passage to Fleetwood buoy, where the six men were trans- with a crew of six, towed her to Piel ferred to the life-boat. The life-boat harbour, and reached her station again returned to her station, arriving at at 4.30. The owner made a donation eight o'clock. A full account of the to the funds of the Institution.—• rescue from the small boat off Tanker- Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to ton and from the S.S. Teesvcood appears the helpers on shore, £3 Is. on page 322.—Rewards to the crew, £18 5s.; rewards to the helpers on ROUGHEST SEAS AT SOUTHEND shore, £4 4s. WITHIN MEMORY SEVEN MEN RESCUED FROM Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 29th YACHTS of July, 1956, a local yacht club told Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 2.30 on the the life-boat coxswain that a yacht afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, was in distress near the club's slipway the police reported that three yachts at Westcliff. At 3.10 the life-boat were in difficulties off West Kirby. Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) It was then learnt that one of the was launched. The sea was very yachts had sunk and that her crew rough, there was a fresh south-westerly had been rescued by one of the other gale, and the tide was flooding. The yachts. At 2.51 the life-boat Oldham life-boat found the yacht Ocean Break- IF was launched. There were heavy er. She had two anchors down and breaking seas, a strong north-westerly her engine was driving full ahead, but gale was blowing, and the tide was she was dragging. The life-boat an- flooding. The life-boat found the chored, veered down to her, took her yachts Matthew Walker and Portia in in tow and returned to her station, the estuary of the River Dee. She arriving at 4.30. It was reported that rescued five men from the Matthew the seas at Southend-on-Sea were the Walker and two from the Portia. The roughest within memory. Property men told the coxswain that another Salvage Case. yacht was in distress and had run for the shelter of Hilbre pool. The life- SERVICES TO TWO YACHTS OFF boat went at once to her help, but the NEW BRIGHTON yacht, which had anchored in the pool, parted her cable before the life-boat New Brighton, Cheshire. — At 3.20 reached her and went ashore. Her on the afternoon of the 29th of July, crew scrambled to safety, and the 1956, the Formby coastguard tele- life-boat returned to Hoylake, arriving phoned that a yacht with three boys at six o'clock.—Rewards to the crew, aboard was in difficulties in the Rock £8 8s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, Channel. At 3.45 the life-boat City £8 Is. of Glasgow, on temporary duty at the station, put out. The sea was very rough, there was a strong west-north- FISHING BOAT TOWED TO westerly gale blowing, and the tide BARROW was flooding. Just after leaving her Barrow, Lancashire.—At 2.50 on the moorings the life-boat went to the afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, a yacht Dulcet Bella, whose crew of two man reported that a small vessel four were calling for help south of the New miles east-south-east of Walney light- Brighton landing stage. Having res- house was flying a flag and appeared cued them, the life-boat then went to- to be in difficulties. At three o'clock wards the Rock Channel as far west as the life-boat Herbert Leigh was R.6 buoy, but could find nothing. A launched, with the second coxswain report was then received that another in charge. • The sea was moderate, yacht was in distress up the river there was a fresh north-westerly gale towards Eastham. After landing the blowing, and the tide was flooding. crew of the Dulcet Bella, the life-boat 344 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 went as far as Eastham, but she could YACHT TOWED TO FOWEY find no yacht needing help. However, Fowey, Cornwall.—At 11.59 on the off Broomborough she found the yacht night of the 29th of July, 1956, it was Troglodyte, with three people aboard, reported that the yacht Fairwood was in difficulties and towed her to New dragging her anchor close to the Brighton, which was reached at 8.30.— life-boat's moorings. The life-boat Rewards to the crew, £12 16s.; rewards Cunard, on temporary duty at the to helpers on shore, £l 12s. station, put out. The sea was rough, and there was a fresh south-westerly SECOND FISHING BOAT TOWED gale and heavy rain. The life-boat towed the yacht up river to safer TO BARROW moorings and returned to her station Barrow, Lancashire.—At 4.45 on the at 1.30 on the 30th.—Rewards to the afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, crew, etc., £7 2s. 6d. just after the life-boat Herbert Leigh had towed in the fishing boat Rosalie, SIXTEEN HOURS AT SEA IN GALE the coxswain, who was on pilotage duty in Barrow docks, noticed that Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 1.27 another fishing boat was in difficulties early on the morning of the 30th of near the West Pile light in the Walney July, 1956, the Senior Naval Officer, channel. He telephoned the life-boat Northern Ireland, asked if the life-boat station, and the life-boat put to sea would stand by a motor minesweeper again at five o'clock, with the second which had hove to in bad weather coxswain in charge. There was a three miles north-east of the Mull of fresh north-westerly gale and a moder- Galloway. At 1.50 the life-boat Jeanie ate sea. The life-boat found the local Speirs put out. The sea was heavy, fishing boat Sea Urchin with a crew there was a strong north-westerly gale, of three. Her engine was not working and the tide was flooding. The life- properly, and the life-boat towed her boat found the minesweeper M.L.P. to moorings at Jubilee bridge. She 2593 at 5.5 and stood by her until 1.10, reached her station again at 6.30. when a frigate arrived. The frigate The master made a donation to the escorted the minesweeper, and the funds of the Institution.—Rewards to life-boat then returned to her station, the crew, £7; rewards to the helpers arriving at 5.50. She had been at sea on shore, £3 Is. for over sixteen hours. The Senior Naval Officer expressed his apprecia- tion.—Rewards to the crew, £26 12s. FOURTH CALL ON SAME DAY Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 8.37 MAN AND WIFE RESCUED FROM on the evening of the 29th of July, YACHT 1956, the Foreland coastguard tele- Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 4.15 on the phoned that a yacht had broken adrift afternoon of the 30th of July, 1956, the from her tow off Sandown and ap- coastguard rang up to say that a peared to be in difficulties. The life- fourteen-feet yacht, with a man and boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 8.46. his wife on board, had capsized off The sea was rough, there was a strong Traeth Bychan. At 4.25 the life-boat to moderate gale, and it was squally. Watkin Williams was launched. There It was low water. The life-boat came was a choppy sea and a strong west- up with the yacht Colin Archer, with a north-west wind, and the tide was crew of four, and managed to get a ebbing. The life-boat found that the line on board and take her in tow to two people had righted their yacht and Portsmouth. The life-boat arrived that the man was on board. He had back at her station at 2.20 early on been unable to haul his wife in with the 30th of July. This call had been him and she was clinging to the side the fourth she had answered on the of the yacht. The life-boat crew same day.—Rewards to the crew, £12 rescued them both, towed their yacht 13*.; rewards to the helpers on shore, to Traeth Bychan, and reached her £3 5s. station again at 5.45.—Rewards to the DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 345 crew, £4; rewards to the helpers on FIVE RESCUED FROM MOTOR shore, £3 5*. CRUISER Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 8.43 on the evening of the 31st of July, EMPTY YACHT TOWED TO 1956, the coastguard rang up to say NEWLYN that the S.S. Greyfriars had reported that the motor cruiser Syrinx, of Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 8.18 on London, which had a crew of five, had the evening of the 30th of July, 1956, broken down and was drifting twelve the St. Just coastguard reported that a miles east of the Owers lightvessel. yacht had been sighted off the Long- The Greyfriars took her in tow, and at ships circling but with her engines eleven o'clock the life-boat Rosa Woodd running. The life-boat Susan Ashley and Phyllis Lunn was launched to was launched at 8.35. The sea was meet her. There was a swell and a moderate, and there was a gentle moderate west-north-west breeze, and north-westerly breeze, with a flooding the tide was ebbing. The life-boat tide. The life-boat came up with the came up with the Greyfriars off Shore- yacht Westo II a mile and a half north- ham, and rescued the five people from west of Longships. The yacht was the Syrinx. She then put a man in the boarded, and although there was no Syrinx and towed her to Shoreham one on board, her diesel engines were harbour, arriving at 1.40 early on the working. The life-boat took the yacht 1st of August.—Property Salvage Case. in tow to Newlyn harbour and arrived back at her station at 9.40 on the morning of the 31st of July. It was The following life-boats went out on later learned that the crew of three had service, but could find no ships in been picked up by the M.V. Corncrake distress, were not needed, or could do off Lands End.—Property Salvage nothing: Case. Newhaven, Sussex.—July 1st.—Re- wards, £15. Southend-on-Sea, Sussex.—July 1st. YACHT'S CREW LANDED FROM —£12 6s. LIGHTVESSEL Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.— July 1st.—Rewards, £16 17s. Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 10.50 on Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—Julv 2nd. the night of the 30th of July, 1956, the —Rewards, £14 18s. Formby coastguard rang up to say Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—July 4th.— that the crew of two of the yacht Rewards, etc. £37 11s. 4

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By courlesv of] 'Jsle nf Man Times THE NEW DOUGLAS LIFE-BOAT IS NAMED (see page 377) DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 355 Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — July YACHT TOWED TO DOVER 30th.—Rewards, £19 4.5. Dover, Kent.—At 12.20 on the after- Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—July 30th. noon of the 1st of August, 1956, the —Rewards, £13 Is. Sandgate coastguard rang up to say that a yacht had sprung a leak and needed help off the South Goodwin AUGUST lightvessel. The life-boat Southern DURING August life-boats were Africa put out at 12.35. The sea was launched on service 146 times and rough, there was a moderate to fresh rescued 75 lives. south-westerly gale, and it was low water. The life-boat came up with the yacht Aguilla with a crew of two, FOUR RESCUED FROM YACHT passed a rope and towed her to Dover. AGROUND IN GALE She arrived back at her moorings at 2.25.—Rewards to the crew, etc., Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.10 on £8 5s. the morning- of the 1 st of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a FRENCH YACHT TOWED TO vessel appeared to be aground on the WEYMOUTH Gunfleet Sands to the east-south-east of the coastguard station. At 11.25 Weymouth. Dorset.—At 1.12 on the the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was afternoon of the 1st of August, 1956, launched with the second coxswain in a local sailing club asked if the life- charge. The sea was rough, there was boat would put off to the help of the a moderate west-south-west wind, and yacht Marzealine, of Le Havre, which, the tide was ebbing. The life-boat after going ashore, had refloated but made for the sands and four miles east- was in danger of going ashore again south-east of Clacton pier came up at Castle Cove. At 1.35 the life-boat with the motor yacht Drofli, which William and Clara Ryland was had a crew of four. As the life-boat launched. The sea was rough, there could not come alongside because the was a south-south-westerly gale, and yacht was nearly high and dry, she the tide was ebbing-. The life-boat anchored and veered down as close as found the yacht, which had a crew of" possible. A helicopter of the R.A.F. four, bumping ashore. The life-boat put a man aboard the yacht, but the crew fired a line to her, took her in yacht's crew did not wish to abandon tow, and returned to Weymouth with her. The owner asked if the life-boat her, arriving at 3.18.—Property Sal- would stand by because of a gale vage Case. warning, and this was agreed. By three o'clock the wind had reached EXHAUSTED MAN LANDED FROM gale force, and on the rising tide the MOTOR VESSEL life-boat approached the Drofli through Torbay, South Devon.—At 4.17 or* broken water. The yacht was driving the afternoon of the 1st of August, further over the sand. At the fourth 1956, the coastguard rang up to say attempt the life-boat crew passed a that the motor vessel C.W.S. Progress line aboard and took the yacht in tow. had reported that she had picked up a The life-boat made for Harwich, but man in an exhausted state from a the weather worsened and the Drofli dinghy which had been drifting out to became unmanageable. The life-boat sea. The motor vessel had asked if" rescued the four people, cut the yacht the life-boat could land the man. The adrift and landed the rescued at life-boat George Shee was launched at Harwich at seven o'clock. The life- 4.25. There was a moderate sea, with boat remained there for the night until a strong south-westerly breeze blowing the weather moderated. She was taken and an ebbing tide. The life-boat back to her station the next morning. came up with C.W.S. Progress about The Drofli sank.—Rewards to the two miles from Brixham Harbour, crew, £30 19s.; rewards to the helpers took the man ashore and handed him on shore, etc., £5 4s. over to the ambulance men. She- 356 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 arrived back at her station at 5.20. Shoreham coastguard reported that The man made a gift to the crew.—• the Royal Sovereign lightvessel had Rewards to the crew, £6; rewards to informed him that a small yacht along- the helpers on shore, £1 4*. side her was in difficulty and needed a tow to Newhaven. At 8.20 the life- TWO MEN PUT ABOARD CABIN boat Beryl Tollemache was launched CRUISER in a choppy sea. There was a moder- New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 6.45 on are westerly wind blowing, and the the evening of the 1st of August, 1956, tide was flooding. The life-boat came a beach patrolman at Egremont ferry up with the motor cruiser Queen rang up to say that a cabin cruiser was Catherine, of Southampton, whose in distress and drifting off Egremont engine had broken down. Her crew ferry. The life-boat Norman R. Cor- of three were transferred to the life- lett put out at seven o'clock. The sea boat, and after a member of the life- was rough, there was a strong westerly boat's crew had been put aboard the breeze, and it was high water. The yacht, she was towed to Newhaven. life-boat came up with the cabin The life-boat reached her station again cruiser Merry Widow, which had a at 2.40 on the morning of the 5th.— crew of four, and found she was drag- Property Salvage Case. ging her anchor and rolling heavily. Two members of the life-boat crew SICK MAN TAKEN FROM were put aboard the vessel, and the LIGHTHOUSE life-boat then towed her to a safe anchorage, arriving back at her station St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.5 at ten o'clock.—Rewards to the crew, on the morning of the 5th of August, £7 4s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say £1 8s. that a man in the Smalls lighthouse was sick and asked if the life-boat FIVE FRENCH STUDENTS BROUGHT would take him ashore. At 8.30 the TO BRIXHAM life-boat Sivn-y-Mor (Civil Service No. Torbay, South Devon.—At 6.15 on the 6) was launched with a doctor and took evening of the 2nd of August, 1956, her boarding boat in tow. The sea the Brixham coastguard telephoned was moderate, there was a moderate that a small motor boat with five north-easterly breeze, and the tide people on board had broken down, and was ebbing. The life-boat reached that the people on board were waving the lighthouse at eleven o'clock, and their arms. The life-boat George Shee two members of the life-boat crew took put out at 6.28. There was a slight the doctor to it in the boarding boat. sea, a moderate to fresh south-westerly The sick man was then transferred to breeze, and the tide was ebbing. The the life-boat, which landed him at her life-boat came up with the motor boat station at two o'clock. The man's life three miles north-north-east of Berry was saved.—Rewards to the crew, Head. She was drifting out to sea with £10 16s.; rewards to the helpers on an off-shore south-westerly wind. shore, £3 9s. There were five young French students on board, who had been fishing when TWO YACHTS ASHORE ON SANDS the engine of the boat failed. The stu- Margate, Kent. — At 4.41 on the dents were taken aboard the life-boat, afternoon of the 5th of August, 1956, which towed their boat back to Brix- the coastguard rang up to say that ham. The life-boat arrived back at two yachts appeared to be ashore on her station at 7.30.—Rewards to the Margate sands some four and a half crew, £6; rewards to the helpers on miles from Margate pier. The life- shore, £l 4*. boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 4.48. There MOTOR CRUISER TOWED TO was a smooth sea, with a light north- NEWHAVEN erly breeze blowing and an ebbing Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.54 on the tide. The life-boat came up with the evening of the 4th of August, 1956, the yacht Wairakel II, with a crew of DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 357 eight, which had been towing the four hours overdue after a race from yacht Beetle, with a crew of three. Abersoch round the St. Patrick's The second coxswain was put aboard causeway buoy. The life-boat Kather- the Wairakei II, and with his help ine and Virgoe Buckland was launched the life-boat guided the two yachts at 7.40. The sea was calm, with light clear of the sands. She saw the yachts airs, and there was a flood tide. A safely on their passage to Ramsgate search was carried out over a wide and returned to her station, arriving area without success, and the life-boat at nine o'clock.—Rewards to the crew, then returned to refuel. She renewed £14 8s.', rewards to the helpers on the search at daybreak and finally shore, £4 4s. came up with the yacht Moonflower, with a crew of two, north-west of the TWO RESCUED FROM SMALL BOAT causeway. She escorted her to Aber- Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 5.3 on the soch and then returned to her station, afternoon of the 5th of August, 1956, arriving at 8.30 on the morning of the the coastguard rang up to say that a 9th.—Rewards to the crew, £20 13s.; small boat was in difficulties off Pen- rewards to the helpers on shore, ryn Point South Stack. The life-boat £13 19s. St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) was launched at 5.12. There was a rough NEW SCILLY ISLES LIFE-BOAT'S swell and a light north-north-easterly FIRST SERVICE breeze. It was low water. The life- St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. — About boat came up with the dinghy Janet, eleven o'clock on the night of the 8th took off her crew of two and landed of August, 1956, it was reported that them at Treardden Bay. The life- the fishing boat Corah, with five people boat arrived back at her station at on board, was overdue. The life-boat 7.45.—Rewards to the crew, £8 8*.; Guy and Clare Hunter was launched at rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 4,?. 11.50. There was a smooth sea, light airs and an ebbing tide. The MAN MAROONED ON NARROW life-boat came up with the Corah about ROCK one mile south-west from Samson Exmouth, Devon.—At 6.47 on the Island and found that she had fouled evening of the 8th of August, 1956. her propeller. She took the five the coastguard reported that a man people aboard and towed the boat to who could not swim was stranded on St. Mary's, arriving at 12.35 early on a sandbank near the River Otter. the 9th. This was the first service The life-boat Maria Noble was of the St. Mary's new life-boat.— launched at 7.4. There was a smooth Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to sea, with light south-south-east airs and the helpers on shore, £2 8s. a flooding tide. The life-boat made for Otterton Head, where four scouts HARD TOW TO YARMOUTH on the cliff indicated that the man Cromer, Norfolk.—At 11.30 on the was near Brandy Head. The man morning of the 10th of August, 1956, was found marooned on a very narrow the coastguard rang up to say that a piece of rock, with the tide rising and yacht was reported to be burning lapping the ledge. The life-boat man- red flares a mile and a half south-east aged to come alongside the cliff face of Haisborough lightvessel. The no. 1 and to take the man off. She arrived life-boat Henri/ Blogg was launched at back at her station at 8.45.—Rewards 11.39. There was a rough sea, a to the crew, £6; rewards to the strong easterly breeze was blowing, helpers on shore, £13 6s. and it was high water. The life-boat came up with the yacht Ambeda of YACHT FOUND AFTER LONG Hull with a crew of seven. Her en- SEARCH gines had broken down. While a PwllheU, Caernarvonshire.—At 6.50 tow rope was being passed, the life- on the evening of the 8th of August, boat mechanic was put aboard the 1956, it was reported that a yacht was yacht to repair the engine. The fault 358 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 was discovered, but there was no LINES FIRED TO YACHT'S CREW equipment available for repairing it. Swanage, Dorset.—At 9.20 on the After a hard tow the vessel was left morning of the llth of August, 1956, in Yarmouth harbour, and the life- the coastguard rang up to say that a boat returned to her station, arriving yacht was burning red flares off Chap- at nine o'clock at night.—Rewards to man's Pool. The life-boat R.L.P. was the crew, £18 4*.; rewards to the launched at 9.24. There was a rough helpers on shore, £8 17*. sea with a heavy swell. A strong west-south-westerly breeze was blow- MAN PUT ABOARD NORWEGIAN ing, and the tide was flooding. The VESSEL life-boat came up with the yacht Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.57 on Melanic two miles west of St. Aldhelm's the afternoon of the 10th of August, Head. Three of her crew of six had 1956, the coastguard reported that come ashore with the aid of their the Norwegian vessel Pan had engine dinghy, but they could not put out trouble six miles south-east of Dun- again because of the rising tide. The cansby Head and needed help imme- life-boat anchored and managed to diately. The life-boat City of Edin- fire a line over the dinghy. This burgh was launched at 8.20. There enabled the men on shore to reach the was a rough sea, a moderate to fresh life-boat. Another line was fired over southerly breeze was blowing, and it the yacht, and again using the dinghy was high water. The life-boat put the other three members of the crew a man aboard the Pan, which had a were transferred with their dog to crew of thirty, and stood by until the the life-boat. The life-boat arrived trawler Lincoln City came up and took back at her station at 12.30.—Re- the Pan in tow. The life-boat es- wards to the crew, £11 11*.; rewards corted the vessels for a time and then to the helpers on shore, £3 8s. returned to her station, arriving at nine o'clock at night.—Rewards to CHILDREN TAKEN OFF PITCHING the crew, £9 12,?.; rewards to the YACHT helpers on shore, £1 16s. Torbay, South Devon.—About 10.15 on the morning of the llth of August, YACHT'S CREW RESCUED BY 1956, the honorary secretary and the BREECHES BUOY motor mechanic were keeping yachts Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 7.45 in the harbour under observation as on the morning of the llth of August, the weather had deteriorated. One 1956, the Needles coastguard tele- yacht, Boy Jack, seemed to be in phoned that a yacht with two people difficulties. The life-boat George Shee on board was ashore on the Shingles. put out at 10.40. The sea was rough, As the weather was deteriorating, the there was a fresii north-westerly gale, life-boat S.G.E. put out at 8.5. There and the tide was flooding. The life- was a rough sea, a strong west-south- boat reached the yacht, which was westerly wind was blowing, and the rolling and pitching severely, and tide was ebbing. As the life-boat managed to take off two adults and could not come alongside the yacht, two small children. She arrived back Alhena, the yacht's crew were trans- at her station at one o'clock.—Re- ferred by breeches buoy. On re- wards to the crew, £8 8,?.; rewards to turning to the harbour, the coxswain the helpers on shore, £1 4s. saw a small sloop anchored near Hurst Castle beach and an empty dinghy BELGIAN YACHT TOWED TO drifting near her. He put a member EASTBOURNE of the life-boat's crew aboard the Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 1.59 on the sloop, but her crew had reached shore afternoon of the llth of August, 1956, safely. The life-boat returned to her the coastguard rang up to say that a station, arriving at 10.55.—Rewards to small yacht, which was drifting east- the crew, £8 8*.; reward to the helper ward broadside on to the wind, on shore, 12s. appeared to be disabled about two DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 359 miles from Birling Gap. The life-boat BOAT TOWED TO THE MUMBLES Beryl Tollemache was launched at 2.20. Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 10.55 There was a rough sea, with a moder- on the morning of the 12th of August, ate westerly gale blowing and a flood 1956, the motor mechanic saw a small tide. The life-boat came up with the craft in difficulties about one mile east yacht Snark of Antwerp, with a crew of Mumbles Head. The life-boat Wil- of five, two miles south-by-cast of liam Gammon—Manchester and District Beachy Head. The yacht was taken XXX was launched at 11.15. There in tow, and the life-boat returned to was a choppy sea, with a moderate her station, arriving at 3.30.—Re- north-westerly breeze blowing and a wards to the crew, £7; rewards to the flood tide. The life-boat came up helpers on shore, £17 5s. with the dinghy Lorna Doone, which had a crew of one, and took the boat in tow. She arrived back at her YACHT TOWED TO PORTRUSH station at noon.—Rewards to the crew, £6; rewards to the helpers on Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 3.3 on shore, £4 16s. the afternoon of the llth of August, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that YACHT ESCORTED TO DOVER a small yacht had capsized in Magilli- gan Bay. At 3.20 the life-boat Lady Dover, Kent. — About 5.30 on the Scott (Civil Service No. 4) was launched. afternoon of the 12th of August, 1956, The sea was rough, there was a strong a yacht was seen from the eastern arm north-westerly breeze, and the tide of the dock, apparently in difficulties was ebbing. The life-boat found the off the Forelands. 'The life-boat sailing yacht Moville, but could find Southern Africa put out at 5.45. no trace of her crew of three. After There was a rough sea, with a strong an extensive search of the area she south-westerly breeze blowing and an returned to her station with the yacht ebb tide. As the life-boat reached the in tow, arriving back at 10.30.—• | position close under the cliffs, the Rewards to the crew, £18 Is.; rewards yacht Shaheen, with a crew of three, to the helpers on shore, £1 16*. weighed her anchor and got under way. The life-boat escorted her into Dover harbour and arrived back at her station at 7.15. The Royal Cinque TWO MEN PUT ABOARD YACHT IN Ports Yacht Club sent a letter of GALE appreciation.—Rewards to the crew, Margate, Kent.—At 4.9 on the after- etc., £5 5s. noon of the llth of August, 1956, the FISHING BOATS ESCORTED TO coastguard rang up to say that a yacht alongside the Tongue lightvessel ARBROATH needed help. The life-boat North Arbroath, Angus.—At six o'clock on Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was the morning of the 13th of August, launched at 4.23. There was a rough 1956, the coastguard rang up to say sea, a moderate north-westerly gale that the fishing fleet was returning to was blowing, and it was high water. harbour and that the conditions at the When the life-boat came up with the bar were dangerous. The life-boat yacht Polar Star it was found that her Tine Duke of Montrose was launched at crew had abandoned her and were on 6.20. There was a heavy sea, a fresh the lightvessel. With difficulty two to whole south-south-westerly gale members of the life-boat crew were was blowing, and it was high water. put aboard the yacht, and they got a Five fishing boats had already entered tow rope aboard. After taking the the harbour. The life-boat crossed crew of three of the yacht off the light- the bar and escorted two other boats vessel, the life-boat returned to her into the harbour, arriving back at her station, towing the yacht. She ar- station at 11.30.—Rewards to the rived at 11.15.—Property Salvage crew, £14 8s.; rewards to the helpers Case. on shore, £2 11s. 360 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER. 1956 FISHING BOAT ESCORTED TO was blowing, and it was low water. STONEHAVEN The life-boat came up with the tanker Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—At 11.30 about seven miles from Dover and on the morning of the 13th of August, took off the six survivors. The tow 1956, the coastguard rang up to say was also taken over from the German that one of the Gourdon fishing fleet, vessel, and the Armen towed to Dover, Emulate, was overdue. The life-boat -where the six people were landed. The Edith Clauson-Thue was launched The life-boat arrived back at her at noon. There was a heavy swell, a station at 3.45.—Property Salvage gentle to fresh south-south-easterly Case. breeze was blowing, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat came up with FISHING VESSEL ESCORTED IN the Emulate, with a crew of three, GALE some six miles south-south-east of Dunbar, East Lothian.—About three Gourdon. As the sea was too heavy o'clock on the afternoon of the 13th to return to Gourdon, she escorted her of August, 1956, a message was re- to Stonehaven. The life-boat arrived ceived that a fishing vessel, Twin back at her station at 6.30.—Rewards Brothers, with a crew of three, was to the crew, £12 5*.; rewards to the overdue. The life-boat George and helpers on shore, £8 8s. Sarah Strachan put out at 3.15. There was a rough sea, with a moderate TWO MEN TAKEN OFF DRIFTING westerly gale blowing, a flood tide and YACHT very bad visibility. The life-boat Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 11.35 on the found the vessel south-west of Dunbar morning of the 13th of August, 1956. very close to the shore. She had had the local look-out reported that a small engine trouble but had rectified it. yacht appeared to be in difficulties The life-boat escorted the vessel back and was drifting out to sea. The life- to harbour and arrived back at her boat Watkin Williams was launched station at 4.30.—Rewards to the crew, at 11.45. There was a rough sea, with £7. a strong west-north-westerly breeze blowing and a flood tide. The life- EXHAUSTED MEN TAKEN FROM boat came up with the yacht Black and ROWING BOAT Tan, with a crew of two, four miles Criccieth, Caernarvonshire.—At 2.55 south-east of Moelfre. The yacht's on the afternoon of the 14th of August, engine had broken down. The life- 1956, the second coxswain reported boat took her crew off and towed the that he had seen a sailing boat capsize yacht to safety. She arrived back at about a mile and a half from Castle her station at 2.50. The two men Point. The life-boat Richard Silver expressed their thanks to the life- Oliver was launched at three o'clock. beat's crew.—Rewards to the crew, There was a choppy sea, with a £8 8s.; rewards to the helpers on moderate north-westerly breeze blow- shore, £3. ing and a flood tide. The life-boat found that the yacht's crew of two SIX SURVIVORS LANDED FROM had been picked up by a rowing FRENCH YACHT boat, but the men in the rowing boat Dover, Kent. — At 11.50 on the were in an exhausted condition. They morning of the 13th of August, 1956, and the two men they had rescued were the Sandgate coastguard reported that taken aboard the life-boat, which the German tanker Wilhelmina Ess- arrived back at her station at 3.45.— berger had requested the help of the Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to life-boat to land survivors from the the helpers on shore, £7 ISs. French yacht Armen. Her position was eight miles east-by-south from YACHT TOWED TO CHICHESTER Dover. The life-boat Southern Africa HARBOUR put out at noon. There was a very Selsey, Sussex.—At 5.34 on the after- rough sea, a whole south-westerly gale noon of the 14th of August, 1956, the DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 361 coastguard rang up to pass on a report MOTOR BOAT ESCORTED TO that a yacht appeared to be in distress DOVER about one mile off shore between East Dover, Kent.—At 5.7 on the after- Wittering and Bracklesham Bay. The noon of the 15th of August, 1956, the life-boat Canadian Pacific was Sandgate coastguard reported that a launched at 5.50. There was a slight boat appeared to be in difficulties four sea, with a gentle west-north-westerly miles from Dover. The life-boat breeze blowing and a flood tide. The Southern Africa was launched at 5.25. life-boat came up with the yacht There was a rough sea, with a fresh Dirk II of Chichester, with a crew of south-westerly breeze blowing and a six, two miles south of East Wittering. flood tide. The life-boat came up The yacht was towed to Chichester with the motor boat Mai/flower with Harbour, and the life-boat then re- seven people on board, and found that turned to her station, arriving at 10.20. her crew had managed to start her —Property Salvage Case. engine and clear it of water. The motor boat was escorted back to CHILDREN MISSING IN BOAT FOR Dover, where the life-boat arrived THIRTY-THREE HOURS at 6.30.—Rewards to the crew, etc., ft OS. Exmouth and Torbay, South Devon.— At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of BOAT TOWED TO MONTROSE August, 1956, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that the Devon County Montrose, Angus.—At 7.45 on the Constabulary had reported that two evening of the 15th of August, 1956, children who had gone out from the coastguard rang up to say that a Dawlish in a small boat had been mis- small boat which they had had under sing since the day before. The Torbay observation appeared to be in diffi- life-boat George Shee put out at 5.10. culties. The life-boat The Good Hope There was a moderate sea, with a was launched at 7.55. There was a gentle south-westerly breeze blowing smooth sea, a light easterly breeza was and an ebb tide. At 5.30 the Ex- blowing, and the tide was ebbing. mouth life-boat Maria Noble was One mile south-east of Scurdyness the launched to help the Torbay life-boat life-boat came up with a former ship's in her search. Both life-boats searched boat from Rosyth with five naval in co-operation with aircraft over a ratings on board who were on a holiday wide area. Finally the aircraft located cruise. The life-boat took the ratings on board and towed the boat to the boat off Hopes Nose. The life- 1 boats both made for the position, with Montrose, arriving at 9.50.—Rewards the aircraft indicating the direction by to the crew, £7; rewards to the helpers green flares. The life-boats were in on shore, £1 6s. constant communication with each other. The Torbay life-boat came up FISHING BOAT TOWED TO PORT with the dinghy and took off the two ORIEL children, a fourteen-year-old boy and Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 11.25 on his nine-year-old sister. They had the night of the 16th of August, 1956, been afloat for thirty-three hours and the harbourmaster reported that dis- were very tired and cold. They were tress signals had been observed out wrapped in blankets and given hot at sea. The life-boat George and drinks, and were landed at Exmouth Caroline Ermen was launched at 11.45. where their anxious parents had There was a moderate sea, with a waited for their return. The Exmouth moderate south-westerly gale blowing life-boat arrived back at her station and an ebbing tide. The life-boat at eleven o'clock and the Torbay life- came up with the fishing boat Sham- boat at 12.45 early on the 16th.—• rock, with a crew of five, some four Rewards to the crews: Exmouth, miles north-east of Port Oriel. Her £10 17s.; Torbay, £15 17*.; rewards to engine had broken down and she was the helpers on shore: Exmouth, £13 2s.; drifting out to sea. The life-boat Torbay, £1 4*. managed to pass a line and towed the 362 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 vessel to Port Oriel, arriving back at a strong south-westerly breeze. It her station at 2.55 early on the 17th.—• was low water. The life-boat found Rewards to the crew, £7 4?.; rewards the Norwegian motor vessel Frode to the helpers on shore, £7 6*. trying to attract the attention of the pilot in Par Bay. The coxswain NAVAL SAILING CUTTER TOWED advised the skipper to make for Fowey TO ABERDEEN for the night owing to the bad weather, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire.—At 11.49 and the life-boat escorted the Frode to on the night of the 16th of August, 1956, Fowey, arriving back at her station at the coastguard reported that a small 11.42.—Rewards to the crew, etc., naval sailing cutter bound for Aber- £8 10s. Qd. deen was overdue, and asked if the life-boat would search. At 12.50 early FISHING BOAT TOWED TO ST. on the 17th the life-boat J.J.K.S.W., MARY'S on temporary duty at the no. 1 St. Mary's, Scilly Islands.—At 10.10 on station, put out. There was a calm the night of the 17th of August, 1956, sea, a light south-westerly breeze was a message was received that the motor blowing, and the tide was ebbing. boat Erin was overdue from a fishing The life-boat came up -with the naval expedition. The life-boat Guy and cutter two miles east of Aberdeen Clare Hunter was launched at 10.20. harbour. She had a crew of five and There was a rough sea, with a strong was becalmed. The life-boat took her southerly breeze blowing and an in tow, arriving back at her station at ebbing tide. A message was later 1.15.—Rewards to the crew, £7; re- received that the Erin, with a crew of wards to the helpers on shore, etc., five, had reached Tresco with engine £1 2s. trouble. The life-boat was redirected to Tresco and towed the vessel back FISHING VESSEL ESCORTED TO to St. Mary's, arriving at 11.45.— MARGATE Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to Margate, Kent. — At 2.36 on the the helpers on shore, £2 8s. afternoon of the 17th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that a fishing YACHT ESCORTED TO SHOREHAM vessel was aground on Margate sands. Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 10.42 The life-boat North Foreland (Civil on the morning of the 18th of August, Service No. 11) was launched at 2.45. 1956, the coastguard rang up to say There was a rough sea, with a fresh that the Worthing beach inspector had south-west gale blowing, and an ebbing reported a small yacht apparently in tide. The life-boat came up with the trouble off Splash Point, Lancing. fishing boat Dorothy of London, with The life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis a crew of three, four miles north-west- Lunn was launched at 10.50. There by-north from Margate pier. The life- was a rough sea, with a fresh south- boat stood, by until the vessel refloated, west gale blowing and an ebbing tide. and then escorted her to Margate The life-boat came up with the yacht harbour, arriving back at her station Morning Star, with a crew of two, some at eleven o'clock.—Rewards to the two miles off Lancing. The yacht did crew, £17 95.; rewards to the helpers not require help and was escorted back on shore, £4 4s. to Shoreham, which was reached at noon.—Rewards to the crew, £7; re- NORWEGIAN VESSEL ESCORTED TO wards to the helpers on shore, £3 Is. FOWEY Fowey, Cornwall.—At 9.25 on the LIFE-BOAT TOWS IN YACHT AND evening of the 17th of August, 1956, LANDS CREW OF ANOTHER the Polruan coastguard reported white Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 4.48 on flares two to three miles south-west- the afternoon of the 18th of August, by-west of the coastguard station. 1956, the Foreland coastguard rang up At 9.40 the life-boat Deneys Reitz put to say that the Cowes police had re- out. There was a moderate sea and ported a yacht aground on the East DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 363 Brambles, which was being pounded boat came up with the yacht Isle severely. The life-boat Jesse Lumb ofRona, with a crew of two, and found was launched at 4.56. There was a she was leaking slightly. The Isle of very rough sea, a fresh south-westerly Rona was at first escorted, but as she gale was blowing, and it was low water. was not making much headway, a line The life-boat came up with the yacht was passed and she was towed to Moonbeam of Greenwich, with a crew Padstow. The life-boat arrived back of seven, and succeeded in pulling her at her station at 8.15. The yacht's clear and towing her to Cowes. As she crew made a donation to the funds of made for Bembridge she received a the Institution.—Rewards to the crew, message to meet the S.S. City of £6; rewards to the helpers on shore, Dublin, which was making for Ports- £1 4s. mouth from Nab Tower and had on board the crew of three of the yacht RAFT TOWED IN AFTER CROSSING Marie Victoire. The life-boat took the three people on board and landed ATLANTIC them at Bembridge, which was reached The Lizard and Falmouth, Cornwall.—• at 12.46 early on the 19th. The At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 20th owner of the yacht Marie Victoire of August, 1956, the Lizard coast- made a donation to the funds of the guard reported that the raft L'Egare II Institution.—Rewards to the crew, needed the help of a life-boat about £15 17*.; rewards to the helpers on thirty miles south-west of Lizard Head, shore, £3 5*. and that the steamer Blydensdyk would stand by until the life-boat LIFE-BOAT AND YACHT EACH TAKE arrived. At 2.42 the Lizard life-boat OFF ONE MAN Duke of York was launched. There was a slight sea, a light variable Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 12.5 on breeze was blowing, and the tide was the afternoon of the 19th of August, flooding. The life-boat reached the 1956, the coastguard rang up to say raft fourteen miles south-west of that a boat had been reported appar- Lizard Head, and found that it had ently in distress off the Cliff Hotel, crossed the Atlantic with three men Holland-on-Sea. The life-boat Sir on board. They wanted a tow, and it Godfrey Baring was launched at 12.20. was decided to land one of the men to There was a slight sea, with a light enable him to arrange for a tug to westerly breeze blowing, and an ebbing meet the raft. The life-boat returned tide. The life-boat came up with a to her station at 7.15. capsized yacht two miles from Clacton No suitable tug was available, and pier, took one man aboard and righted it was decided to launch the Lizard the yacht. The other member of the and Falmouth life-boats in an attempt crew had been picked up by another to tow L'Egare II. At 8.33 the Lizard yacht. The life-boat arrived back at life-boat was launched again on an her station at 2.30.—Rewards to the ebbing tide. The Falmouth life-boat crew, £8 8s.; rewards to the helpers Crawford and Constance Conybeare was on shore, £4 19.?. launched at ten o'clock. The Lizard life-boat reached the raft first fifteen SAILING BOAT TOWED TO miles south-south-east of Lizard and PADSTOW began to tow it. At 1.25 it was Padstow, Cornwall.—At 4.45 on the joined by the Falmouth life-boat. afternoon of the 19th of August, 1956, Little progress was made for the next the Trevose Head coastguard rang up three hours because of the strong to say that the Camelford police had currents. At 7.53 on the morning of reported a small sailing boat in diffi- the 21st of August the two life-boats culties near Tintagel Point. The no. 1 and the raft reached Falmouth har- life-boat Joseph Hiram Chadwick put bour, where the raft was berthed. out at 5.15. There was a slight sea, After the Lizard crew had had some with a gentle west-north-west breeze food and their life-boat had been re- blowing, and a flood tide. The life- fuelled, she returned to her station, 364 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 which she reached at 2.32. A mone- | Isabella Pyemont was launched. The tary gift was made to both crews by sea was rough, there was a moderate the three men.—Rewards: Lizard, north-westerly breeze, and it was high 1st service, rewards to the crew, water. The life-boat reached the posi- £9 12s.; rewards to the helpers on tion, and using her searchlight man- shore, £l] 4*.; 2nd service, rewards to aged to locate the two people. They the crew, £29 8s.; rewards to the helpers were taken on board the life-boat by on shore, £17 14s.; Falmouth, rewards vise of their own boat, which had not to the crew. £17 17s.; reward to the been damaged, and the life-boat re- helper on shore, 12s. turned to Kilmore, arriving back at 11.15.—Rewards to the crew, £9 16*.; YACHT TOWED TO WEYMOUTH rewards to the helpers on shore, £9. Weymouth, Dorset.—At 7.26 on the morning of the 21st of August, 1956, MAN RESCUED FROM YACHT the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that a small yacht was waving a flag Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 2.11 on two miles south-west of Wyke look- the afternoon of the 24th of August, out hut. The life-boat William and 1956, the Needles coastguard reported Clara Ryland was launched at 7.40. that a small yacht was in distress four There was a calm sea, with a light miles south-south-west of St. Cather- westerly breeze blowing, and a flood ine's. The life-boat S.G.E. put out tide. The life-boat came up with the at 2.33. There was a rough sea and Mary Rose of Brixham, with a crew a strong south-west breeze. The tide of three, and found that her engine had was ebbing. The life-boat found the failed. She towed her to Weymouth, yacht Harmony with a crew of one. which was reached at 11.10.—Rewards Her mast had broken away and she to the crew, £9 16s. was waterlogged. The man was taken off the Harmony, and attempts were YACHT ESCORTED TO ABERAERON made to tow her, but the ropes parted. As the seas were increasing and be- New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 8.19 cause of the condition of the yacht, she on the evening of the 23rd of August, was left adrift, and the life-boat re- 1956, the coastguard reported that the turned to her station, arriving at 9.15. yacht Ronsay was in difficulty between The Bembridge life-boat was launched Abersoch and Aberaeron. The life- later in the day to the same vessel, boat St. Albans was launched at 8.30. which ultimately sank.—Rewards to There was a very rough sea and a fresh the crew, £14 5s.; reward to the helper to strong south-west breeze. The on shore, 12s. tide was flooding. The life-boat came up with the Ronsay, with a crew of three, off Aberaeron. Her engine had LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY POLISH broken down, but she was making slow FISHING VESSEL progress under sail. The life-boat escorted her into Aberaeron harbour Boulmer, Northumberland.—At 2.35 and then returned to her station, on the morning of the 24th of August, arriving at 9.50.—Rewards to the crew, 1956, the coastguard reported that a £6; rewards to the helpers on shore, vessel was ashore one mile east-south- £7 17s. east of Boulmer Haven. The life-boat Clarissa Langdon was launched at 2.55. There was a slight swell and TWO TAKEN ON BOARD AFTER light south-south-west airs. The tide WADING ASHORE was flooding. The life-boat reached Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford.—At 8.20 the Polish fishing vessel Gdynia, but on the evening of the 23rd of August, found that she had refloated with the 1956, a telephone message was received rising tide. After standing by, the that a fishing boat had been driven life-boat returned to her station, ashore on the Great Keragh, and that arriving at 3.55. Rewards to the a man and a woman had waded in crew, £6; rewards to the helpers on from her. At 8.30 the life-boat Ann shore, £7 15s. DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT DREDGER HOPPER ESCORTED FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 11.43 on RAMSEY the morning of the 24th of August, 1956, the Formby coastguard reported Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 12.45 on that a small vessel was in difficulties the afternoon of the 25th of August, north of Formby float. The life-boat 1956, the coastguard reported that a Norman B, Corlett put out at 12.1. motor fishing vessel anchored about There was a rough sea, a moderate three miles east-north-east of Ramsey west-south-west gale was blowing, and harbour was burning red flares. At the tide was flooding. The life-boat one o'clock the life-boat Thomas came up with the dredger hopper Corbett was launched in a smooth sea. James 96 of London on Zebra Flats, There was a moderate westerly breeze, but found she had rectified the trouble and it was high water. The life-boat and was under way. The life-boat found the fishing vessel Dreadnought escorted the James 96 as far as New of Peel, with a crew of six. Her en- Brighton and arrived back at her gines had broken down, and the life- station at 3.45.—Rewards to the crew, boat towed her to Ramsey harbour, £8 8s.; rewards to the helpers on which was reached at 2.40.—Rewards shore, £1 10s. to the crew, £7; rewards to the helpers on shore, £11 10s. FISHING BOAT TOWED TO HASTINGS Hastings, Sussex.—About 12.40 on FISHING BOAT TOWED TO the afternoon of the 24th of August, HARWICH 1956, it was reported that a Hastings Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 3.45 fishing boat Warrior was in difficulties on the afternoon of the 25th of off Fairlight. The coastguard con- August, 1956, the coastguard tele- firmed the information, and the life- phoned that H.M.S. Mull of Gallorvay boat M.T.C. was launched at 12.46. had seen a small vessel in need of help There was a slight sea, a fresh westerly a mile and a half north of the Rough breeze was blowing, and the tide was Towers. At 4.12 the life-boat Edian flooding. The life-boat came up with Courtauld put out. There was a the Warrior, with a crew of two, half rough sea, with a fresh south-westerly a mile off Fairlight and found she had breeze and heavy rain squalls. The engine trouble. She towed her to tide was ebbing. The life-boat was Hastings and arrived back at her later given a corrected position, and station at 1.35.—Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to the helpers on shore, she came up with the fishing vessel £19. Dawn, of Harwich, off Orfordness about eight miles north-east of the original position. The Dawn, which YACHT TOWED TO NEWHAVEN had a crew of two, was first seen by a Newhaven, Sussex.—At 9.40 on the helicopter which was helping in the morning of the 25th of August, 1956, search. Her propellers had become the coastguard telephoned that a yacht entangled by their trawl, and in the was in difficulties in Seaford Bay. At conditions prevailing her crew had 9.50 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian found it extremely difficult to free the Philpott was launched in a moderate net. They hoisted a blanket to the sea. There was a fresh south-westerly masthead to attract attention after breeze, and the tide was flooding. they had burnt all their diesel oil The life-boat came up with the yacht fuel. The life-boat towed the Dawn Kristy, with a crew of seven. The to Harwich and arrived back at her yacht's sails had been torn, and she station at 12.8 early on the 26th. also had engine trouble. The life- The fishermen thanked the crew and boat towed her to Newhaven, arriving made a donation to the Institution's back at 10.45.—Rewards to the crew, funds.—Rewards to the crew, £18 Is.; £7; rewards to the helpers on shore, rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 13s. £5 15s. 366 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 EXPECTANT MOTHER LANDED AT Sunderland, rewards to the crew, GREAT YARMOUTH £9 185.; rewards to the helpers on Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, shore, £9 Ws. Norfolk.—At 10.45 on the night of the 25th of August, 1956, the Lloyds agent at Great Yarmouth telephoned that MAN FROM CAPSIZED YACHT the S.S. Bravo had an urgent maternity LANDED case on board and asked if the life-boat would put out to land her. The Bravo Margate, Kent.—At one o'clock on was expected in the Yarmouth Roads the afternoon of the 27th of August, at 8.30 next morning. At 8.40 1956, the coastguard reported that a 011 the 26th of August the life-boat yacht with a capsized boat alongside Louise Stephens was launched. The was calling for help off Birchington. sea was smooth, there was a moderate The life-boat North Foreland (Civil west-south-westerly breeze blowing, Service No. 11} was launched at 1.11 and the tide was flooding. The life- in a choppy sea. There was a moder- boat came up with the Bravo five miles ate south-westerly breeze, and the east of Yarmouth and took the expec- tide was flooding. Heavy rain made tant mother on board. The life-boat visibility very poor at times. The reached her station at 10.17, and the life-boat made for the position and woman was taken to hospital for a found the sailing yacht Windflower, of Caesarian operation.—Rewards to the Portsmouth, which had taken on board crew, £7; rewards to the helpers on a man from the capsized yacht Brise, shore, £3. of Birchington. The man was trans- ferred to the life-boat, where he was wrapped in a blanket, and the yacht SEARCH FOR COXSWAIN IN FISHING was taken in tow. The life-boat BOAT reached her station at 2.50, where the Holy Island, and North Sunderland, man was taken to a waiting ambulance. Northumberland.—At 10.40 on the —Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to night of the 26th of August, 1956, the the helpers on shore, £4 4?. coastguard reported that the fishing boat Winner of Holy Island, skippered by the life-boat coxswain, which had ESCORT FOR YACHT IN TOW OF left at 5.30 that evening, was overdue, ANOTHER and anxiety was felt for her safety. At 11.17 the Holy Island life-boat Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.16 on the Gertrude was launched with the second afternoon of the 27th of August, 1956, coxswain in command. There was a the Deal coastguard telephoned that slight sea, a light southerly breeze was a yacht with her engine broken down blowing, and the tide was ebbing. The needed help seven miles north-west life-boat searched in Berwick Bay, of the Sandettie lightvessel. At 5.28 where it was thought the coxswain the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis might have been fishing. At 12.35 put out. The sea was rough, there early on the 27th the North Sunder- was a moderate west-south-westerly land life-boat Grace Darling was also breeze blowing, and the tide was launched, with an ex-coxswain in com- ebbing. Three-quarters of an hour mand, to help in the search around the later the coastguard reported that the Fame Islands. The Winner was yacht Normarie, with a crew of two, found by the North Sunderland life- had been taken in tow to Calais by a boat one mile north of Megstone French trawler, and the life-boat was Island with her engine broken down. recalled. On her way back to her She was taken in tow to Holy Island. moorings the life-boat came across a The Gertrude reached her station again yacht towing another yacht with at 1.45 and the Grace Darling at four engine trouble. She escorted them o'clock.—Rewards: Holy Island, re- both to harbour, arriving there at 7.55. wards to the crew, £10 3s.; rewards to —Rewards to the crew, £8 8s.; re- the helpers on shore, £4 15*.; North ward to the helper on shore, IQs. Qd. DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 367 SICK SEAMAN TAKEN FROM 1956, the coastguard rang up to say a NORWEGIAN TANKER message had been received from the Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.42 on the S.S. Loch Ranza, of Glasgow, asking morning of the 28th of August, 1956, that an injured man be taken ashore. the coastguard reported that the tanker At 10.20 the life-boat Friendly Forester Marathon, of Oslo, had a man on board was launched. There was a moderate suffering from stomach pains. At sea and a fresh southerly breeze. The 8.4 the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was tide was ebbing. The life-boat found launched. The sea was rough, and the Loch Ranza six miles east of Flam- there was a fresh south-south-westerly borough Head. The injured man was wind blowing, with rain squalls. The transferred to the life-boat, and she tide was ebbing. The life-boat reached returned to her station, arriving back the tanker three miles south of Beachy at 12.5.—Rewards to the crew, £6; Head, and the sick man was taken on rewards to the helpers on shore, board. She returned to her station £17 18s. at 9.30, where the man was taken to hospital.—Rewards to the crew, £7; GIRL BATHER CARRIED OUT TO rewards to the helpers on shore, SEA £15 165. Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 4.35 on JOINT SEARCH WITH HELICOPTER the afternoon of the 29th of August, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 8.37 on a bather was being washed out to sea the morning of the 28th of August, off Winthorpe Avenue, north of Skeg- 1956, the Foreland coastguard tele- ness pier. At five o'clock the life- phoned that the Newport police had boat The Cuttle was launched in a reported that a man had swum ashore heavy ground swell. There was a light at Woodside and that another man north-easterly breeze, and the tide had been left clinging to a capsized was ebbing. The life-boat searched dinghy a mile and a half from the shore. the area in company with a helicopter At 8.45 the life-boat Jesse Lumb was and found the body of a girl two hun- launched. There was a slight sea and dred yards off shore. The life-boat a gentle westerly breeze. The tide returned to her station with the body was ebbing. At 9.53 information was of the girl on board, arriving at 6.35. received that two naval ratings had —Rewards to the crew, £9 12s.; re- taken the dinghy from Ryde in an wards to the helpers on shore, £5 Is. attempt to reach the mainland. After it had capsized in the early hours of the morning, a helicopter had carried DINGHY'S CREW OF TWO RESCUED out an extensive search but had found Dunbar, East Lothian.—-At 6.25 on the no trace either of the dinghy or of the evening of the 29th of August, 1956, man reported clinging to her. Later a the coastguard telephoned that a message was received that the missing message had been received from the craft was a canoe and not a dinghy. police that a sailing dinghy had cap- The life-boat found a waterlogged sized in Belhaven Bay. At 7.5 the canoe at the entrance to Wooton Creek, life-boat George and Sarah Strachan but there was nobody in it or clinging put out. There was a heavy swell and to it. After an extensive search in a moderate easterly breeze. The tide co-operation with a helicopter the life- was flooding. The life-boat found the boat returned with the canoe to her dinghy, which had lost her sails and station, arriving there at 12.45.— was waterlogged. Her crew of two Rewards to the crew, £9 16s.; rewards were in a very distressed condition. to the helpers on shore, £3 5*. They were taken on board the life-boat and given rum. The dinghy was taken INJURED MAN TAKEN FROM in tow, and the life-boat reached her STEAMER station at 7.40. The two men were Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 8.5 on taken to hospital and then made a gift the evening of the 20th of August, to the crew.—Rewards to the crew, £6. 368 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 FISHING BOAT TOWED TO WHITBY 1 Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — August 4th.—Rewards, £20 15*. Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.50 on the Holyhead, Anglesey.—August 4th.— night of the 30th of August, 1956, a Rewards, £10 18*. message was received that the local Weymouth, Dorset.—August 5th.— fishing boat Dorothy was calling for Rewards, £6. help on her wireless. At 10.15 the no. 1 Padstow, Cornwall.—August 5th.— life-boat Mary Ann Heptcorth was laun- Rewards, £6 5s. ched in a slight sea. There was a gentle Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. — August northerly breeze, and it was high water. 6th.—Rewards, £13 18s. The life-boat found the Dorothy with Margate, Kent.—August 6th.—Re- her engine broken down some six to wards, £14. seven miles north of Whitby. She was Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—August 6th. taken in tow and brought to harbour, —Rewards, £13 7s. arriving there at 2.10.—Rewards to Ramsgate, Kent.—August 6th.—Re- the crew, £9 16s.; rewards to the wards, £7 10*. helpers on shore, £l 165. New Brighton, Cheshire.—August 7th. -—Rewards, £7 8s. FISHING FLEET ESCORTED OVER Skegness, Lincolnshire.—August 7th. HARBOUR BAR —Rewards, £16 18s. Plymouth, South Devon.—August 8th. Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning —Rewards, £8. of the 31st of August, 1956, there was St. Ives, Cornwall.—August 9th.—Re- a heavy sea on the harbour bar. Local wards, £16 6*. fishing boats and a fishing fleet from Hastings, Sussex.—August 9th.—Re- Scotland were at sea. Because of the wards, £36 16s. conditions it was decided to launch the Dungeness, Kent.—August 9th.—Re- no. 1 life-boat, and at eight o'clock wards, £36 16*. the life-boat Mary Ann Hepteorth was Bembridge, Isle of Wight.— August launched with the second coxswain in 10th.—Rewards, £10 5*. command. There was a northerly Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—August 10th. breeze, and the tide was flooding. —Rewards, £10. The fishing boats were escorted safely Cromarty, Cromartyshire. —• August to harbour, and the life-boat returned 10th.—Rewards, £12 13s. to her station at noon.—Rewards to Buckle, Banffshire.—August 10th.— the crew, £8 8*.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s. Rewards, £16 17*. Anstruther, Fifeshire.—August llth. —Rewards, £20 12*. The following life-boats went out on Ramsgate, Kent.—August llth.—Re- service, but could find no ships in dis- wards, £8 10s. 6d. tress, were not needed or could do Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—August nothing: 12th.—Rewards, £9 17*. Weymouth, Dorset. — August 1st.— Runswick, Yorkshire.—August 12th. Rewards, £9 4*. —Rewards, £17 9s. Dover, Kent.—August 1st.—Rewards, St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—August £8 13*. 13th.—Rewards, £12 16*. Walton and Frinton, Essex.—August i Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.—August 13th. 1st.—Rewards, £20 2.9. —Rewards, £14 7s. Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—August Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—August 13th. 1st.—Rewards, £14 10,9. —Rewards, £16 5*. (Launched twice.) Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—August Montrose, Angus.—August 14th.—Re- 2nd.—Rewards, £6 13*. wards, £17 15*. Torbay, South Devon.—August 2nd.— Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—August Rewards, £7 4*. 15th.—Rewards, £10 Is. Exmouth, South Devon.—August 3rd. Exmouth, South Devon.—August 15th. —Rewards, £35 1*. —Rewards, £23 19*. Buckle, Banffshire.—August 3rd.—Re- Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. —• August wards, £7 12s. 16th.—Rewards, £19 11s. DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 369 Fowey, Cornwall.—August 16th.—Re- Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — August wards, £8 10s. 6d. 25th.—Rewards, £21 13s. Galster, Norfolk.—August 16th.—Re- New Brighton, Cheshire. — August wards, £19. 26th.—Rewards, £9 16s. Hastings, Sussex.—August 18th.—Re- Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. — August wards, £35 6s. 26th.—Rewards, £6 12s. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. — August Holy Island, Northumberland. — 18th.—Rewards, £7 12,9. August 26th.—Rewards, £14 18s. Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. — August Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — August 18th.—Rewards, £11 8s. 28th.—Rewards, £11 18s. Dover, Kent. — August 18th. — Re- Montrose, Angus. — August 28th. — wards, £8 135. Rewards, £12 7s. Dungeness, Kent—August 18th.—Re- Seaham, Durham.—August 29th.—• wards, £31 10*. Rewards, £6 16s. Aldeburgh No. 1, Suffolk. — August Falmouth, Cornwall.—August 29th. 18th.—Rewards, £58 185. 6d. —Rewards, £9. Padstow No. 1, Cornwall. — August Padstow No. 2, Cornwall. — August 19th.—Rewards, £7 4s. 30th.—Rewards, £9. St. Ives, Cornwall.—August 19th.— Workington, Cumberland. — August Rewards, £19 18*. 30th.—Rewards, £9 2s. Selsey, Sussex.—August 19th.—Re- Weymouth, Dorset.—August 31st.— wards, £11 17s. Rewards, £7. Lowestoft, Suffolk.—August 19th.— Rewards, £8 12s. SEPTEMBER Swanage, Dorset. —• August 20th. —• DURING September life-boats were Rewards, £9 8s. launched on service 73 times and res- Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. —• August cued 62 lives. 20th.—Rewards, £7 16s. Valentia, Co. Kerry.—August 21st.— YACHT TOWED TO GUERNSEY Rewards, £33 16s. St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—On the Newhaven, Sussex.—August 21st.—• 1 Rewards, f 11 12s. morning of the 1st of September, 1956, Exmouth, South Devon.—August 22nd. the signal station sighted a yacht two —Rewards, £31 11s. miles south-east of St. Martin's Point Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.—August signalling for help. At 6.53 the life- 22nd.—Rewards, £16 8s. boat Euphrosyne Kendal put out in a Plymouth, South Devon. — August very rough sea. There was a moderate 22nd.—Rewards, £9 16s. north-easterly gale, and it was low Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. — water. The life-boat found the yacht August 22nd.—Rewards, £29 4s. Wai, of Portsmouth, with eight people Barmouth, Merionethshire. — August on board in danger of being driven 23rd.—Rewards, £10 18s. on the rocks. She passed a rope Bembridge, Isle of Wight. — August aboard and towed the yacht to St. 24th.—Rewards, £13 Is. Peter Port, arriving there at 9.15.— Filey, Yorkshire. — August 24th. — Rewards to the crew, £8 8s.; reward Rewards, £18 3s. to the helper on shore, 14s. Valentia, Co. Kerry.—August 24th.— Rewards, £18 9s. SERVICES TO FISHING BOAT AND Scarborough, Yorkshire. — August YACHT ON SAME DAY 24th.—Rewards, £16 17s. Weymouth, Dorset.—At 10.45 on the Exmouth, South Devon. •— August morning of the 1st of September, 1956, 25th.—Rewards, £23 4s. the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned Padstow No. 1, Cornwall.—August that a small fishing boat had engine 25th.—Rewards, £4 16s. trouble a quarter of a mile west of Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—August Portland Bill. At 10.55 the life-boat 25th.—Rewards, £7. William and Clara Ryland put out. Torbay, South Devon.—August 25th. The sea was very rough, there was a —Rewards, £17 Is. strong north-easterly gale blowing, and 370 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 the tide was ebbing. The life-boat the coastguard telephoned that a came up with the fishing boat June, French trawler was burning flares a took her crew of two on board and mile and a quarter south of Lowestoft began to tow her. A message was harbour. The life-boat Greater Lon- then received that a yacht nineteen don (Civil Service No. 3) on temporary miles south-by-east of Portland Bill duty at the station, was launched in appeared to have no one on board and a rough sea. There was a strong north- was a danger to navigation. The easterly wind, and the tide was ebbing. coxswain decided to land the two men, Five minutes before the life-boat was who were exhausted, and beach the able to reach the position the trawler fishing boat at Chesil Cove before Les Deux Jeaunes, which had grounded making for the yacht. The life-boat on the Newcombe Sands, with a crew then began to search, and ten and a of nine, sank. By now it was almost half miles from Portland she came up dark, and the life-boat went to the with the yacht Capella, of Portsmouth, leeward among the wreckage and saw with ten people on board. She took the crew in the sea clinging to oars this yacht in tow and reached her and floats. With great difficulty all station again at eight o'clock in the nine men were taken on board the life- evening. It was later learned that boat and landed at Lowestoft, where the drifting yacht reported earlier had they were given hot baths, food and been taken in tow by a French clothing. As soon as the life-boat trawler. The Swanage life-boat was returned, a further message was re- also launched.—Rewards: 1st service, ceived that another French trawler, rewards to the crew, £9 185.; 2nd the En Avant, was also burning flares service, Property Salvage Case. about a quarter of a mile east of the position of the sunken Les Deux SECOND RESCUE BY SOUTHEND Jeaunes. She put to sea again and LIFE-BOAT found that the crew of the trawler En Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 6.30 on Avant had seen their compatriots in need of help but had not noticed that the evening of the 1st of September, the life-boat had rescued them. After 1956, the coastguard telephoned that assurances had been given that the a flare had been seen off Grain Spit. crew of Les Deux Jeaunes were all At 6.45 the life-boat Greater London II safe, the life-boat escorted the En (Civil Service No. 30) was launched. Avant to harbour, arriving back at The sea was rough, there was a fresh 8.55.—Rewards to the crew, £10 16s.; north-easterly gale blowing, with rain rewards to the helpers on shore, £l 4s. squalls, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat found the motor barge Maria, of Rochester, with a crew of INJURED MAN TAKEN FROM two. She was not making any head- TRAWLER way because of the heavy seas, and the life-boat put a tow rope aboard. Bridlington, Yorkshire. — At ten Keeping her head to the wind and the o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of sea, the life-boat towed her to Sheer- September, 1956, a telephone message ness harbour and on to Queenborough, was received from Lloyds agent that where the barge was made safe. This the trawler Flandre, of Derwent, was was the second time the barge cap- entering the bay with an injured man tain had been rescued by a Southend on board who needed a doctor. As life-boat. The earlier rescue was all the local craft were aground be- from the barge Claxfield in 1934. The cause of the low water, it was decided crew expressed their thanks to the to launch the life-boat. At 10.40 life-boat crew.—Property Salvage Case. the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched. The sea was rough, and there was a strong north-easterly DIFFICULT RESCUE FROM FRENCH breeze blowing. The life-boat came TRAWLER up with the Flandre and took the Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 7.30 on the injured man off together with the evening of the 1st of September, 1956, mate of the vessel. She landed them DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 371 at Bridlington at 11.45, took the mate sailing boat was drifting off Rhos- back and finally reached her station colyn with two youths aboard. At at 2.30.—Rewards to the crew, £9 18s.; 9.31 the life-boat St. Cybi (Civil rewards to the helpers on shore, £10 5.?. Service No. 9) was launched. There was a moderate sea, a moderate south- CABIN CRUISER TOWED TO westerly breeze was blowing, and the MOORINGS tide was flooding. The life-boat went Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 1.25 on to the position and at 12.30 found the the afternoon of the 2nd of September, dinghy Teal. The two youths were 1956, the Penmon coastguard tele- taken on board the life-boat, and the phoned that a cabin cruiser was dinghy was towed into Holyhead burning flares one mile west of Puffin harbour, which was reached at four Island. Her engine had stopped, and o'clock.—Rewards to the crew, £14 5s.; she was in danger of drifting on to the rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 Ss. rocks. At 1.40 the life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched. THREE LIFE-BOATS SEARCH FOR The sea was rough, there was a strong AIRCRAFT north-easterly breeze, and the tide Buckle, Whitehills, Banffshire; and was ebbing. The life-boat came up Cromarty, Cromartyshire. —• At one with the cabin cruiser Zephyr, of o'clock on the morning of the 5th Deganwy, with four people on board. of September, 1956, the Peterhead The Zephyr's engine had now restarted, coastguard telephoned that a Sea- and with the life-boat escorting her hawk aircraft wras missing on a flight she made for the Mcnai Straits. Her from Lossiemouth. The aircraft was engine broke down again later, and believed to be within a radius of twenty the life-boat towed her to her moorings. miles from Buckie. At 1.20 the The life-boat then returned to her Buckle life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow station, arriving there at 3.30. The was launched. There was a slight owner thanked the crew.—Rewards to swell, a light south-easterly breeze the crew, £9 12s.; rewards to the was blowing, and the tide was flooding. helpers on shore, £2. 5s. The life-boat carried out an extensive search. At 2.15 the Whitehills life- FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO ISLE boat the St. Andreiv (Civil Service OF MAN No. 10) was launched, and ten minutes Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—Shortly later the Cromarty life-boat Lilla after midnight on the 4th of Septem- Marras, Douglas and Will also put ber, 1956, the local harbourmaster out to help in the search, which was reported that the motor fishing vessel carried out all through the night. Edna, with three men on board, was Only parts of the aircraft were found long overdue from a fishing trip be- by the Cromarty life-boat, and at tween Langness and Chicken Rock. seven o'clock the life-boats were re- At 12.5 the life-boat R. A. Colbt/ Cubbin called. Buckie arrived back at 7.50, No. 2 put out in a calm sea. The tide Whitehills at nine o'clock, and Cro- was ebbing. After a short search the marty at 11.30.—Rewards: Buckie, life-boat found the Edna off Langness rewards to the crew, £14 5s.; reward and towed her into Castletown. The to the helper on shore, 12s.; White- life-boat then returned to her moorings, hills, rewards to the crew, £15 17s.; arriving at 2.10. The crew of the rewards to the helpers on shore, fishing vessel made a gift to the life- £3 14s.; Cromarty, rewards to the boat crew.—Rewards to the crew, crew, £19 Is. £8 8s.; reward to the helper on shore, 14s. FISHING BOAT TOWED TO MARGATE TWO YOUTHS TAKEN OFF DINGHY Margate, Kent.—At 3.2 on the after- Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 9.15 on the noon of the 5th of September, 1956, night of the 4th of September, 1956, the coastguard reported that a fishing- the coastguard telephoned that a small vessel was showing distress signals 372 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 about three miles north-east of Mar- tide was ebbing. The life-boat made gate. At 3.12 the life-boat North a search of the area and found the Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was capsized sailing dinghy, but could find launched in a moderate sea. A mod- no trace of the missing man. She erate southerly breeze was blowing, took the dinghy in tow and arrived and the tide was ebbing. The life- back in the harbour at 9.5. A later boat made for the position and found report stated that the man had had the local fishing boat Heart of Gold a life-belt on, and as there still seemed, with engine trouble. She passed a in view of this, some slight hope of tow rope aboard and towed her to finding him alive, the life-boat put to Margate harbour, arriving at 4.30.—• sea again. After a long but unsuc- Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to cessful search in conjunction with a the helpers on shore, £4 4s. helicopter, the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at two o'clock. The body of the man was later washed FISHING BOAT TOWED FROM ashore at Lancing.—Rewards to the ROCKY COVE crew, £20 13,9.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 10*. Torbay, South Devon.—At 6.15 on the evening of the 8th of September, 1956, a message was received from the Berry MOTOR BOAT TOWED TO Head coastguard that a yacht had just RAMSGATE entered Dartmouth and had reported that a motor boat had broken down Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.1 on the with engine trouble east of the Mew- afternoon of the llth of September, stone Rock at the entrance to the 1956, a message was received from the River Dart. At 6.30 the life-boat East pier that a motor boat was in George Shee put out in a heavy swell. difficulties near the Quern buoy. At There was a fresh east-south-easterly 3.5 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis breeze, and the tide was ebbing. The put out. The sea was moderate, there life-boat found the fishing boat was a moderate westerly breeze blow- Valerian, with a crew of two, drifting ing, and it was high water. The life- towards Bedlap Cove. With great boat came up with the motor boat difficulty because of the rocky nature Primrose, with a crew of two, and of the cove a tow rope was put aboard towed her to the harbour, arriving at the fishing boat, and the life-boat 3.40.—Rewards to the crew, £5; re- towed her to Brixham, arriving at ward to the helper on shore, 12s. 6rf. nine o'clock. The crew of the fishing boat made a gift to the crew of the life-boat.—Rewards to the crew, £8 8s.; I BODY OF YOUNG GIRL FOUND rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 4s. IN SEA Dungeness, Kent.—At 5.23 on the LIFE-BOAT AND HELICOPTER afternoon of the 12th of September, IN JOINT SEARCH 1956, the Rye police reported that there was a young girl in the sea off Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.44 Camber. At 5.35 the life-boat Charles on the morning of the 9th of Sep- Cooper Henderson was launched. The tember, 1956, a message was received sea was choppy, there was a moderate from the coastguard that the Brighton westerly breeze blowing, and it was police had reported that a girl from a high water. The life-boat went to the capsized sailing dinghy had been found position and found the body of the coming ashore at Hove. She had child in the sea. The body was taken reported that there was a man in the aboard the life-boat and artificial sea about two hundred yards out. At respiration was applied, without suc- 3.15 the life-boat Rosa Woodd and cess, until the life-boat reached Dun- Phyllis Lunn was launched. There geness at 7.15.—Rewards to the crew, was a slight sea, a gentle east-north- £9; rewards to the helpers on shore, easterly breeze was blowing, and the £17 I ft. DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 373 TWO WOMEN TAKEN OFF FISHING ' motor vessel Achieve needed help as BOAT she was ashore in Hoy Sound. At New Quay, Cardiganshire.—On the 9.20 the life-boat Archibald & Alex- morning of the 15th of September, ander M. Paterson was launched. 1956, a heavy storm came up from the There was a heavy ground swell and south-east. The majority of the fish- a light south-easterly breeze. The ing boats which were at sea had re- tide was ebbing. The life-boat made turned to harbour, but it was reported for Hoy Sound in dense fog and found that the fishing boat Jane Mary Jane the Achieve, with a crew of seven, two was having engine trouble off New hundred yards from Oxan, Graemsay. Quay Head and that anxiety was felt As the sea was too shallow for the for two other boats, the Cornelia and life-boat to go alongside, a local motor the Ynys Lochtyn. At 10.5 the life- boat put out and took the coxswain boat St. Albans was launched. The to the grounded vessel. She was lying sea was rough, there was a strong on her beam ends in a dangerous posi- easterly gale blowing, and the tide tion. The crew were transferred to was ebbing. The Jane Mary Jane the motor boat, ferried to the life-boat made harbour safely, and the life-boat and then taken to Stromness. It was went to escort the Camelia and the decided to return to the Achieve early Ynys Lochtyn. They had anchored next morning, and at 7.20 the crew under the lee of the land by Llenana were taken back to their vessel. A Point waiting for the tide to make. tow rope was put aboard, but an The life-boat went alongside the Ynys attempt to refloat the Achieve half an Lochtyn and took off two women pas- hour before high water failed, and the sengers. She returned with them to crew were again landed, this time at the shore at New Quay, which was Graemsay, by means of the motor reached at 11.20.—Rewards to the boat which was in the area by arrange- crew, £6; rewards to the helpers on ment. The life-boat returned to her shore, £7 19s. station, arriving at 11.30. A further attempt to refloat the Achieve on the MOTOR VESSEL TOWED TO next high tide was decided upon, and ST. IVES the life-boat put out once more at 9.22 in the evening. On arriving at St. Ives, Cornwall.—On the 16th of the position, she picked up the tow, September, 1956, the coastguard tele- and with the help of a seine-net phoned that a vessel was ashore at fishing boat commenced the opera- Western Carricks and that two of her tion. This again proved unsuccessful, crew had been brought ashore by a and the Jife-boat returned to her motor launch. At 12.40 in the after- station, arriving at eleven o'clock.— noon, the life-boat Edgar, George, Rewards to the crew, £21 5s.; rewards Orlando and Eva Child was launched to the helpers on shore, £4 125. in calm weather. One of the rescued men was taken aboard the life-boat to indicate the position where the vessel TUG AND STEAM PUFFER was ashore. Near Hore Point the ESCORTED life-boat came up with the motor Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 12.15 vessel Ancottn, which had eight people on the morning of the 22nd of Sep- on board and was leaking badly. tember, 1956, the Southend coast- The life-boat took her in tow and guard telephoned that a red rocket had reached St. Ives harbour at four been seen five miles south-east-by-east o'clock.—Property Salvage Case. of the look-out. At 12.39 the life- boat City of Glasgow 77 put out. COXSWAIN TRANSFERRED There was a slight sea, a gentle BY MOTOR BOAT easterly breeze was blowing, and the Stromness, Orkneys.—At 8.55 on the tide was flooding. A wireless message evening of the 19th of September, was later received from the tug Flying 1956, a message was received that a Typhoon that the vessel in need of man had heard on his wireless that the help was the steam puffer Sealight, of 374 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 Greenock, and that she had a bad list 24th.—Rewards to the crew, £9 12*.; to port. The tug had taken off the rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 10s. Sealight's crew of five, and the message stated that she was going to attempt to SWEDISH MOTOR VESSEL beach her. The life-boat continued REFLOATED on her way, and at 1.50 the tug reported that the Sealight was now on Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on her beam ends and that she was still the morning of the 24th of September, trying to continue with the tow. The 1956, South Gare coastguard tele- life-boat came up with the two vessels phoned that a vessel was aground near and escorted them to Campbeltown, the look-out. She was not in any which was reached at five o'clock.— immediate danger. At 10.30 the life- Rewards to the crew, £11 Is.; reward boat John and Lucy Cordingley was to the helper on shore, 16s. launched. There was a slight swell, with a light easterly breeze and fog. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat MOTOR BOAT TOWED OFF found the motor vessel Lecko, of SANDBANK Sweden, with a crew of nine, aground Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At noon on on a reef near the end of the South the 23rd of September, 1956, the Dun- Gare breakwater. The life-boat helped dee harbour police reported that a to refloat the Lecko and returned to small sailing boat with two men on her station, arriving at 6.15.—Pro- board was aground on Naughton sand- perty Salvage Case. bank to the west of Tay Bridge. At 12.35 the life-boat Mono, was launched TWO LIFE-BOATS TOW BARGE in a smooth sea. There was a light YACHT east-north-easterly breeze and the tide was flooding. Visibility was about a Glacton-on-Sea and Southend-on-Sea, mile and a half. The life-boat came Essex.—At 8.51 on the evening of the up with the motor boat and took her 27th of September, 1956, the Clacton in tow. When approaching Dundee coastguard telephoned that a vessel harbour the boat cast off the tow and was in need of help off no. 11 Barrow proceeded under her own power. The buoy. At 9.10 the Clacton life-boat life-boat then returned to her station, Sir Godfrey Baring was launched. The arriving at 2.20.—Rewards to the sea was very rough, there was a strong crew, £7; rewards to the helpers on south-westerly breeze blowing, and shore, £2 9s. the tide was ebbing. The life-boat came up with the auxiliary barge yacht Winifred, of Colchester, with five DOCTOR TAKEN TO SWEDISH people on board, near the West STEAMER Barrow beacon. At first the life-boat Lytham, Lancashire.—At 11.10 Oil was unable to go alongside the yacht the night of the 23rd of September, because of the low tide, but later she 1956, the Formby coastguard tele- approached her and passed a tow rope phoned that the S.S. Bonita, of Stock- aboard. The Southend-on-Sea life- holm, had a man on board who had boat Greater London II (Civil Service drunk poison and needed immediate No. 30) had launched at 12.35 early medical attention. At 11.45 the life- on the 28th to the motor vessel boat Edward Z. Dresden, on temporary Shaziford, which was sinking three duty at the station, put out with a miles east of the Nore Tower. How- doctor on board. The sea was calm, ever, the Shauford's crew of three a light easterly breeze was blowing, had been taken off by a collier, and and the tide was flooding. The life- the Southend life-boat, hearing on her boat came up with the Bonita off radio telephone that the Clacton-on- Nelson buoy, transferred the sick man Sea life-boat was on service to the and landed him at Lytham, where he Winifred, went to the position. The was taken to hospital. The life-boat two life-boats towed the Winifred, returned to her station, arriving at but in the heavy seas she shipped a two o'clock on the morning of the great deal of water. When the tow DECEMBER, 1956J THE LIFE-BOAT 375 had parted four times it was decided TOW FOR WHALER AND THEN to abandon the attempt, and the FOR YACHT yacht's crew were transferred to the New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.45 on Clacton-on-Sea life-boat, which arrived the afternoon of the 30th of September, at Brightlingsea at 10.30. She was 1956, the Formby coastguard reported rehoused at 1.30 on the afternoon of that a Sea Cadet whaler, with three the 29th. The Southend-on-Sea life- men on board, was on the rocks near boat reached her station at 10.20 on Seaforth radio station. At six o'clock the night of the 28th.—Rewards the life-boat Norman fi. Corlett put Clacton, rewards to the crew, £36 13s. out. The sea was rough, there was rewards to the helpers on shore, £7 13s. a • strong west-south-westerly breeze Southern!, rewards to the crew, £19 Is. blowing, and the tide was flooding. rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 5s. The life-boat went to the position and found the whaler stranded on a lee EXHAUSTED MEN RESCUED FROM shore at the north-west corner of DUTCH YACHT Gladstone dock river wall. There Fowey, Cornwall.—At 4.30 on the were four Sea Cadets on board. The morning of the 28th of September. life-boat passed a line to the whaler 1956, the Polruan coastguard tele- and towed her to New Brighton, phoned that a red flare had been seen arriving there at 6.55. As the life- half a mile west of Polperro. At boat crew were landing from this 4.50 the life-boat Deneys lieitz put out. service a message was received from There was a moderate sea and a strong the Formby coastguard that a yacht west-south-westerly breeze. The tide was in difficulties abreast of C 21 buoy was ebbing. The life-boat found the in the Crosby Channel. The Norman yacht Orca, of Scheveningen, close to B. Corlett put to sea again and came the rocks with her crew of three ex- up with the yacht Gypsy, with three hausted. They were taken on board people on board. Her engine had the life-boat and brought to Fowey. broken down, and she was drifting. The life-boat then returned to the The life-boat took her in tow, arriving position and took the yacht in tow, back at her station at 8.30.—Rewards: arriving back at her station at 10.15.— 1st service, rewards to the crew, £6; Property Salvage Case. rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 -Is.; 2nd service, rewards to the crew, YACHT TOWED THROUGH ROUGH £7 6s.; rewards to the helpers on SEA shore, £1 6,?. Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 3()th of September, The following life-boats went out on 1956, the coastguard reported that the service, but could find no ships in dis- yacht Ann, of Rhyl, was in difficulties tress, were not needed or could do with engine trouble one mile and a nothing: half north of Rhyl pier. At 12.50 Angle, Pembrokeshire. — September the life-boat Anthony Robert Mar nit till 1st.—Crew and helpers desired no re- was launched. There was a very rough ward. sea, a strong south-south-westerly Swanage, Dorset.—September 1st.— breeze was blowing, and the tide was Rewards, £15 19s. ebbing. The life-boat reached the Appledore, Devon.—September 1st.— Ann, which had a crew of two, at Rewards, £10 Is. 1.20. As the weather was too bad to Ramsgate, Kent.—September 2nd.— bring her to Rhyl, the coxswain Rewards, £7 10s. 6d. decided to tow her to Mostyn harbour, Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. —• Sep- where they arrived at 3.40. The life- tember 2nd.—Rewards, £10 6s. boat then returned to her station, Torbay, South Devon. — September which she reached at 7.30. One of 2nd.—Rewards, £13 17s. the yachtsmen made a donation to the Weymouth, Dorset.—September 3rd. Institution's funds.—Rewards to the —Rewards, £7. crew, £11 9s.; rewards to the helpers Swanage, Dorset.—September 4th.— on shore. £7 13.?. Rewards, £9 8s. THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. — Montrose, Angus.—September 20th. September 5th.—Rewards, £1 12s. —Rewards, £12 3s. Pa-tly paid permanent crew. Islay, Inner Hebrides. — September The Lizard, Cornwall. — September 20th.—Rewards, £7. 5th.—Rewards, £20 16s. New Brighton, Cheshire.—September St. Helier, Jersey.—September 6th.— 22nd.—Rewards, £7 6s. Rewards, £7 125. Newcastle, Co. Down. — September Appledore, Devon.—September 6th.— 22nd.—Rewards, £18 7s. ' Rewards, £9 8s. Hartlepool, Durham. — September St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—September 23rd.—Rewards. £10 4s. 6th.—Rewards, £30 14s. Troon, Ayrshire.—September 24th. St. Helier, Jersey.—September 6th.— —Rewards, £8 8s. Rewards, £7 16s. Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—September Selsey, Sussex. — September 9th. — 25th.—Rewards, £9. Rewards, £20 3s. Flamborough, and Bridlington, York- Dungeness, Kent.—September 13th.— shire. — September 25th. — Rewards, Rewards, £26 14s. Flamborough, £35 3s.; Bridlington, Moelfre, Anglesey.—September 14th. £17 12s. —Rewards, £8 8s. Ramsgate, Kent.—September 26th.— Lowestoft, Suffolk.—September 14th. Rewards, £7 13s. —Rewards, £10 16s. Walton and Frinton, Essex.—Septem- Humber, Yorkshire. — September ber 15th.—Rewards, £16 15s. 27th.—Paid permanent crew. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—Septem- Norfolk.—September 16th.—Rewards, ber 27th.—Rewards, £11 13s. £15 10s. Plymouth, South Devon.—September Plymouth, South Devon.—September 27th.—Rewards, £9. 18th.—Rewards, £9 12s. Ramsgate, and Margate, Kent.—Sep- Torbay, South Devon. — September tember 28th.—Rewards: Ramsgate, 18th.—Rewards, £11. £9 Is. Qd., Margate, £14. Exmouth, South Devon.—September Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—September 18th.—Rewards, £21 18s. 28th.—Rewards, £11 13s. Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—Septem- Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—September ber 19th.—Rewards, £12 16s. 29th.—Rewards, £16.

Naming Ceremonies THE debt which the Institution owes Institution is deeply indebted to the to members of the Royal Family for President and his family. One new the constant help which they give to life-boat was named in the Irish the Service was again strikingly illus- Republic during the past quarter. trated during the past quarter. This was the Wicklow boat, which was In this period four new life-boats named by Mrs. O'Kelly, the wife of the were named in the United Kingdom; President, on the 14th of July. at Douglas and Port St. Mary in the Isle of Man and at Thurso and WICKLOW Cromarty in Scotland. H.R.H. the At the Wicklow naming ceremony Duchess of Kent, president of the Mr. W. J. Clarke, Chairman of the Institution, named the two life-boats Wicklow Urban District Council, was in the Isle of Man on the 25th of July; in the chair. Lieut. Commander H. H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen H. Harvey, District Inspector of Life- _. Mother named the Thurso life-boat on boats, described the new boat, which the 18th of August; and H.R.H. the is the first of the 42-feet Watson boats Duchess of Gloucester named the to be stationed in Ireland. Captain Cromarty boat on the 25th of August. the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quinj Similarly in the Irish Republic the Deputy Chairman of the Committee DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 377 of Management, handed the life-boat Music was played by the Rushen over to the braneh, Mr. J. T. O'Byrne, Silver Band under the direction of Mr. honorary secretary of the branch, L. Coole, and the singing, which in- accepting her. cluded the traditional Manx fisher- The Very Reverend M. Blake, men's evening hymn, was led by the parish priest of Wicklow, blessed the Rushen Choral Society conducted by life-boat and a vote of thanks was Mr. C. C. McFee. proposed by the Rev. Father Hans, After luncheon at Government chairman of the Wicklow branch, and House the Duchess of Kent went to seconded by the Rev. Canon H. St. C. St. George's Church at Douglas and Jennings, Rector of Wicklow and vice- laid a wreath on the tomb of Sir chairman of tiie branch. William Hillary, the founder of the Mrs. O'Kelly then named the life- Life-boat Institution. Members of the boat J. W. Archer. The boat was a crew of the Peel life-boat stood at the gift from the late Mr. J. W. Archer of tomb, and among those who were pre- Bournemouth. sented was Mrs. Preston-Hillary, the wife of a descendant of Sir William The St. Patrick's Pipe Band and Hillary and herself honorary secretary Choir played and sang, and the con- of the Hastings Ladies' Life-boat cluding hymn was the old Irish hymn Guild. "Be Thou Mv Vision." The naming ceremony of the new life-boat at Douglas, the life-boat ? ISLE OF MAN station at which Sir W illiam Hillary On the 25th of July, H.R.H. the himself had served, followed. The Duchess of Kent flew to the Isle of Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man, which she had not visited before. Man was again in the chair and Com- In the morning she inspected the life- mander Bennetts described the life- boat at Port Erin, where the crew boat, which is also one of the 46-feet were presented to her. At her request 9-inches Watson cabin type. Earl the life-boat was launched. Howe handed the life-boat over to the Douglas branch, Sir William Percy From Port Erin Her Royal Highness Cowley, First Deemster and Clerk of went to Port St. Mary to name the the Rolls and president of the Douglas new life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin branch, accepting her. .Vo. 2. The Bishop of Sodor and Man then The Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle dedicated the life-boat, assisted by the of Man, Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Rev. L. Emerson, Chairman of the Dundas, was in the chair. Comman- Isle of Man district of the Methodist der S. W. F. Bennetts, Deputy Chief Church. A vote of thanks to the Inspector of Life-boats, described the Duchess of Kent was proposed by the new boat which is one of the 46-feet- Mayor of Douglas, Councillor W. B. 9-inches Watson cabin type. Earl Kaneen, and seconded by Mr. A. E. Howe, chairman of the Committee of Kitto, chairman of the Douglas branch. Management, then handed the life- boat over to the Port St. Mary branch, The Duchess of Kent then named Mr. J. R. Corrin, chairman of the the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1. branch, accepting her. Both the Douglas and Port St. Mary boats have been provided out of a The Bishop of Sodor and Man dedi- legacy from the late Mrs. E. M. 31. cated the life-boat, assisted by the Gordon Cubbin of Douglas. Rev. G. G. Gresswell, Vicar of Rushen, and the Rev. F. Ockenden, Super- The life-boat was then launched, intendent Methodist Minister. A vote and as she struck the water sirens and of thanks was proposed by Mrs. Ella hooters from steamers in all parts of M. Clucas, president of the Port St. the harbour were sounded. Mary Ladies' Life-boat Guild. H.R.H. The music at this ceremony was the Duchess of Kent then named the played by the R.A.F. No. 1 Regional life-boat. Band under the direction of Flight- 378 THE LIFE-BOAT [DECEMBER, 1956 Lieutenant H. PJ. Wheeler. The sing- Pipe Band (Pipe Major: Peter Mac- ing was led by the Lhon Dhoo Choir donald), the Thurso Town Band (Band- conducted by Mr. F. D. Buxton. master: Mr. R. Mackay) and the Her Royal Highness returned by air Thurso Salvation Army Band (Band- the same day. master : Captain Arthur Ruby) played. Before the ceremony a bouquet was presented to Her Majesty by Miss THURSO Maureen Mackenzie, daughter of the H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen honorary secretary of the branch. Mother, named the new Thurso life- After she had named the life-boat boat on the 18th of August, The Her Majesty went afloat in her. Right Hon. Viscount Thurso of Ulbster, Lord Lieutenant of the CROMARTY County of Caithness and president of H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester the branch, was in the chair and a named the new Cromarty life-boat guard of honour was formed by the Lilla Manas, Douglas and Will on youth organisations of Thurso under the 25th of August. The boat was the command of Mr. Jack Budge. provided out of legacies left by the After the singing of the traditional | late Mrs. J. L. Marras of London; hymn "Eternal Father, strong to Mr. J. Douglas of Langbank, Ren- save" Sir Eric Seal, Chairman of the frewshire; and Mr. W. Kennedy of Civil Service Life-boat Fund, pre- Glenbar, Argyllshire. sented the life-boat to the Institution. Captain H. G. Innes, president of The new life-boat is the thirty-first to the Cromarty branch, was in the chair. be presented to the Institution by the Lord Saltoun, on behalf of the Insti- Civil Service Life-boat Fund. tution, expressed thanks for the gifts Earl Howe, Chairman of the Com- and handed the Jife-boat over to the mittee of Management, accepted the Cromarty branch, Colonel G. D. N. life-boat on behalf of the Institution, Ross, chairman of the branch, accept- thanked the donors, and handed the ing her. life-boat over to the Thurso branch, Commander T. G. Michelmore Captain William Mackenzie, honorary described the life-boat, which is one secretary of the branch, accepting her. of the 46-feet 9-inches Watson cabin Commander T. G. Michelmore, Chief type. After a vote of thanks to Her Inspector of Life-boats, then described Royal Highness proposed by General the boat, which is the first of the new Sir Richard N. O'Connor, Lord class of 47-feet Watson cabin boats to Lieutenant of the County of Ross and be built. Cromarty, the Rev. Gerald Jenkins, A vote of thanks to the Chairman Minister of Cromarty Church of Scot- and others was proposed by Lord land, assisted by Canon Edgar Dobson, Saltoun, a vice-president of the Insti- Rector of the Episcopal Church, dedi- tution and Chairman of the Scottish cated the life-boat. Life-boat Council. The Rev. D. C. After the singing led bv the Cro- Alexander, Minister of St. Peter's and marty Church of Scotland Choir of the St. Andrew's Church of Scotland, hymn "O God, our help in ages past" Thurso, then dedicated the life-boat. the Duchess of Gloucester named the H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen life-boat. Mother named the new life-boat Music was played by the Pipe Band Dunnet Head (Civil Service No. 31) of the Seaforth Highlanders Depot and a vote of thanks to Her Majesty (Pipe-Major: Donald McLeod) and the was proposed by Mr. John Sinclair, Military Band of the Queen's Own Provost of Thurso and chairman of Cameron Highlanders (Bandmaster: the Thurso branch. C. M. Buck). The daughter of the The singing was led by the Thurso coxswain, Miss Veronica Watson, pre- Combined Church and School Choirs sented a bouquet to the Duchess of led bv Mr. Laffertv, and the Thurso Gloucester. DECEMBER, 1956] THE LIFE-BOAT 379

Obituary THE Royal National Life-boat Insti- C. W. D. Oilier of Dungeness. tution records with regret the deaths John Poland of Kirkcudbright. of the following coxswains in the past Oliver Storm of Robin Hood's year: Bay. Jack Thompson of Teesmouth. Richard Henry Hayes of Poole. Evan Wright of Pwllheli. Owen Jones of Porthdinllaen. The obituary notice of Coxswain Isaac Jarvis of Hope Cove. McLean, a winner of the gold medal, Richard Lee of Douglas. appeared in the June number of the John 13. McLean of Peterhead. journal.

Notice All contributions for the Institution should be sent either to the honorary secretary of the local branch or guild, or to Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, O.B.E., M.C., T.D., M.A., the Secretary, Royal National Life-boat Institution, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.\. All enquiries about the work of the Institution or about this journal should be addressed to the Secretary. The next number O/THE LIFE-BOAT will be published in MARCH, 1957. Because of shortage of space the column New Ways of Raising Money has had to be held over until the March number.

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