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RNLI News 254 Royal National ^C^JJTX What's happening in and around the Institution As The Young See Us 257 Lifeboat Jamie Gaskarth investigates the way young children perceive the RNLI Institution Your Letters 260 Your views on all aspects of lifeboats and related subjects Contents Ceremonies 261 Volume 52 New all-weather and inshore lifeboats named and dedicated Number 521 Lifeboat Services 264 Notable launches around the coast Chairman: Open House! 268 MICHAEL VERNON 3 1 July and 1 August were Open Days at the Inshore Lifeboat Centre, Cowes Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR The Gold Standard 270 Paintings and text from a major new book about RNLI Gold Medal services The Fundraisers 274 Fundraising events across the British Isles Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: CLAIRE JUDD Membership News 279 Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Our citizens of the future and a request for your help

Advertisement Manager: People and Places 280 BARBARA TROUSDELL Around and about the RNLI Classified Advertisements: MARION BARDSLEY Past and Present 281 From THE LIFEBOAT of 1967 and one of today's lifeboatmen

Headquarters: Lifeboat Services 282 Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Services for March, April and May 1992 West Quay Road, Poole, Bookshelf 284 Dorset BH151HZ. Books of RNLI and maritime interest reviewed Telephone Poole (0202) 671 133 Telex 4 1328. Around the Fundraising Regions 285 A list of branches and guilds from the South East and North West regions

Next Issue: The Winter issue of THE THE LIFEBOAT: THE LIFEBOAT is pub- COVER PICTURE LIFEBOAT will appear in January 1993, and lished four times a year and is sent free of by Paul Ferraby news items should be received by Friday, 28 charge to RNLI members and Governors. October 1992, but earlier if possible. For further information on how to join the The Institution's fundraisers take All material submitted for consideration Institution as a Member or Governor contact advantage of the glorious June with a view to publication should be ad- the Membership section at RNLI Headquar- weather to display their wares against dressed to the Editor, THE LIFEBOAT, Royal ters, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 the backdrop of Swanage Bay and National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay 1HZ. Subscriptions are also available - con- the town's new Mersey class life- Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ. tact the Editor at the same address for details. Photographs intended for return should be boat Robert Charles Brown. accompanied by a stamped, addressed enve- Printed by the Friary Press, Bridport Road, lope. Dorchester, Dorset 253 NEWS NEWS

New lifeboats Girvan'scurrent Bredeclass lifeboat Amateur Sicimnting Associations is to be re- placed with a 12m Mersey class in 1993. The announcement was made following a coast re- view led by Air Vice Marshall John Tetley, a member of the committee of management and deputy chairman of the search and rescue committee. Also in 1993, Swanage station will be allocated an HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen inshore lifeboat for evalua- Mother is welcomed to Walmer lifeboat station with a bouquet of flowers from tion during the summer local Storm Force members. season in addition to its all- Mrs Brian Miles. RNLI Director Lt Cmdr Brian Miles. Mrs Ian Oliver, and Dr Ian weather Mersey class life- Oliver of Grampian Police are introduced to HM The Queen, with the Lord Monday 20 July to meet the boat. The 16ft D class in- Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire. Captain Colin Farquharson. in attendance. crew, shore helpers and flatable will initially be on their families. trial from March-October. HM The Queen visits and the depot with its elec- She also took the time A new 30-knot Atlantic Fraserburgh station tronic workshop and new to meet, informally, mem- 21 class rigid inflatable life- Monday 22 June was a lift-out dock. bers of the local branch boat is to replace the 8-knot proud day for Fraserburgh Regrettably, the delay committee and the ladies Oakley class currently on as HM The Queen toured meant that the Duke was lifeboat guild. station at Flamborough. the town's lifeboat station. unable to tour the new During the course of her The move is part of the In her capacity as Pa- Headquarters extension. visit Her Majesty also took RNLI's long-term plan to tron of the RNLI, she re- Nevertheless, he was able the opportunity to view the complete the introduction ceived a cheque for to take the opportunity of newly refurbished boat- of fast lifeboats at every one £305,613, representing the his visit to Poole to tour the house and the station life- of its stations by 1993. total raised to date from the depot and inspect FAB 4 at boat, the Atlantic 21, named The new lifeboat is ex- Police Appeal which offi- close quarters. James Burgess on Saturday 5 pected to enter service at cially closed on 31 March September. the beginning of the 1993 this year. Her Majesty has been a summer season when the The money raised will Royal visit to Walmer Patron of the RNLI since current Flamborough life- help fund a Mersey class The weather was kind when 1937 and last visited the boat Tin- Will ami Fanny lifeboat to be named Her Her Majesty Queen Eliza- Walmer station in May 1956 Kirbi/, built in 1963, will be Majesty The Queen which is beth The Queen Mother to present a vellum com- withdrawn. A new station to serve in the Institution's made a special visit to memorating the station's for the Atlantic 21 will be relief fleet. The name has Walmer lifeboat station on centenary. established at South Land- been chosen by the police ing, considered a more The RNLI President HRH The Duke of Kent visited Poole HQ and depot on 9 July to mark the 40th anniver- and took the opportunity to inspect FAB 4, here in the company of Deputy Director suitable launching site on sary of the Queen's acces- Ray Kipling. Photo Evening Echo. Bournemouth Flamborough Head for the sion to the throne. new lifeboat than the existing North Duke of Kent at HQ Landing station. A planned visit by HRH Duke of Kent, The Duke of Kent, the RN LI Eastbourne's President, to Pooleon 9 July Rother class life- had to be hastily resched- boat is to be re- uled at the eleventh hour placed by a 12m when mechanical problems Mersey class boat delayed His Royal High- towards the end of ness'sdeparturefrom Lon- next year. don by helicopter. The new life- It had been planned for boat will have a the Duke to take a trip afloat speed of 16 knots, in the new FAB 4 lifeboat almost double and then visit the new ex- that of the lifeboat tension at Headquarters she will replace. 254 NEWS NEWS

Services recognised MEDEX '92 Play a-ground David Wells, helmsman of This year's MEDEX - an ex- Children from the Drayton Park Alistair Turnball. joined in the fun the Clacton lifeboat, to- ercise simulating a medical Primary School are pictured cel- of the fair, even volunteering to be ebrating the relaunch of the Oakley on the receiving end of wet gether with crew members emergency - was staged by class William Henry and Mary King sponges on the 'Soak-a-Bloke' Terry Bolingbroke and the RNLI in the northern - in their playground! stall. They also spent much of Thomas Ridley, have been approaches to the Menai Nearly 1.000 people turned their time explaining the functions selected to receive the 1991 Straits on Tuesday 14 July. up to the school summer fair on 27 of the lifeboat to many interested Ralph Glister Award for the The exercise, held at a June to hear Brian Cundall. children. Bridlington's assistant mechanic, The relaunch was the high- most meritorious service different location around perform the'launching ceremony'. light of a long campaign to raise carried out by the crew of the coast each year, was or- Brian, with fellow crew over £25,000 for a suitable setting an inshore lifeboat. ganised to test the reactions members Paul Humphries and for the lifeboat in the playground. In addition, the Walter of local lifeboat crews in and Elizabeth Groom- handling casualties in a bridge Award for the most complex scenario. meritorious service carried Lifeboats from Llan- out by a crew member of an dudno (Mersey class), Atlantic 21 lifeboat has been Moelfre (Tyne), Beaumaris awarded to David Wells. (Atlantic 21) and Conwy (D Both awards have been class) all took part, with in- made for a service on 1 No- volvement from the coast- vember when the Clacton guard at Holyhead and a lifeboat towed the yacht helicopter from RAF Valley. Two Nincr off Buxey Sands, Participants were not saving six yachtsmen. told exactly what kind of Coxswain Kieran Cot- emergencies to expect, ex- ter of the Baltimore lifeboat cept that angling boats and has been awarded The a chemical spillage were Maud Smith Award for the involved. most outstanding act of Actions were moni- lifesaving by a lifeboatman tored closely by members during 1991 following a of the RNLI's medical and Oil painting unveiled service lasting 26 hours in survival committee. The oil painting of retired was invited backstage af- which 20 crew were saved As usual, the situation Moelfre coxswain Richard terwards to meet the star of from a trawler and a sailing was handled with great Evans BEM, which featured the show, Philip Schofield. vessel on 30 and 31 October. skill, and those involved in last issue's News pages, Then, after a night at the Full accounts of the declared that, once again, was unveiled by Sir John Marriott Hotel in Mayfair, Clacton and the Baltimore MEDEX had proven an ex- Batten KCVO, a member of James visited Hamley's, the services are given in THE tremely valuable exercise the committee of manage- toy shop, and chose a re- LIFEBOAT of summer 1992. for all concerned. ment, at Oriel Ynys Mon, mote-control hovercraft Anglesey on 13 July. and a Delta kite as part of First launch Dick Evans himself, one his prize. The townspeople of Swanage proudly look on as their new 12m of the RNLI's most deco- James' design of a Mersey class lifeboat Robert Charles Brown is launched for the rated lifeboatmen and now modern lifeboat in rough first time along the station slipway on 12 June. The event marked 87, the artist Jeff Stultiens seas impressed the judges the culmination of many years hard fundraising work in the town. and Ray Kipling, Deputy with its detail and bold use The naming ceremony of the Robert Charles Brown on 3 Septem- ber will be reported in the next issue of THE LIFEBOAT. Director of the RNLI, were of colour. Photo Evening Echo, Bournemouth among the guests. The RNLI sells an aver- age of five million Christ- Christmas card mas cards each year, and James Garwood, 8, of this is the first time a card Trellech, Monmouth visited designed by a child has been London in July to collect his included in its selection. prixe for Winning the RNLI's 'Design a James' Christmas card design Christmas Card' competition for Storm Force mem- bers aged 5-16. James attended the show 'Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' and 255 NEWS NEWS

wives and daughters, were payer, then the difference selected to attend a royal can be reclaimed on the do- garden party at Bucking- nor's tax return. ham Palace in the presence In this scheme, a gift of of Her Majesty the Queen £400 benefits the RNLI by a on Thursday 23 July. further £133.33 and the The group of some 40 higher rate tax paying do- lifeboatmen, station per- nor could reclaim £80. sonnel and RNLI staff were If you would like fur- chosen to attend the gar- ther details of the Gift Aid den party in recognition of scheme, please write to Gill their long and devoted Cull, Fundraising Depart- service to the RNLI. Dur- ment, RNLI, West Quay New boathouse NewRO ing the course of the after- Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 at Angle The RNLI has appointed a noon, the RNLI contingent 1HZ. The new boathouse and new regional organiser for was introduced to HRH The slipway at Angle was com- the North East region fol- Duke of Kent, President of A station for pleted in July this year, lowing the tragic death of the Institution. North Kessock next to the site of the old Brian Stevenson in a road A lifeboat station is to be 1927 boathouse, which was accident last February. Gift Aid scheme established at North fully operational while the Christine Goodall, who The Gift Aid scheme is the Kessock, Inverness in 1993 building programme was has had more than 13 years most beneficial way for a for evaluation during the underway. experience in fundraising, charity to receive a gift, and summer season. The new The old boathouse has has already assumed her there is also a benefit for station will operatea 16ftD now been demolished, but duties and can be contacted higher tax paying donors class inflatable lifeboat. its wood wall panelling at the North East regional using this scheme. The decision has been has been saved for use in office on (0423) 711667. On 7 May, the mini- taken to extend lifeboat the new crew room. mum gift qualifying for the cover in the area due to the The total cost of the Garden party scheme was reduced from number of search and res- station, which is not only A party of RNLI volunteers £600 to £400. cue incidents occurring the biggest boathouse ever from Eastbourne, Exmouth, If you are thinking of within the capabilities of the built by the Institution but Fleetwood, Harwich, making a gift to the RNLI of D class. also the first slipway sta- Lowestoft, Mablethorpe, £400 or more, please con- tion since Trevose Head in Port Erin, St Agnes, St sider the Gift Aid scheme Newspoint 1967, will be in excess of Davids, St Peter Port, which provides tax refunds The bad weather over the Au- £1.2m. Scarborough, Sheringham, on such gifts at no extra gust Bank Holiday period led to Photo Mark Roberts Southend and Yarmouth cost to the donor. If the a rash of lifeboat activity the stations, together with their donor is a higher rate tax length and breadth of the country, with nofewerthan 194 lifeboat launches between Fri- Trials and ver few day and Monday. Graham Newman 1 ~ V tabulations As usual there has been criti- When reporting the death of The RNLI's latest cism in the media of the com- Graham Newman, a Life Vice lifeboat prototypes petence of some of those in- President of the RNLI and have been on trials volved, and while it is obvious long-serving member of the that lack of competence did Committee of Management, in around the coast as lead to some of these services the Summer issue of THE LIFE- part of their evalu- the RNLI would not want to be BOAT Mr Newman's sterling ation and develop- drawn into such a debate. service on the Institution's ment. The Institution is committed Search and Rescue Committee The 17m FAB 3 to rescuing anyone in danger was omitted. at sea, and while it whole- Graham Newman was a completed a heartedly endorses the safety member of the SAR commit- month-long cir- message it would never seek tee from 1981, deputy chair- cumnavigation of the evaluation at lifeboat sta- to make a judgement on those man from 1984 to 1989 and mainland in mid-July, hav- tions during the summer, it saves. The sea is a hostile then chairman until his death. ing provided a number of and is pictured off environment and even the most During this time he played a Lymington, alongside the competent sailor in a well-found very active role in the various lifeboat crews around the vessel, commercial or pleasure, Coast Reviews, spending a coast with an opportunity station's Atlantic 21. can meet trouble through considerable time reviewing to experience the new, 25- As was to be expected genuine and totally unforesee- the RNLI's coverage in a pe- knot lifeboat. experienced crew members able accidents. riod in which a number of As this issue went to press had their own suggestions Although care, skill and ex- new lifeboat stations were to make, but generally all perience can reduce the opened. the 14m FAB 4 set out on a number of calls the Institution's Mr Newman also left a similar trip. three boats have been very lifeboats will always be ready substantial bequest to the The new rigid inflatable well received by those who to launch to anyone in distress. Institution. Atlantic 22 also underwent will be using them. 256 D

The image of the RNLI affects almost every aspect of its operation. Without a high profile in the public eye the task of the fundraisers is made more difficult. Concepts form at an early age, and the way young- sters perceive the Institution may run through their lifetime. Fifteen-year-old Jamie Gaskarth took advan- tage of his work experience at the Institution to investi- gate how school children see the RNLI

The RNLI as its name suggests lifeboat station or if it is widespread St Osmund's Middle School, the is an institution. Since it began despite geographic position I inter- nearest lifeboat station being eight in 1824 the lifeboat service has viewed students from two locations miles away in Weymouth, and from between the ages of 10 and 12. Poole I interviewed four pupils who rescued countless numbers of went to Hamworthy Middle School people and become an integral and lived in the town where the RNLI part of the rescue services. Headquarters and the Poole lifeboat Despite this many school 'I think the station are situated. children still do not know that The four pupils from Poole were more likely to know about the RNLI's the RNLI is a charity and many RNLI is great!' charitable status and its activities. believe that it is a government It was also my aim to try to discover department as are the police, the image younger people have of the fire and ambulance services. These locations were chosen accord- RNLI and the possible misconceptions To discover whether this ignorance ing to whether each had a local they might hold. To find this out, the of the lifeboat service's activities is lifeboat station. From Dorchester I children were asked to choose a confined to areas which do not have a interviewed eight pupils who attended picture which they felt summed up the role of the lifeboat service. Below: The image of the lifeboat service that was most commonly chosen by the school children who The images which were selected were interviewed. The school children were given a number of different pictures representing ideas of the were of lifeboats in poor weather RNLI and the reality. Top right: 'Storm Force' is the Institution's club for the under-16s, and members are encouraged to take an active interest in the lifeboat service. Here, Storm Force member Kay Metcalfe conditions braving the elements to meets the 1990 medallists, her prize as a 'Storm Force News' competition winner. save lives, and it is this image which the RNLI tries to put across to raise funds. It is therefore not surprising that nearly all of the children I inter- viewed believed that lifeboats go out most in storms and bad weather, whereas in fact the opposite is the case. The response from both schools to the questions I asked were similar. They both felt that lifeboatmen were brave, on average 25-35 years old and that their work was useful and voluntary. In the Dorchester pupils this con- trasted to their previous comments about the RNLI being a government department whose personnel are employed. The two schools from which I took a sample of pupils both achieved similar overall percentages of questions answered correctly, with Hamworthy Middle School predict- ably getting higher results though not 257 overly so. The final question I asked 'A chanty is where people The most optimistic thing about each school was whether they knew collect money for someone these results as far as the RNLI is any additional facts about the RNLI. concerned is that 41 % of the pupils This was where the school's geo- who needs it' interviewed are in agreement that the graphical position would count. Angela Archer RNLI is the largest charity of those Hamworthy pupils knew significantly listed. more about the everyday activities of It is interesting that UNICEF is the lifeboat service than the school considered larger than Oxfam (the which was not close to the Headquar- third largest charity) whereas in fact it ters. One of the four pupils from ranks only eighty-second in Britain. Hamworthy knew the location of the Even a well-publicised charity such as Poole lifeboat station and the Head- Oxfam has trouble identifying itself as quarters, probably because he lived in a large charity. the local area. We can consider the responses to the Are lifeboatmen employed or questions in more detail: voluntary? The majority of people (93%) knew What does 'RNLI' stand for? the correct answer to this one though a Surprisingly all the children knew Hamworthy Middle School pupils few from St Osmund's still held on to the meaning of these abbreviations. I were not under this delusion, and all the belief that lifeboatmen are a paid suspected only a small number would of those questioned believed the RNLI body of men. This question is the have any idea but was proved wrong. is a voluntary service paid for by whole crux of the problem. If some It seems that the children interviewed donations from the general public. It is children were to believe that the RNLI had been told, or had found out, and important that people know this in is not a charity then it should be a so had at least a knowledge of the order that they might help the lifeboat cause for concern. basics of the lifeboat service. I ex- service by organising or supporting pected them to know what the 'L' fundraising events. Conclusions stood for, but was surprised they Even though the number of people knew the meanings of all the letters. What age are lif eboatmen? interviewed was small, it was a The pupils were given the choice of random selection of children of similar What does the RNLI do? four age ranges -17-25, 25-35, 35-45 ages and perhaps suggests something The response to this question was and 45-plus. I believed that their view of the RNLI's image in the eyes of similar in that all the students demon- of the lifeboat service might be young people. Interviewing children strated that they knew the RNLI incorporated in the pupils' answers. If from other counties would probably helped people in distress at sea. This the age selected was 45+ it creates a provide different results and re- basic theme was evident throughout. picture of a more senior organisation. sponses, but this kind of sampling The principle that the RNLI attempts The children saw lifeboatmen as being does give us an insight into the to save the lives of people who are in between the ages of 25-35 with misconceptions and stereotypes that danger at sea was one which they had remarkable consistency which, if we young people visualise when they obviously managed to grasp regard- rely on stereotypes, projects a more think of the RNLI. less of their school's location. youthful image and a more up-to-date The lack of knowledge of the lifeboat organisation. service which some of the children Who pays for the RNLI? showed should be considered by the The answers to this question differed Do lifeboatmen go out most in RNLI, if the charity is to continue to according to the school which the storms or fine weather? rely on the fundraising efforts of children attended. Some Dorchester The proper answer to this is that they volunteers. pupils seemed to be under the impres- are called out most in fine weather, The more people show an interest in sion that the RNLI is a government- but perhaps because we only hear of the work of the lifeboatmen, the more funded organisation instead of the the more dangerous rescues in poor likely it is that greater funds can be country's second largest charity. weather conditions and because the raised. RNLI projects this image to raise funds The service can take solace however the pupils thought storms was the right answer. 'They are very good people 'The RNLI saves people to give up their time and from drowning' Choose the five biggest charities in help save people's lives' Joanne Clarke order of size Given a list of seven well-known John Hurt charities the RNLI was placed first by five out of 12 children, the RSPCA second by five out of 12, the NSPCC third by four out of 12, UNICEF fourth by four out of 12 and Oxfam fifth by four out of 12. The actual order in terms of fundraising totals is: The RNLI (second largest nationally), Oxfam (third), Barnardos (eighth), RSPCA (eleventh), NSPCC (thirteenth) and UNICEF (eighty-second). 258 Pupils from Hamworthy Middle School inter- viewed about the RNLI. Hamworthy pupils knew significantly more about the everyday activities of the lifeboat service than the school which was not close to HQ.

would have received a collection of posters and quarterly magazines that are well suited to educating and informing the younger reader about the RNLI. It is only a shame that it is not possible for such posters to be dis- played in prominent positions around schools in the hope that they might get some children interested in the work of the lifeboat crews. Getting children interested in the RNLI is important but it is arguable whether it is more important than keeping them interested. If the RNLI were to concentrate on getting people interested rather than keeping them so (for it is not possible to do both to perfection with the income generated by the Storm Force membership scheme) then the Institu- in the fact that more people thought standable with all the current pres- tion may become dependent on the the RNLI was bigger than any other sures on them. It is however important initial interest of subscribers and lose charity listed (5 out of 12) but that still that the work of the RNLI is presented the 'regulars'. This is assuming that means that 7 out of 12 people inter- in an interesting and exciting way to people are joining in order to gain viewed believed that various other encourage children to learn more or some personal benefit rather than just charities were bigger. they may begin to see Storm Force as to support the charity. This ignorance could be due to a just another piece of homework - a Whatever the reason the RNLI is an number of factors. Perhaps it is the chore which has to be completed organisation which depends on fault of the pupils themselves who rather than something they could take fundraising and so younger children should try to find out on their own an interest in outside school. should be educated as much as what good work is done by the If they begin to see the RNLI in this possible about the work the volunteers lifeboat crews along Britain's coastline. light they will not be quite so enthusi- do and encouraged to join and so If we could make more information astic about the possibility of helping support the valiant work of our available to them then their knowl- them outside school. The RNLI does lifeboat crews. It is reassuring to know edge would increase considerably. its best to present its work in an that the children seemed eager to The children could be encouraged to exciting way with the use of various learn,were willing to participate in the try harder to be involved in such a photos of inflatables and faster questionnaire activities and were worthwhile cause and so try to change lifeboats in rough seas causing the obviously quite intelligent. We must their lack of awareness. But this cannot misconception that the majority of do as much as possible to attract the solely be the fault of the children. If call-outs are in poor weather condi- attention of these citizens of the future. teachers made available the various tions. It is not terribly important resources offered via the Storm Force whether children know that most call- I would like to thank St Osmund's Middle School, Dorchester and Hamworthy Middle School, Poole club for under-16s and endeavoured to outs are in fine weather conditions or for their help in supplying the pupils, as well as the educate them with the use of the if they know the exact number of RNLI staff for the guidance and information they so information available the children people rescued last year. The impor- willingly supplied. would have been able to answer most, tant thing is that they recognise the if not all, of the questions. importance of the lifeboat service, its 'Someone with special It is more likely that people who role as a major charity and then try to water achievements can know about a charity's activities will help in the raising of essential funds in donate their time and energy to the order to preserve this vital part of the become a lifeboatman' cause than people who only have a modern rescue services which has Jamie Noy vague idea. helped so many people in distress at If these school children still believe sea in the past. that the RNLI is a government depart- Perhaps one way of making children ment then they are not going to more aware of the work of the lifeboat attempt to raise funds for it. After all, service is for the RNLI to produce they do not donate money to the more attractive and youth-orientated police or go on sponsored events so leaflets which are designed to appeal that the fire service can afford new directly to young people and encour- equipment. age them to take a closer interest in The teachers may feel they do not our work. have the time to indulge in extra- However, had the children shown an curricular activities and this is under- interest by joining Storm Force they

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Sweet Revenge again and I went as red as Deed of bravery his death, a work with the Please allow me to have a beetroot! I wish to pass on my con- same title was sold at his sweet revenge on my I had served for 26 gratulations to the studio sale. friend Mr Tony Pearce, years with the St Davids Portpatrick lifeboat crew, Can any readers send me who is the auxiliary in CRC and my escapades of whom I watched from the information concerning this charge of St Davids coast- the day soon spread far cliff tops on Sunday 21 painting, especially regard- ing a reproduction of it? guard station. and wide. June perform a deed of Terry Parker, 54 Old When I first took over You will by now have bravery by saving three Farleigh Road, Selsdon, as the honorary secretary guessed that Mr Pearce young lads whose boat Surrey CR2 8PF of St Davids lifeboat sta- from St Davids coastguard had capsized in a big swell tion, I placed my pager on station, while grilling his off the harbour. I am compiling a new edition of 'Maritime Information: a the kitchen table while I freshly caught mackerel a To see the lif eboatmen guide to sources of informa- cooked some bacon and few weeks ago, set off his going into the water to get tion in the United Kingdom'. eggs. I overcooked the own smoke alarm and im- the three chaps made me The directory lists li- bacon and set my smoke mediately phoned Milf ord feel very humble indeed braries, record offices, asso- detector off. Having Haven coastguard, think- and makes every 1 Op I put ciations and institutions etc nipped out to the garage ing his pager had sounded. in the boxes seem very lit- with collections of material - at the time, I rushed in and Perhaps now I can tle to help these brave men. books, manuscripts, photos, phoned the coastguard to have the last laugh! Mrs Jean Morris, computerised information - which can assist with infor- be told that I hadn't been Jeff Davies Glasgow mation in the maritime field. paged after all. Then the St Davids station I am seeking knowledge smoke detector went off branch, Dyfed on lesser known sources, Can you help? material and information I am researching the artist 'tucked away' in unlikely Second to none We had a short service John Morgan. In 1870, he places and would like to hear I feel I must write to you to ending with 'Eternal Fa- exhibited an oil painting at from any readers aware of offer my sincere thanks ther, Strong to Save'. Are the Institute of British Artists such material. entitled 'The men who man Rita Bryon, Maritime and gratitude for the there any other pupils who the lifeboats'. Information Centre, service I received from the remember that day? The next year, he exhib- National Maritime Mu- Lytham inshore lifeboat MissJ.D. Oldfield, ited it again at Liverpool Free seum, Greenwich, London crew. They were fantastic Cirencester, Glos Library and Museum. After SE10 9NF to say the least, not only did they perform their duties in giving service to The skill and dedication of the lifeboat service my 11-year-old son and myself, but their manner I would like to place on record of my crew sent out a Mayday ping. We returned to Portree the admiration of myself and my call which was answered by Oban harbour at around 1630 and ob- was second to none. I crew for the way that the cox- coastguard who then alerted the served the lifeboat returning to would also like to give my swain and crew of the Portree Portree lifeboat. the harbour towing the yawl and thanks to the Liverpool lifeboat conducted the rescue of Whilst trying to sort out our beaching her at the high water a man and two ladies from a cap- problem with the fouled prop mark. coastguard for their help sized Devon yawl in the Sound and preparing to try to pick up The conditions, although not on the night of 23 May. of Raasay on 13 June 1992. the man from the upturned yawl bad, were unpleasant, which says Once again, many We had left Portree harbour under sail (not a task I relished) a lot for the extremely prompt many thanks from my son in my yacht Southern Comfort (a the Portree lifeboat requested our way the lifeboat crew answered Moody 30) towards Plockton at present position. Shortly after the unexpected call and then with and myself for such a 1310 in a forecast wind SW 7, and this radio call the lifeboat came total professionalism carried out marvellous organisation. being aware of the possibility of into view and very quickly res- their task. Mr T.I. Squires severe downdraf ts in the Portree cued the man from the yawl. The It was certainly a lesson to us area were well reefed down. The coxswain then requested to take on how to handle a vessel but Rishton, weather was about 2nm visibil- the two frightened, very wet girls more importantly reassurance as Nr Blackburn, Lanes ity in rain. suffering from hypothermia off to the skill and dedication of the On spotting 'something red' Southern Comfort and to hospital lifeboat service for one who has well down on the horizon off the in Portree. The sea temperature been a Shoreline member for over School memories port bow I decided to investigate was 11 degrees C and they had 30 years. We salute you, Thank you for the very in- as it was no place for a small boat capsized 'over two hours earlier'. G.L. Fretz and crew of the on such a day. This was executed with the Southern Comfort, teresting article on Lionel This turned out to be a cap- minimum of fuss and a consider- Glasgow Lukin. It brought back sized 16ft Devon yawl with two able degree of skill as we were memories for me. girls in the water wearing life rolling and pitching in the sea Please address your jackets and a man on the capsized running at the time. I was a pupil at Berbice hull standing up to wave to us. I elected to try to free the prop letters to the Editor,. House School, Great With some difficulty, under myself (and subsequently did so). The Lifeboat, RNLI, Dunmow when the plaque engine, in the rolling sea I man- Meanwhile the lifeboat took the West Quay Road, for Lionel Lukin was aged to take on board the two three into Portree and returned girls but then fouled my prop on to the scene to search for the cap- Poole, Dorset dedicated. It was cold, wet a sail bag that had come adrift sized yawl which nowpresented BH151HZ and either 1953 or 1954. from the yawl. Meanwhile one a possible hazard to other ship-

260 HRH The Duchess of Kent takes a short trip around the harbour following the ceremony to name the new Mersey class lifeboat Kingdom of Fife. Photo William Flett

After the naming ceremony, the Duchess was piped on board the new lifeboat by local vet Arthur Timperley. She met the vessel's cox- swain, Peter Murray, and his crew before being taken on a trip around the harbour, during which she took the wheel for a short spell. At the reception in Anstruther Town Hall, she was joined by the coxswain's wife, Mrs Ruth Murray, in cutting the RNLI celebration cake. Anstruther - Mersey class She was also presented with a was an important day for Anstruther commemorative programme of the Kingdom of Fife and the people of Fife', and she de- day's events by 17-year-old Sarah The picturesque Fife harbour of scribed it as 'a milestone in the his- Murray, a pupil of Waid Academy, Anstruther basked in glorious sun- tory of the station'. Anstruther. shine on 29 May 1992 for the launch of the station's new lifeboat Kingdom Minehead - D class Relief - D class of Fife by HRH The Duchess of Kent. Several thousand people packed Leslie D Marjorie into the small port overlooking the The annual lifeboat service at the boat- Marjorie - a new relief D class lifeboat - Firth of Forth, which was colour- house, Minehead Harbour on Sunday 12 was named and dedicated at the Insti- fully decorated with flags and July was the ideal setting for the naming tution's Poole depot on Tuesday 16 June of the town's new 16ft inshore lifeboat, at 12 noon. bunting for the special occasion of Leslie D. The lifeboat has been funded from the launch of the new craft. Supporters were welcomed to the the bequest of Mr Roger May of This ceremony was the culmina- ceremony by the Reverend Alan Mair, Weybridge, a dedicated admirer of the tion of almost five years of hard minister of the Minehead baptist church, lifeboat service. fundraising in the East Neuk of Fife. and the RNLI's Anthony Oliver handed Marjorie was the name of his wife The fund had been further boosted the lifeboat into the care of Mr Kevin and also of a friend of his and his wife's by bequests, legacies and other gifts. Escott, honorary secretary of the who looked after Mr May following his The Duchess, who paid tribute Minehead station. wife's death. Following the service and dedica- The lifeboat was handed into the to the courage and dedication of the tion, Mrs Christine Oliver named the care of the RNLI by Mr Michael Dawes, Anstruther crew, was met at the lifeboat Leslie D in memory of the hus- nephew of Mr May, and a short service harbour by a guard of honour of band of the donor Mrs Helen Colam of of dedication was led by the Reverend scout cubs, guides and brownies. Falmouth. Stanley Holbrooke-Jones, rector of Poole. Before taking her place on the Minehead D class lifeboats have Mr May's younger sister, Mrs John platform, the Duchess was presented been launched on service over 200 times, Smallwood from Chichester, named the with a bouquet by Kayleigh Lewis, saving 100 lives. new lifeboat Marjorie. 6, from Cellardyke Primary School. Mr Brian Minto, chairman of the Little and Broad Haven - new boathouse Anstruther station branch welcomed the Royal guest, and Dr Chris Little and Broadhaven station's new chairman oftheladies guild, Mrs Val Brittain, chairman of the Anstruther boathouse was officially opened on Phillips. Lifeboat Appeal and honorary Saturday 25 July when Mr Raymond Following a service of dedication, medical adviser to the Anstruther Cory, RNLI deputy chairman, the station president Mr Peter station, revealed that the appeal had handed over the keys into the care of Howells invited Mrs Betty Cory to doubled its original target. the Little and Broad Haven lifeboat cut the ribbon to open the boathouse. He handed over the new lifeboat station and the ladies lifeboat guild. Mrs Christine Llewellin, president to the RNLI Chairman, Mr Michael The new boathouse, built at a of the ladies guild, was then invited Vernon, who passed it into the care cost of some £48,000, will house the to open the new souvenir shop. of Mr William Moir, honorary sec- station's D class inshore lifeboat, The station, originally known as retary of the Anstruther station. crew room and souvenir shop. Littlehaven, was first established in A service of dedication followed, Mr Raymond Cory handed over 1882, and a lifeboat house and slip- conducted by the station's honorary the keys to the new lifeboat house to way were constructed in 1903 at a chaplain, the Reverend Alex Watson. the station honorary secretary Mr cost of £1,600. The station closed in The Duchess said it was clear Malcolm Phillips, and the keys to the 1921, to reopen as Little and Broad from the size of the gathering that 'it souvenir shop were passed to the Haven station in May 1967. 261 Relief - D class Table 32 In the glorious sunshine of 1 August, the second of the Inshore Lifeboat Centre's Open Days at Cowes, a group of friends were present to witness the naming of the new relief D class inflatable Table 32, generously funded by themselves and P named after their club. The lifeboat was officially presented into the RNLI's care by Table 32's Keith Benham. RNLI staff officer Dick Perks described the lifeboat and its future role and Reverend Jenny Evans, parish dea- con of Whippingham and East Cowes, conducted the dedication service. Mrs Keith Benham named the new lifeboat. The Table 32 friends had attended the Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball organ- ised by the Central London committee at the London Hilton last December. Last Bingo Lifeline, newly named and bedecked in bunting, Relief - Mersey class takes a short trip around East Cowes Marina. year the ball raised over £96,000. Photo Jeff Morris. During the ceremony, the superin- Bingo Lifeline tendent of the ILC, Alan Tate, said, 'It The new Mersey class lifeboat Bingo class lifeboat at her mooring in the was fitting that the naming and dedica- tion of a new inshore lifeboat should Lifeline was named by TV personal- River Medina. bring the Open Days at the Inshore Life- ity Lynn Faulds Wood at East Cowes Mr Ray Kipling, the Institution's boat Centre to a close'. Marina on 31 July 1992 in a ceremony Deputy Director, was on hand to which took place during the first of formally open the proceedings and Clacton-on-Sea - D class the two Open Days at the RNLI's to introduce Mr Mike Gilligan, Inshore Lifeboat Centre on the Isle of chairman of the Bingo Association Veronica Wight. of Great Britain during the RNLI Fine weather welcomed guests to the The lifeboat, which will now join appeal. Mr Gilligan spoke of the naming of Clacton-on-Sea's new D class the Institution's relief fleet, had been tremendous support given to the lifeboat Veronica on 18 July. funded primarily by bingo players charity by bingo players nationwide Station branch chairman Peter before officially handing over the Edwards made the introductions and around the country during a charity Mrs L. Baldwin, a close friend of the week in 1990. lifeboat to Vice Admiral 'Tubby' donor Miss Doris Tudor-Williams, Throughout the week, games of Squires of the RNLI committee of handed the D class into the care of the bingo had been played for prizes - management. RNLI. It was accepted by Mr Robert including the cuddly penguin 'Bertie The Reverend Stuart Cleaver, Stokes on behalf of the committee of Bingo' - and all proceeds were do- accompanied by the local Methodist management, then Mr R. Smith, honor- nated by the Bingo Association of and Evangelical Ministers of East ary secretary of Clacton branch, accepted Great Britain (the trade body of Bingo Cowes, then conducted the service the lifeboat on behalf of the station. of dedication which culminated in a The service of dedication was con- Clubs) to the appeal. Other ducted by the Reverend Ivor Paget, after f undraising activities and collections moving rendition of 'Eternal Father, which Mrs Baldwin named the lifeboat took place in the clubs to boost the Strong to Save'. As the music played Veronica and unveiled the plaque. total income to almost £250,000. and the words rang out, the eyes of Following the ceremony, the life- Representing the nation's bingo the congregation fell upon the boa t gave a display of its capabilities and players at the ceremony was Mrs lifeboatmen standing aboard the a reception was held at The Royal Hotel. Edna Mulhearn who had been the lifeboat as it rose and fell in the strong inspiration for the name of the life- tidal waters of the Medina. boat through her comment 'Bingo is Miss Faulds Wood, accompanied a lifeline to me.' Mrs Mulhearn had throughout the day by husband and been flown down from her home in 'Watchdog' co-presenter John Stockton-on-Tees by the Bingo As- Stapleton and son Nicholas, was then sociation of Great Britain especially joined at the naming podium by Mrs for the occasion. Mulhearn. Miss Faulds Wood spoke By 2pm, the sun was beating of her admiration for the lifeboat down hard on Mrs Mulhearn and service before pronouncing the ves- the 150 invited guests who had taken sel to be called Bingo Lifeline. their seats in the specially erected Assisted by Mrs Mulhearn, she grandstand. All were glad of the then pulled the podium switch, shade afforded by the stand's canopy causing a bottle of champagne to as they admired the new Mersey crash dramatically upon the deck of the lifeboat. Left: 'Watchdog' co-presenter Lynn Faulds Wood An enthusiastic three cheers rang with Mrs Edna Mulhearn, a keen bingo player who coined the name Bingo Lifeline, at the naming of the around the marina for this latest ad- new lifeboat. dition to the RNLI fleet.

262 The naming ceremony of Ordnance Survey Bosun. In attendance (from left to right), were: Jannette Petitjean, The Right Reverend John Perry, Mrs Wendy Fellingham, Mr Anthony Oliver (RNLI), Mr John Leonard, Mr Dick Perks (RNLI), Professor David Rhind - and not forgetting teddy!

Relief - D class Ordnance Survey Bosun On Wednesday 24 June at 12.15, the The Mersey class Frank and Lena Clifford of Stourbridge returns to New Quay pier on the day of her naming ceremony with Mr and Mrs Grice aboard, together with the coxswain Winston Evans and mechanic Mervyn new relief D class lifeboat Ordnance Thomas. Photo Carol Thomas Survey Bosun was named and dedi- cated at Ordnance Survey Head- New Quay - Mersey quarters in Southampton. flowers to Mrs Pam Grice, social The cost of the lifeboat, some Frank and Lena Clifford secretary of the Stourbridge branch. £10,000, was met - and exceeded - by of Stourbridge Captain David Bowen, chairman the fundraising efforts of Ordnance New Quay's new 12m Mersey class of New Quay lifeboat station, wel- Survey staff in Southampton and at lifeboat was named Frank and Lena comed all those present and Mr various other offices throughout the Clifford of Stourbridge in a special George Rawlinson, deputy inspec- country in support of their bicente- ceremony that took place on the tor of lifeboats for the western divi- nary appeal 1991. Beach, New Quay, Dyfed on Thurs- sion, described the lifeboat. Professor David Rhind, director day 25 June 1992. On behalf of the executors of the general of Ordnance Survey, opened The new lifeboat, which cost estate of the late Frank Clifford, Mr the ceremony and Mr John Leonard, £455,000 to build and equip, was Aubrey Grice presented the lifeboat director of marketing, handed the substantially funded from a legacy to Mr Raymond Cory, RNLI deputy lifeboat into the RNLI's care. to the RNLI from the late Frank chairman. In turn, Mr Cory passed The Right Reverend John Perry, Clifford of Worcestershire, together the lifeboat, together with the keys bishop of Southampton, conducted with other legacies and gifts. to the new lifeboat house, into the a short service of dedication and Mrs After the National Anthems, care of Mr Dennis Leworthy, honor- Wendy Fellingham, Ordnance Sur- Anna Hartley, daughter of crew ary secretary for New Quay station. vey press officer, named the lifeboat. member Steve Hartley, presented A service of dedication followed led by the Right Reverend J. Ivor Rees, bishop of St Davids, assisted by the Reverend David Richard from New Quay parish church and Rev- erend Dilwyn O. Jones, minister of Tabernacle Welsh Presbyterian church. At the close of the service Mrs Pam Grice named the lifeboat. The reasons for supporters mak- ing a bequest often remain unknown, but this is not so in Mr Clifford's case. A number of years ago, he was invited to attend a special dinner organised by the Stourbridge branch, as a guest of Mr and Mrs Grice. The speaker was the then coxswain of the Hoylake lifeboat Harry Jones. So impressed was Mr Clifford by Cox- The new Invergordon crewroom. a purpose-built shore facility adjacent to the pier, was swain Jones' accounts of his lifeboat opened on 13 June when His Grace the Duke of Atholl, convenor of the Scottish Lifeboat work that he altered his will to the Council, (pictured second left) unveiled a plaque to commemorate the ceremony. benefit of the RNLI. Also pictured above are the honorary secretary of Invergordon station branch Captain I.e. Dunderdale (left), Vice Admiral Sir John Hayes, chairman of the Invergordon It was Mr Clifford's wish that station branch (second right), and Hugh McCaig (right), patron of Ecurie Ecosse, whose the lifeboat be named in memory of Historic Motor Tour of 1991 funded the building. Photo Andrew Allan both his wife Lena and himself. IFE Lifeboat ES...LIFEBOAT SERVICJ Lytham St Annes Services West J Division • Lytham St ' Annes/ LIFEBOAT GROUNDS TWICE ON GALE-LASHED SANDBANK

breaking surf in the River Ribble estu- Four rescued in gale ary and had phoned the boathouse. At almost the same time, the yacht called the coastguard on VHP radio from stranded yacht asking for assistance. The lifeboat launched on service at The Director of the RNLI, Lt Cdr Brian class lifeboat Sarah Emily Harrop was 1905 in rough conditions, with the Miles, has written to the honorary launched to the rescue of four crew wind Force 7 to Gale Force 8 from the secretary of Lytham St Annes lifeboat aboard the 23ft sailing yacht Wyvern, WNW, the sea state 5, and a swell of station, Frank Kilroy, to congratulate which was in difficulties after losing 2m to 3m. Twenty minutes after the crew 'on a first class service in the her steering in a Force 7 wind and launching Sarah Emily Harrop located best traditions of the lifeboat service'. heavy seas. the yacht on a sandbank, being The service took place on 12 April A member of the public had noticed pounded by waves. Her rudder was 1992whenthe Ly tham St Annes Tyne the yacht in difficulties in heavy locked to port and the tiller broken. Coxswain Andrew Ashton made two approaches to the casualty, at- Out of retirement! tempting to keep the lifeboat head-to- sea in the shallow waters and con- Once a lifeboatman, always a Once a lifeboat, always a lifeboat fused breaking seas. On both at- lif eboatman - or that was the case - or at least ready to help when tempts, the lifeboat touched bottom at Barrow on 19 March 1992 when needed. The 52ft Barnett class ex- before reaching the yacht. the Barrow lifeboat mechanic lifeboat Ramsey Dyce, formerly At this point a particularly large Bryan Jackson enlisted the aid of stationed at Aberdeen and wave hit the yacht on her cabin top, ex-lifeboatman Ernest Diamond to Lochinver, was supposed to have knocking her down until both of her rescue a windsurfer in a half-hour retiredin!985butreturned briefly bilge keels showed. However, this to her old calling on 3 May this 'service' in the station's boarding wave did have a benefit, for as it year. boat. receded it carried both the casualty While she was in the Oban area Mechanic Bryan Jackson had and the lifeboat into deeper water. with a party of divers the coast- been working on the station's On his third approach the coxswain guard requested that any vessels slipway when he spotted the went astern towards the casualty and in the vicinity of Ardmucknish Bay •windsurfer fighting to get his board succeeded in positioning the lifeboat look out for a small boat with five upright in a Force 6 westerly wind within 5ft of the yacht. divers aboard which had experi- and being pushed rapidly out to- This enabled Second Coxswain/ enced engine failure. Ramsey Dyce wards the open sea by a strong ebb Mechanic Tony West to throw a line was nearby and soon had the casu- tidal stream. from the stern of the lifeboat onto the Ex-lifeboatman Ernest Diamond alty alongside. The inflatable was yacht at the first attempt, ensuring towed to the nearest harbour at was working nearby at the time that no floating lines or other debris Dunstaffnage Bay and the divers and Bryan Jackson enlisted his help fouled the lifeboat's twin propellers. were landed safely. to launch the lifeboat boarding boat With the line in place, Wyvern was — an outboard powered dinghy. towed out to deeper water some 2 The 52ft Barnett class ex-lifeboat Ramsey Within half-an-hour they had Dyce alongside the broken-down diving boat. miles offshore, then back to Lytham. managed to rescue the man and Photo Angus Beaton She was safely berthed on the life- his sailboard and return him to boat's reserve mooring at 1940 when dry land - exhausted and cold but the survivors were landed, suffering otherwise unharmed. He soon re- from seasickness and exposure. covered and the two men then re- The lifeboat was refuelled and ready turned the boarding boat to the for service again at 2055. slipway. In his letter of congratulations, the Commodore George Cooper, Institution's Director wrote, RNLI chief of operations, wrote to 'In difficult seas the coxswain dis- thank both men for their 'valuable played great skill in manoeuvring the assistance' and the speed with lifeboat to within the heaving line which they reacted to the situation. distance of the casualty and all crew members worked well as a team'. 264 .LIFEBOAT SERVICES.. ..LIFEBOAT SERVICES.. ..LIFEBOAT SE

CONDITIONS TOO ROUGH TO BRING DIVERS ABOARD Routine - but always appreciated FISHING BOAT Missing divers found It was a family affair at Lyme Regis earlier this year when a lifeboat crew member's father and brother were instrumental in saving the lives of two divers. On the afternoon of 9 May, three skin divers returned to Lyme Regis har- bour in their 5m Chinook inflatable to report to the local harbourmaster that half-an-hour previously they had lost contact with two of their diving col- Falmouth's Arun Elizabeth Ann speeds away from SS Canberra with her 'medivac' casualty, seen leagues three miles west of the har- being transferred in the inset photo. bour. Search Falmouth's Arun class lifeboat The arrangements went like At 1335, the crewmen in the lifeboat Elizabeth Ann carried out a service clockwork - the lifeboat was station were alerted and two maroons on 3 June 1992 which although in alongside the liner for only two were fired to let the divers know a fine weather and described by the minutes and the passenger was search was underway, which, it was station honorary secretary as 'rou- taken ashore safely and transferred later established, they heard. Five tine' led to words of praise from in Falmouth Docks to a waiting minutes later, the Atlantic 21 class the Captain of SS Canberra. ambulance. lifeboat Independent Forester Benevo- A passenger aboard the liner Writing to the RNLI to express lence was launched to start the search needed medical attention beyond his thanks Canberra's Captain, Ian for the missing divers, joining an RN that available on the well-equipped Gibb, concluded '...and thank eve- helicopter from Portland, which had ship and so a rendezvous was ar- ryone for their help, which we picked up one of the diving team to ranged with the Falmouth lifeboat. know we can always count on'. help define the exact position of the last dive. The Lyme Regis lifeboat reached the search area at 1350 in a south westerly to 4m swell running. Exmouth lifeboat mile off a nearby headland called Force 6 and very rough sea, with a 3m also left harbour at 1504 to assist in Golden Cap. the search. Because of the bad weather condi- After an hour's search, it was sug- tions, it was not possible to take them gested that the missing divers could on board so a line was streamed astern be further east of the current search for the divers to cling to until the area and, at the suggestion of crew helicopter arrived. Both survivors member Paul Wason, Mr John Wason were winched up by helicopter which - his father - agreed to put to sea to landed them at Lyme Regis harbour assist in the search in his fishing boat where, after two-and-a-half hours at Sea Seeker, which was the only vessel sea, they were checked over by the that could safely leave harbour in the station's HMA Dr Llewelyn before deteriorating weather conditions. leaving. Located Sea Seeker returned to harbour and Together with his other son Chris, the lifeboat was back on station at and James Thomas and Chris Bagnall, 1620. Sea Seeker left harbour at 1456 to search For his part in the rescue service, Lyme Regis eastwards from the harbour while John Wason has been sent a letter of the lifeboat and helicopter continued thanks from the Director of the RNLI, Lyme Regis their search south and west. who wrote, Half-an-hour later, at 1521, Sea 'Undoubtedly your local knowledge South West Division Seeker was able to report that the divers and intuition saved the lives of these had been located three-quarters of a two divers'.

265 LIFEBOAT SERVICES...LIFEBOAT SERVICES...LIFEBOAT Lengthy NINE MEN TAKEN OFF REPLICA SAILING VESSEL search Longboat's steering but no fails 40 miles north survivors of Cape Wrath It is an unfortunate fact that some lifeboat services do not result in the rescue of survivors, a result which inevitably has an effect on the lifeboat crews but which does not affect their dedication to the task in hand. One such launch was at Mallaig, when close to midnight on 15 March 1992 the coastguard notified the Mallaig lifeboat station that the commercial fishing vessel Spray was sinking one mile north- east of Sleat Point and requested that the crew should be paged for Newsbuoy's inflatable Y boat takes a lifeboat crew member off the replica longboat just before beginning immediate launch. the long tow back to Stromness. On reaching the last reported po- sition of the vessel, no sign of her Some of the latest technology came to The nine men aboard the open ves- could be found, and a fleet of 25 the aid of some of the earliest when sel were transferred to the lifeboat craft left Mallaig harbour to help Stromness lifeboat station's relief using the Y inflatable in a wind which in the search. The station's 52ft Arun class Newsbuoy was launched to was now Force 6 to 7 and with a very Arun class lifeboat The Davina and the aid of a replica 12th century large swell running - a very long way Charles Matthews Hunter acted in longboat on passage from Stornoway from anywhere to be in an inflatable! the role of 'on-scene commander' to Faroe. After about 15 minutes Aileach was to ensure that a wide search area The vessel, Aileach, had experienced taken in tow for the long trip back to was completely covered and re- steering failure some 40 miles north Stromness. At 1800 the tow parted, mained at sea for some 12 hours of Cape Wrath - the north-eastern- but was re-established again by crew while the search continued. most tip of the mainland-in a north- member Douglas Adam, who jumped Two helicopters were also westerly Force 6 to 7 and although aboard as the lifeboat was brought brought into the search and rescue her crew were able to make tempo- alongside. Douglas had previously efforts, and it was one of these rary repairs the jury-rigged steering been the helmsman of the Y boat which managed to spot the wreck later failed and assistance was called during the crew transfer. of Spray lying in 30ft of water. Two for. It was 2055 by the time the Arun bodies, a father and his son, were Newsbuoy launched at 0850 on 17 reached Stromness with the longboat later recovered, one from the shore June and reached the casualty at 1351 and her crew having been at sea for by the Arun's Y class inflatable after a passage of almost 70 miles. just over 11 hours. and the other from the wreck by a diver using the same inflatable. Stromness The RNLI's chief of operations, Commodore George Cooper, later Lifeboats 2, Sunderland nil wrote to the station and crew ex- Sunderland's station honorary pressing his 'sincere thanks for secretary was enjoying the action their efforts on this sad occasion'. at his local football ground on 27 April when he was alerted to life- boat duty - for the second succes- Mallaig sive time during a Sunderland match! -sf. Mallaig Scotland Having been alerted by his pager, South honorary secretary Jerry Finn hur- ried from the ground and - for the Division second time running - found him- Stromness self asking the owner of the house right opposite the exit gate, Mrs Scotland North Division Rooney, for the use of her tel-

266 . ...LIFEBOAT SERVICES LIFEBOAT SERVICES LIFEBOAT Tyne rescues crews of two yachts in gale

The Director of the RNLI has written aboard) was becoming unwell and to thank the crew of the Ramsgate required assistance. lifeboatfor a service 'carried out very The lifeboat, with Simona in tow, was professionally' after the station's Tyne crossing the very busy SW shipping had rescued the crews of two yachts separation lane at the time, but was in a February gale. able to turn back to Storm Song, put a It was at 1850 on 22 February 1992 tow line aboard and take the two Ramsgate that Ramsgate's Tyne class lifeboat crew off. With tow lines now made Kenneth Thelivall //left the harbour on fast to both yachts the Tyne set off Ramsgate service to the two yachts, a service once again for Ramsgate while Sec- which was to keep her at sea for nearly ond Coxswain Derek Pegden tended South East Division six hours in gale force winds. The the unwell survivor - who was suf- yachts were reported to be a mile fering from shock and cold. He and south-west of the Falls Light Vessel, the other three survivors were tered Ramsgate harbour at 0025 with some 15 miles just south of east from wrapped in blankets while the long, just Storm Song in tow. The surviving the station, and the wind was south- slow tow continued. yacht was berthed in the marina and westerly Force 6 to 7 at Ramsgate but The beam trawler Angelena which all four survivors were taken to the considerably stronger at sea in the had been on passage to Ramsgate local yacht club for the night. vicinity of the yachts. took up position as an escort back to The lifeboat was refuelled and ready With the help of a Sea King helicop- Ramsgate, but the Tyne was able to for service again at 0200, despite some ter from RAF Mans ton the two sailing tow both boats without any problems minor damage sustained while trans- yachts were finally located, seven despite the conditions. However, ferring the survivors to the lifeboat. miles to the east of the light vessel, when only one-and-a-half miles f rt>m At 1000 that day, 23 February, the where the 28ft Storm Song was towing Ramsgate Simona began to sink, and lifeboat returned to the wreck of the disabled 26ft Simona with two within a few minutes she had disap- Simona in order to recover her tow people on board. Simona had a rope peared. line, accompanied by a local trawler around her propeller'. The tow line was buoyed off and which later raised the yacht and took The lifeboat reached the casualty at slipped from the lifeboat which en- her to Ramsgate. 2030, with the wind now south-west between Force 8 and Severe Gale Force 9. As she approached Simona, which was to be taken in tow, Storm Song Yachtsman transferred released her towline and Kenneth 9 Thelwall II made hers fast. The two people aboard Simona were taken in 'appalling conditions aboard the lifeboat and the 22-mile A service by Weymouth lifeboat on scene appalling, with a NW Force 6 to tow back to Ramsgate began. 13 April 1992 has Jed to the Director 7gusting 8 and a swell some8m high. Some 15 minutes later Storm Song sending a letter of appreciation to It was decided to bring the survivor called to say that she was making no Second Coxswain David Pitman, the aboard the lifeboat and then transfer headway in the conditions and that station's Honorary Medical Adviser him to the helicopter. Acting Cox- the crew (there were two people Dr Will Bowditch and the other crew swain David Pitman brought the life- members. The letter comments on a boat alongside and put the Honorary 'fine display of teamwork'. Medical Advisor, Dr Will Bowditch, At 0035 Portland coastguard re- and two crew members on board. ceived a Mayday call from the Dutch After the casualty had been exam- ephone. yacht L.T.Harry whose only occupant ined he and the HMA were taken Mrs Rooney kindly agreed once had been unconscious for nearly ten back aboard the lifeboat while the again and Mr Finn was able to hours after a massive wave had hit crew members remained on the yacht. contact the coastguards who were the yacht. 12 minutes later Wey- The survivor was lifted into the requesting inshore lifeboat assist- mouth's 54ft Arun class Tony helicopter but the line became ance to a police incident off Ryhope Vandervell was launched and a beach. snagged so the HMA remained on coastguard helicopter scrambled. the lifeboat while the helicopter flew A man had been threatening the While heading towards the casualty the Dutch yachtsman to Weymouth police and was cornered at the the lifeboat managed to obtain a D/F hospital. Tony Vandervell returned to beach. They feared he might at- bearing and red flares from the the vacant yacht and she was even- tempt a hazardous sea escape, but casualty resulted in a good bearing tually brought into the safety of he was arrested and the lifeboat and a sighting by the helicopter. Weymouth harbour at 1030. crew was stood down soon after The lifeboat reached the casualty, The yachtsman made a satisfactory their arrival. some 30 miles from the station, at recovery in hospital and later contin- 0230 to find weather conditions at the ued to his Plymouth destination. 267 1. With helmet perched in place, one young Storm Forcer tries to 'Beat the Clock'. Photo Robin Sharp at the Inshore 2. Young lifeboat supporters test their observation skills in the Storm Force treasure hunt. Photo Bob Kennovln Lifeboat Centre, Cowes 3. A sail past of the inshore lifeboats. Photo Robin Sharp on SllwAahatt August 4. Looking up towards the ILC's Training Centre. Photo Bob Kennovin

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The weather couldn't have been more perfect when the Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes opened its doors to the public on 31 July and 1 August! The Open Days, celebrating the ILC's 25th birthday and the 20th anniversary of the Atlantic 21 lifeboat, gave many people the opportunity to learn more about the RNLI's fleet of inshore lifeboats. As well as the naming of the Mersey 58th National Lottery class Bingo Lifeline and the D class Table 32, It was a family affair when the RNLI's 58th National Lottery was drawn on spectators saw the 58th National Lottery 31 July, the first of the Open Days. draw by TV personalities Lynn Faulds Aided and abetted by their young Wood and John Stapleton, capsize and son Nicholas, John Stapleton and Lynn righting displays, a sail Faulds Wood of BBC TV's Watchdog past, workshops, the 5. Men Benham names the programme, together with the RNLI's Storm Force caravan new D class lifeboat Table Anthony Oliver (below, left), drew and souvenir stands. 32. Photo Bob Kennovin the winning tickets in, front of large 6. Amy, daughter of Gary crowds and in glorious sunshine. The days turned Collett, a boat builder at the The prize winners of the 58th out to be a great suc- ILC, presents a bouquet to National Lottery are:- cess, and the many Lynn Faulds Wood during the naming ceremony of the £2,000: Ms A. Blunt, Flackwell Heath, Bucks; visitors left tired, but Mersey class lifeboat Bingo £1,000: Mrs S. Beer, Camberley, Surrey; £750: Mrs M. Lewis, Seaton, Devon; £500: M.K. with happy memories Lifeline. Photo Janet Smith Thomas, Whitby, North Yorkshire; £250: R. of a sunny afternoon The two naming ceremonies Blackman, South wick, Sussex; £100: Mrs J. are described in more detail Hye, Chatham, Kent; Mrs I.H. Cosic, at Cowes... on page 262. 7 Brigstock, Northants; D.A. Bagge, Ware, Herts; Mrs. C. Baguley, Davyhulme, Man- chester; Mrs. E. Squires, Rothesay, Isle of Bute; J.H. Clarke, Shamley Green, Surrey; Mrs. C Megson, Fleet, Hants; A. Heron, Crosshouse,Ayrshire; R.Sutcliffe,Urmston, Manchester; A.E. White, Eastbourne, Sus- sex; £50: M. Hayler, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex; T. Josling, Rainham, Kent; I.E. Jones, Shaftesbury, Dorset; G.R. Hinch, Nottingham; J.G. Taylor, South Shields, Tyne & Wear; Mrs M. Negus, Hayle, Corn- wall; Lt Col T. Downing, Eltham, London; P.G. Pile, Hounslow.Middx; Mrs V.Watson, Bedford; J. Hanna, Billingham, Cleveland. Photo Gilbert Hampton

1. Two visitors to Cowes take the opportunity for a well-earned sit-down! Photo Bob Kennovtn 8. Over she goes! The Atlantic 21 and her crew of three are put through their paces during the capsize and righting display. Ptiolo Bob Kennovtn

268 ADVERTISEMENT Volvo and the RNLI- History in the Making "The basis for everything we do at Volvo is, and must remain, safety and A The Tyne Class 'RNLB Voluntary Worker' commissioned in 1988. 'RNLB Lifetime Care' a Mersey care"- Gustaf Larson, Swedish engineer Class went into service in 1989. ^ and co-founder of Volvo, 1927. This principle has remained with Volvo ever since and therefore it is not surprising that Volvo should choose to lend its support to a charity like the RNLI, an organisation committed to preserving the safety of those at sea. The fund-raising association between Volvo and the RNLI first began in 1987, when the 'Together We Care' campaign was launched. The original aim was to raise £250,000 towards a new offshore lifeboat over a two year period. The campaign proved to be so Volvo and the traditionally high standards of safety one successful, however, that the target was RNLI decided to would expect from a Volvo. exceeded in less than a year and continue their Throughout the country, volunteers consequently two new offshore lifeboats partnership and from many branches and guilds have were commissioned. announced a new worked closely with their local Volvo The first lifeboat was named 'RNLB £1 million campaign dealers, organising prize car displays to Voluntary Worker', in honour of all the titled 'Building boost the sales of raffle tickets. Many hard-working, RNLI volunteers who Together' to raise dealers have helped with fund-raising helped to raise the money by selling funds for a vital events, providing volunteers with raffle tickets. The Tyne Class'RNLB modernisation programme for Britain's entrance tickets or space for an RNLI Voluntary Worker' entered service in the lifeboat stations. stall on the Volvo stand at local and relief fleet in September 1988. In addition to providing the county shows. Suggestions for naming the second promotional material and a full-time co- Goodwill and understanding have lifeboat were invited from the Volvo ordinator to assist with the day-to-day helped both parties work together for Dealer Network. The name 'RNLB running of the campaigns, Volvo has mutual benefit and undoubtedly this has Lifetime Care' was chosen, reflecting also supported other projects such as the ensured the success of all the campaigns Volvo's customer care programme of Grace Darling Exhibition in 1988 and the undertaken so far. the same name embodying the concern RNLI's National Lotteries. Since 1987 Perhaps this is because Volvo and of both Volvo and the RNLI to save Volvo has supplied a total of 41 cars as the RNLI are inherently well suited to lives, whether at sea or on the road. lottery prizes, the latest prize model each other. The traditional Volvo virtues The Mersey Class 'RNLB Lifetime being the 440 1.6 Li - a versatile of safety, reliability and durability could Care' went into service in October 1989. hatchback with comfortable interior, be equally well applied to the lifeboats sleek styling and of course the and services provided by the RNLI. Volvo's commitment to its customers, its sense of social responsibility which The 440 1.6LI is the latest lottery places it in the forefront of research to prize supplied by Volvo. make safer, cleaner cars, might also be compared to the RNLI's commitment to continuing research and improved life- saving services. Needless to say, Volvo and the RNLI are keen to continue their successful partnership and plans for the next fund- raising campaign will be announced shortly. Many thanks to all those who helped with these campaigns. (Tfie, QoCdStandard Even on what could be considered a 'routine' service lifeboat crews can face hazardous conditions and often considerable risk. Imagine then the types of service which warrant special recognition, and consider the acts of braveryJ involved in senices which lead to the awards of a Bronze Medal or Silver Medal for Gallantry - then stretch the imagination still further to consider the supreme efforts which must be behind the rarely-awarded Gold Medal. It is these Gold Medal services which noted marine artist Tim The RN Li's Public Rela- 'Gold Medal Rescues' is published Thompson has recorded in his latest book, 'Gold Medal Rescues', tions Officer, Edward by David and Charles on 29 October capturing the drama of the moment in a way which will send a Wake-Walker, joined ^ 992 at £40 and will be available from shiver down the spine of anyone who has ever set foot on a boat forces with the artist to most bookshops. Hart of the royalties - and likely to put off anyone who has not from ever doing so. supply the text which will go to the RNLI. The book will also be available through the RNLI, add- The circumstances which lead to Gold Medals are rare with brings the stories sur- ing to the profit to the Institution. only 118 having been awarded in the 168 years of the RNLI's rounding the thirty paint- history, just 33 of them since the beginning of this century and ings in 'Gold Medal only nine since the end of the Second World War. The Gold Rescues' to life. The combination of paintings and text must Medal is perhaps becoming even harder to win, and it is now ten make this book irresistible to anyone with an interest in the RNLI years since the last was awarded. or just an appreciation of fine marine art.

Six lifeboats from sta- tions as far apart as Tynemouth and Scar- borough were involved over a peritxl of two and a half days in the service to Ki>/H//

270 When Coxswain Patrick Sliney and his Ballycotton crew relumed on 14 February 1936 after rescuing the crew of the Daunt Rock lightship the life- boat had been away for over three days, 49 hours of which were at sea in hurricane-force winds. The account submitted by the station honorary secretary reads: 'On Friday,7th February, 1936,agale sprang up and increased until by Monday, 10th it was blowing a hurri- cane . At high water nothing could be seen of the breakwater or the pier. Stones, a ton in weight, were being torn from the quay and flung about like sugar lumps. 'Ateighto'clocktheCivicGuardrang me up. The Daunt Rock Lightship, with eight men on board, had broken from her moorings 12 miles away, and was drifting towards Bath/cotton. ' Seas were breaking over the lifeboat house, where the boarding boat was kept. I did not believe it possible for the coxswain even to get aboard "When she reached the light vessel, about dusk, she found the lifeboat at her moorings, but he went down to the harbour and 1 standing by to try to take the lightship in tow in the morning. But the followed to find the lifeboat already dashing out between the piers. weather had been getting worse and at 9.30, with the wind and sea still 'I thought every minute the lifeboat must turn back, but she went on. increasing, the coxswain took the lifeboat round the lightship's stern, I watched till she was a mile off, where spray was flying over the 1%ft not more than sixty yards from the Daunt Rock. The lightship was in high lighthouse lantern. At the lighthouse the lifeboat seemed to great danger, if the wind went a bit to the west she must strike the rock. hesitate and we thought she was coming back. Then to our horror the 'In the heavy sea it was impossible for Isatda to do anything so the coxswain took her through between two islands. That way was much coxswain took the lifeboat round the lightship again to take the crew more dangerous but would save haif-a-mile. off. She was plunging tremendously on her cable, rolling 40°. The lifeboat came off the top of one sea with such a thud that Toanchor to windward was impossible, owing to her cable. Theonly everyone thought the engines had gone through the bottom. Visibility thing was to make quick runs in on her port side, calling on her crew was appalling and the lightship could not be found, so the coxswain to jump tot the lifeboat. The coxswain must run in at full speed, check ran for Queenstown for information. The lifeboat set out again and, fora second, then go full astern. In that second, the men must jump. He soon after midday found the lightship only half-a-mile from the shore. knew the dangers. If he ran too far, the lifeboat would go over her cable Her crew would not leave her but feared their anchor would not hold and be capsized and, as he came alongside, the lightship might crash and asked the lifeboat to stand by- A Royal Navy destroyer was also on top of the lifeboat. standing by and two attempts were made to establish a tow before The coxswain pumped out oil tocalm the seas, went astern of herand dark. The lifeboat was twice able to pass a line but it parted. The then drove full speed alongside. One man jumped, and the lifeboat destroyer was prepared to stand by so Coxswain Sliney made for went astern; the second time no one jumped; the third time five men Queenstown for more rope and food for his wet and exhausted crew. jumped. On the fourth the lightship sheered violently and crashed on 'Early in the morning of the 12th the lifeboat set out again. The top of the lifeboat, damaging the deck. The lifeboat went in a fifth time. destroyer left, but the Irish Lights vessel Isolds was expected. The life- Again no one jumped. boat stood by all day and all night until shortly after dawn on the 13th, There were still two men on board clinging to the rails. They seemed when the coxswain decided to make for Queenstown as his petrol was unable to jump so the coxswain sent some of his crew forward, at the getting low. As soon as the lifeboat had the petrol she set out again, at risk of being swept overboard, to seize the men, then raced in for the about four in the afternoon. sixth time. The men were seized and dragged in.

Sands, the lifeboat crew exposed to the whole fury of the storm and the steamer sustaining damage. In the morning the lifeboat drew alongside There will always be new stories to tell of under sail, took off all remaining survivors, shipwreck and rescue on the Goodwin Sands, sailed back across the Sands to the Vulcan and but the wreck of the Indian Chief on 5 January, made it back to Ramsgate after an absence of 1881 and the rescue by Ramsgate lifeboat the 26 hours. followingday should never be forgotten. There Those are the bare details. This extract from will never be a more chilling example of the the mate's account provides the heart to this 19th century seaman's ability to survive. ^^^^^ story: The 1,238-ton Indian Chiff struck the Long 1 saw a lifeboat under a reefed foresail Sands, close to the Knock Light, in a gale on 5 heading directly for us. It was a sight, sir, to January, 1881 and began to break up. An at- make one crazy with joy. The boat had to tempt to launch boats resulted in the loss of cross the broken water to fetch us, and in my two men a nd ma ny of her 29-ma n crew lashed agony of mind I cried out, 'She'll never face it! themselves to the masts. When the mainmast She'll leave us when she sees that water!' for It'll in the night it brought down the mizzen the sea was frightful all to windward of the and 16 men drowned. sand and over it making the whole surface The remaining 11 survived the night in spite resemble a boiling cauldron. Yet they never of freezing gale force winds and at first light swerved a hair's breadth. Oh, sir, she was a were astonished to see their salvation ap- noble boat! We could see her crew motionless proaching through the heavy ba>ken water as carved figures, and there was not a stir across the sands in the shape of Ramsgate among them as the boa t leapt from the crest of tfaboal a towering sea into the monstrous broken The lifeboat, Bradford, a 44ft self-righter, had been towed by the tumble. The peril of these men, who were risking their lives for ours, paddle steamer Vulcan for 30 miles in the biting gale and heavy seas. made us forget our own situation. Over and over again the boat was Arriving in the dark it was impossible to find the wreck so the coxswain buried, but as regularly did she emerge with her crew fixedly looking and crew remained there for the night cruising about between the THE ROYAL EVENT OF THE YEAR! The 40th Anniversary of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II's Accession to the Throne.

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Qotd Standard continued from page 271 fescue from the Johan Cottett, 5 February 1963 Coxsivain Hubert Tetit, guernsey TheNorwegianmerchantship/o/w>iCo//et( was 14 miles off LesHanois lighthouse, Guernsey, when her skipper radioed for help; his cargo had shifted and his vessel was listing severely to starboard. Coxswain Hubert Petit, in command of St Peter Port's 52ft Barnett class lifeboat Euphrosyne Kendal, that afternoon knew time was of the essence and that a foul tide was running offshore so he kept within 50 yards of the shore, passing inside many rocks. The South African frigate President Kruger was on her way with six other vessels and the first on the scene picked up 11 crew from the casualty's boat. Three more men from the stricken ship boarded a liferaft and were picked up by another ship and by the time the lifeboat arrived the wind had strengthened to full gale force. It was snowing and ice was forming on the lifeboat's windscreen. Johan Cottett lay beam to the wind, in 15ft seas and listing heavily to starboard with her gunwale awash. Three hours later the master asked the lifeboat to take off his chief engineer and two apprentices, but on his first run in Coxswain Petit realised that the falls from the empty davits would imperil the whole operation. They were hauled inboard and he made three further ap- proaches, holding the lifeboat alongside long enough for a man to jump. merchant ship on the top of a sea and to stay there long enough for a man A tug, Abeille 10, then arrived and after an hour and a half and seven to jump. attempts finally secured a line and began towing. Immediately the As the lifeboat made her approach a huge sea picked up her bow and casualty's list increased to some 40 degrees. threw it off course, but Hubert Petit regained control and one by one the A three knot tide was running against the Force 1 0 gusts, creating very crew were brought aboard. Only the master was left, but when the time rough, steep seas. Johan Collett was on her beam ends when the came to jump he fell outside the lifeboat's guard rail and was dragged decision came to abandon ship - in those appalling conditions six men aboard seconds before the two vessels struck heavily. had to be taken off a vessel being towed at 3 knots. Coxswain Petit began St Peter Port lifeboat turned for home with nine survivors aboard, his first run in to position the lifeboat's starboard side alongside the arriving exactly fifteen hours after her launch.

The. 1(evi fescue., standing by to close in. The lifeboat still has 8 miles to run. The lifeboat crew get their first sight of the casualty at 1.36am. Her 14 February 1979 master, in a desperate attempt to make the River Humber, is steaming CoTtsuiain 'Brian "Sevan, lumber at full speed towards them, his ship constantly buried by the huge seas. February; a north-easterly gale, gusting to Force 9 and increasing; The wind is Storm Force 10 as the lifeboat takes up station close astern snow storms; midnight. Brian Bevan, full-time coxswain and superin- of Revi. tendent of Humber lifeboat station is roused three minutes before The master radios that he wants two crew members taken off. midnight by the coastguard. Revi, a small Panamanian cargo vessel is Coxswain Bevan asks the master to steer south at slow speed and to in distress 30 miles off Spurn light vessel. Heavy seas have ripped away have the two men on the boat deck ready to jump. her hatch covers and water is entering her hold. The lifeboat edges in under the casualty's quarter and a huge wave The 54ft Arun class lifeboat City of Bradford IV heads into the darkness completely engulfs the coaster's stern. Brian Bevan throttles full astern at full speed. The impact into the trough of one 20ft sea opens every just in time to see Revi fall back down, missing his foredeck by inches. electric breaker and plunges the wheelhouse into darkness. The cox- Again and again the lifeboat makes an approach and is forced back, the swain reduces speed to 14 knots, the waves increase, some as high as casual tyoften towering 20ft above the heads of the men on the foredeck. 35ft. At last the right moment comes and the two crewmen are able to throw Fifty minutes later Revi puts out an even more urgent call: she is themselves into the lifeboat. sinking and requests the British ship Deepstone which is already With two men safe Revi continues the desperate run for the Humber, but five minutes later the accommodation begins to flood, the cargo of sand shifts and the ship is listing 45 degrees to port. Now master and mate must abandon ship. The bow is turned to the west to give a lee on the low port side, Revi is clearly sinking and seas are sweeping across her. A massive sea breaking over both vessels forces the lifeboat away as Brian Bevan makes his first approach. He comes in again and again, but only on the twelfth attempt can the mate jump on to the lifeboat. Revi's bow is now below the waves, her stern clear of the water menacing the lifeboat if she dares come close. Her master hangs on to the stern rails, ready to jump. Nine times the lifeboat gets close but not close enough. On the tenth the stern soars 20ft clear of the water and plummets back towards the lifeboat's foredeck. The coxswain's lightning reactions avert a total tragedy by inches. Then three successive seas cover Revi completely - the water clears and the captain is still hanging on to the rails. The ship is about to roll over and Bevan decides on a dash in a trough between two waves, driving in under the port quarter and striking the stern. The captain jumps and lands on the very edge of the lifeboat's deck. Five minutes later Revi rolls over and sinks.

273 £ £ £ THE FUNDRAISERS £ £ £ Some ways of filling the coffers...

Clem 1, RNLI 250 In brilliant sunshine Nairn ladies guild took part in the town's harbour festival in May, A chance meeting with Ray Clemence, selling gifts, books, bric-a-brac, and raffle tickets. Three local boat operators generously former England, Liverpool and donated a percentage of their takings to the guild, resulting in a final total of £866. Tottenham goalkeeper, raised £250.27 for the Clapham, Battersea and Wandsworth branch. Joe Perry, a set builder for TV shows, met Ray during preparations for the Rumbelows Cup Final last April. Ray gave Joe a football. Joe, an ex-submariner, thought it would be a good idea to raffle it for the RNLI. He had words with Tom and Margaret O'Connor, 'mine hosts' of the Nottingham Castle, who agreed to donate a bottle of brandy for a second prize. Tickets sold like hot cakes before the draw on 4 May, and a barbecue and team quiz finished off a successful day's fundraising.

Splendid days out The 33rd RNLI Thames Regatta was held on the Queen's Promenade, Kingston upon Thames on 20 and 21 Boat Club, and an illuminated sailpast Portrush raft race June 1992. by other boats (best illuminated - Smashing weather and a variety of The Kingston, Surbiton, Thames Albany Yacht Club!). Crews com- fun-packed activities made the elev- Ditton and Molesey branches were peted in rowing, raft races and other enth Portrush raft race as successful all involved in this, now the largest waterborne activities. First prize in as ever - and the latest count of the motor boating event on the river, with the raffle was a three-day trip for two takings suggests £22,000 was raised more than 220 boats attending. to EuroDisney. for the lifeboats as a result. As well as entertainment ashore, These were splendid days out for Right from the very start on Fri- highlights afloat included a sailpast all and the regatta has so far raised a day 22 May to the following Sunday, of the combined fleets of the Dunkirk grand total of £4,800 (and still count- music and dancing were enjoyed Little Ships and the Thames Vintage ing!), all of which goes to the RNLI. alongside three-legged races, tug-o'- war, greasy pole, the 'best fireworks In brief...In brief...In brief...In brief...In brief...In brief... display yet' - not to mention a rescue demonstration by the RNLI and the TWO MEMBERS of the Thame and district MERVYN Kinney and Brian Meharg, together coastguard, and a parachute display. branch again 'trod the trail' to raise £485.45 for with their colleagues on the crew of the Bangor The raft race itself was started by the lifeboats. Lily Lovell and Graham Munday lifeboat, organised a Gala Day, the highlight BBC Radio Ulster's Mike Edgar, who walked 20 miles from Streatley in Berkshire to being an event called 'the Birdman of Bregenz' was broadcasting live on the station's Ashbury in Wiltshire. This is the second such - local daredevils sponsored to fly (or fall!) afternoon sports programme. 104 walk undertaken by the pair, whose fundraising across the marina. Over £2,000 was raised total now amounts to £804.95. from the sponsorship and from the nautical rafts took up the challenge, all bidding THE HITCHIN branch sales caravan, plus a auction, car boot sale, Land Rover pull, film to beat the competition for Most In- souvenir table, was out in force at the an- shows and 'It's a Knockout' competition. Could geniously Designed Propulsion and nual Walsworth Festival. The glorious this become an annual event? Most Sponsorship For The RNLI. weather helped bring out the crowds and as NICK WEST, landlord of The Ship public Around 25,000 people are thought a result the branch sold £161.30 of goods. house at Redbridge near Southampton, re- to have attended this increasingly RAME Peninsula collected some £870 from cently raised the sum of £730.66 from a popular event in Portrush harbour. their flag day in the Cawsand areas on 23 May, sponsored head shaving. BAT added a a quite remarkable increase over last year's donation of £393 to match the amount raised total of £683. by their 'now bald' employees following the SINCE THE closure of his local branch, event, bringing the total to £1,123.66. Betty Fish and chop suey! Fred Taylor of Bath has continued to raise Judd, honorary secretary of the South- News from one of our far-flung out- funds for the RNLI. Sunday 29 March saw ampton guild, says, 'Mr West has only been posts - the Hong Kong branch. him collecting £285 from donations at the in the area since November 1991, but his Approximately £600 was raised Mendip Golf Club, with the help of some of collecting box always yieldsa large amount'. at a fish and chip supper held at the his friends. And on Friday 22 May, Mr FATHER Christmas paid a surprise visit to Taylor made a total of £253.49 from col- New Quay ladies lifeboat guild's Christmas Mariners Club in Kowloon, Hong lecting outside the Gateway food store at Fair which raised over £800. From his bottom- Kong with future events planned, Shepton Mallet. 'I won't let the RNLI down less sack, Santa managed to find a small gift including a charity card sale and a as long as I can get about,' he writes. for every child! barn dance.

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Country & Western Pushing the bike out Upturned boxes, straw bales, coloured Four soldiers from 6 Ordnance Bat- on 17 June. They were welcomed by lights and flags set the scene for the talion stationed in Germany cycled a TV star Buster Merryfield, who cy- eighth annual Country & Western 650-mile route following the south cled with them for the last mile. dance held at Brooker Farm, west coast on mountain bikes to raise The four are aiming to fund an Newchurch, Romney Marsh in June. money for the RNLI. Atlantic 21 lifeboat in memory of the Kevin Stewart and First Chapter Pushing off from the Tropicana at RAOC, which will cease to exist in and Redwing provided the music, Weston-super-Mare on 2 June, the 1993 under the Government's Op- and supporters came from far and team - with support crew - pedalled tions For Change. The team has al- wide. A barbecue, trade stalls, a their way to a civic reception in Poole ready raised £16,000. bumper raffle and bar proved the right ingredients for a successful dance. New Zealand evening Over the last eight years Dorren Barns The American branch recently held a hosted by The Hon George Gair, New and her helpers from the Dymchurch very successful reception in aid of the Zealand High Commissioner. ladies guild have raised £6,840. RNLI in the penthouse at New Zea- Guests had the opportunity to land House. sample a variety of New Zealand food Great lifeboat challenge! The evening was organised by and wine and were entertained with For the first time ever, seven of Corn- branch member Tracy Bronlund, Maori singing. wall's eight all-weather lifeboats and herself a New Zealander, and it was The evening raised over £3,000. seven of its eight inshore lifeboats launched on the same day to raise some £6,000 for the RNLI - and the money is still coming in. The spectacular fundraising plan was for Tamsin Thomas, a BBC Radio Cornwall presenter, to race Charles Hunter Pease, chief executive of Volvo UK, around the coast of Cornwall from Padstow to Fowey. Charles would travel by road in his Volvo 440i while Tamsin would make the journey using all Cornwall's mainland station all-weather lifeboats. Supporters were asked to spon- sor individual lifeboats and encour- aged to organise special events to co- incide with the event. In addition, Radio Cornwall carried live broad- casts of Tamsin's progress at sea whilst staff in the studio took pledges of donations from listeners. The weather on the day was more appropriate to 18 January than 18 July! At 0800, Tamsin left Padstow on the Tyne class James Burrough, escorted by Port Isaac' sDclassandlaterSt Agnes' Fat-free cheque Lose pounds, make pounds Blue Peter IV, as Charles Hunter Pease The Exmouth branch received a cash boost In a desperate dash to lose weight under set off on the coast road to St Ives. of £2,000 from the nationwide slimming doctor's orders, Andrew Penfold, a keen Tamsin met up with the St Ives club organisation 'Slimmer'. sailor from Surrey, set up a sponsored Mersey class The Princess Royal, with The organisation's central adminis- weight loss challenge in aid of the RNLI. the Newquay C class standing by, tration office is in Exmouth and when The driving force behind the chal- followed by the Sennen Cove Mersey funds became available to donate to char- lenge was his pledge to return to each The Four Boys, Penlee's Arun class ity, managing director Tony Jones chose sponsor 10 times the stake donated if he the Exmouth lifeboat. did not achieve his goal by the due date. Mabel Alice, and The Lizard's relief Tony Jones is pictured above aboard On 29 March 1992 in the Angel Inn, Tyne class Mariner's Friend, accom- the Exmouth lifeboat Caroline Finch, pre- Thames Ditton, Andrew weighed in (be- panied by Marazion's D class. It was senting a cheque to the Exmouth branch's fore lunch, of course) at 15st11 Ibs, having up to Falmouth's Arun Elizabeth Ann, treasurer Jack Stapley, and watched by lost over 27 pounds since 3 January. His with the town's Atlantic 21, to deliver 'shapely' crew members Tim Mock, Dave target had been to lose 25 pounds - and he Tamsin to Fowey's relief Waveney Richards, Bert Thomas, Clive Harris and was wearing a suit he had not been able to Faithful Forester for the final leg. Tom Chandler! Photo Julie Hodge wear for six years. The challenge did not turn out to Through his mammoth (now, per- haps, not-so-mammoth!) efforts, Andrew be quite such plain sailing for Charles slow hedgecutters blocking his path. raised £930 - to the relief of his bank Hunter Pease, though. Mysteriously, It was hardly surprising then that manager - which was presented to the he had to contend with parking tick- Tamsin aboard the lifeboat reached Thames Ditton branch. Perhaps he can ets and wheelclamps, being locked in Fowey just two minutes before the now let us all into his slimming secret! a lifeboat house, and frustratingly Volvo car! 275 £ £ £ THE FUNDRAISERS £ £ £

In brief...In brief...In brief. Stepping out Despite an unsettled forecast LADIES of the Guild of Charities, based in St on Sunday 26 April, members Athan, presented regional organiser for Wales of Wadebridge branch put Anne Williams with £1,000, representing a their best feet forward to raise year's hard fundraising work - jumble sales, money from a sponsored walk coffee mornings and fayres were organised to along the famous Camel Trail raise the money, which members hope will which runs alongside the help fund lifesaving work at Barry Dock station. STRATFORD-upon-Avon branch organised Camel River in Cornwall. Richard Vaughan (right) presents a cheque for £1,500 an evening cruise on the River Avon aboard Ardent walkers were sent to Rear Admiral Graham (left) and the Stockbridge The Lady of Camelot in June. 60 people branch after the clay pigeon shoot. on their way by Tamsin Thomas, a were served wine and savouries during this regular on Radio Cornwall, who is enjoyable event, which raised nearly £350. Right on target herself a member of the Fowey branch. HAWARDEN branch and Hawarden golf club The walkers completed the 5-mile have celebrated 25 years of joint fundraising. Rear Admiral Wilfred Graham, a course from Wadebridge to Padstow The idea of a competition involving local golf- former Director of the RNLI, writes to to be greeted by the Padstow branch ers was first mooted by the late Mr Reidford, a say that the Stockbridge branch ben- and, of course, the RNLI flag! keen golfer, when he was treasurer of the efits each year 'to the tune of £1,500 branch.The amounts raised in the early years Happily, everyone finished the from a clay pigeon shoot organised course and, after a relaxing lunch, were modest by present day expectations - by a local farmer Peter Harding.' £16 in 1967 compared to £267 in 1992, a grand totted up the takings for their morn- total of almost £1,500. This year, Richard Vaughan of ing's work - a fantastic £1,000. THESPIANS of the Kidlington branch put BBC TV's 'South Today', a participant On the same day in another part on a pantomime performance of Turkish in the clay pigeon shoot, presented of the country, 81 lifeboa t supporters Delight from 18-21 March 1992 and played the cheque to Rear Admiral Graham, got very wet indeed as they took part to packed houses every night. Those who chairman of the Stockbridge branch in the Worthing and Rustington made up the 'Lifeboat Theatre Players' on 28 April. Rear Admiral Graham staged a happy ending to the run in true branches' annual joint sponsored continues, 'Stockbridge is quite a long walk (or should that be swim?). panto fashion by raising £2,600. way from the sea but the local farmers WICK LIFEBOAT paid its annual visit to Sent on their way by the mayor of Helmsdale harbour on Saturday 4 July for the and shopkeepers are pretty keen life- Worthing, Councillor Hugh Braden, town's lifeboat day. Lifeboat queen Jan Gunn boat supporters.' 59 gallant walkers braved the pour- presented Coxswain Walter McPhee with a ing rain and biting wind to hike the cheque for £2,250, the result of a hard year's Art exhibition 12-mile round trip from Worthing to fundraising by Helmsdale branch. On its return Rustington and back. At the same to Wick the lifeboat called in at Dunbeath For the past three years Henfield harbour where the coxswain was presented branch has organised a very success- time, 22 other intrepid walkers were with a cheque for £100 by harbour users. ful art exhibition at The White Hart in setting out to do the same walk, this KATE THURSTON, 16, from St Bede's Ro- Henfield, Sussex. time starting from the Rustington end. man Catholic High School in Blackburn, is This year, over 150 paintings by This 21st sponsored walk raised a keen Storm Force member. With her local artists were shown and a preview over £4,800, and brings the grand total friend Sarah Gould she nominated the RNLI held for invited guests. The exhibi- raised through the years to over as one of the charities to benefit from their tion was open to the public for the £60,000. To celebrate the occasion, school's sponsored day. They also wrote to the P&O vessel Norsk! whose radio of- five days following. Artists were Shoreham lifeboat and the coastguard ficer Peter Loynd is married to one of the charged a modest £1 hanging fee and helicopter exercised in rough seas just school staff, to ask if the crew would like to the RNLI received 25% of the sale off Worthing Pier, and the mayor and help the school raise money. The officers price on all 45 paintings sold. £998 mayoress cut a celebration cake made and crew of the Norsk/sent £95 towards the was added to the coffers of Henfield by Worthing committee member Joan total of £750 finally raised by the school. branch, and the total raised by the Skyrme, which was soon polished off DAVID HUNT of Nottingham found an unusual exhibitions is now over £3,000. by the hungry walkers! way to celebrate his 50th birthday - he decided to make himself the subject of a sponsored Putting their best feet forward - members of the Wadebridge branch step out in style at the start of their shave and then got as many people as possi- sponsored walk, despite an unsettled forecast. ble to support him in his venture. Four parties were thrown to celebrate Mr Hunt's half-cen- tury and £3,400 was raised to be distributed among Mr Hunt's preferred charities. The RNLI was very pleased to receive a cheque for£850. ONLY THOSE with especially short arms and deep pockets avoided the onslaught of the Edenbridge branch in their February fundraising campaign. Swimmers pounded lengths of the local pool during the branch's sponsored swim as sponsors were per- suaded to part with their cash. The total raised was £2,115. Organiser Alison Gravatt was evidently inspired after crossing the Channel in a small sailing boat with her husband. She was later heard to mutter: 'Never again without a lifeboat in support!'

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Vice Admiral Sir Robert Gerken, ball com- Record success! mittee chairman, presents a cheque for The annual lifeboat day £9,501.70 to Vic Stimson, chairman of the organised by Hakin Point local co-ordinating committee, before Cox- swain Patrick Marshall of Plymouth lifeboat branch in June at the new and members of the crew and ball committee Milford Haven Marina site Photo Western Morning News, Plymouth proved a record success. Branches from Angle, Mayors of Plymouth and Cardiff. Little and Broad Haven The Royal Western Yacht Club's and Haverfordwest, along party included Eric Tabarly, the with Pembroke ladies French yachtsman, and Helen guild, joined in the man- Matthieu, a United States Senator ning of the popular from Rhode Island, the destina- fundraising stalls. tion of the competitors setting sail Perfect weather at- the next day. tracted some 4,000 people to watch Having a ball Craig Rich, BBC South West displays by the port's fire-fighting Saturday 6 June, the day before the television personality and Looe tugs, Angle lifeboat and a Sea King Royal Western Yacht Club Transat- branch president, hosted a cabaret helicopter from RAF Brawdy. The lantic Race, was the date of the Ply- spot, and TV colleagues drew raffle B&I ferry Isleoflnnisfree was flying the mouth Summer Ball - and what an prizes. RNLI flag outward bound for Rosslare event it turned out to be! A moment never to be forgotten and a fleet of longboats took part in a Plymouth Pavilions was the was at lam on Sunday when 320 rev- harbour race sponsored by the Port venue and The Ray McVay Orchestra ellers sang 'Land of Hope and Glory' Authority who had also provided the provided musical accompaniment. at the tops of their voices, having new site and facilities. The large auditorium was trans- already danced the night away. The total amount raised from this formed into a 'stage set' by decorative The Plymouth Lifeboat Summer highly successful day exceeded RNLI flags and a large-scale cut-out Ball, which this time realised around £5,000, including £4,500 raised by the model of an Arun lifeboat. £9,500, seems set to become a regular host branch. The ball was attended by the Lord event in the RNLI calendar!

They may be miles from the sea... In the village of Holme, accept the Drambuie Challenge across deep in Summer Wine Scotland. Following their success, Country, there lies the they have entered every year it has Fleece Inn, almost been staged since, raising £3,500. 2,000ft above sea level - Appetites whetted, the pubgoers and arguably as far from decided in 1990 to try to raise suffi- the sea as it is possible cient money for a D class lifeboat and to get. so organised a Burns night, dinners Despite this minor with guest speakers, quiz nights, pool setback, the inn is and darts knock-outs, raffles and 'home' to a team of very many other such events. dedicated supporters - The climax of all their hard work On your marks! pictured left - who raise money for came on Saturday 27 June when the Ten countries entered the 1992 Mul- the RNLI. team visited Filey to hand over a berry Ecurie Ecosse Tour, one of the In 1987, landlord Geoff Atkinson cheque for £9,500 to fund the new most coveted gatherings of racing and and a group of his regulars decided to boat that will be on station next year. sports cars ever seen in Europe, among some of Scotland's most inspiring In brief...In brief...In brief...In brief...In brief...In brief...In brief. scenery and most demanding roads. Cars entering the five-day event included the 1953 Le Mans winning DAVID BATTIE of BBC TV's 'Antiques ball tournament on Saturday 20 June and raised Roadshow' hosted his One Man Roadshow on an impressive £575 for the lifeboats. Jaguar C-type and an Ecurie Ecosse 19 May and helped the Hampstead Garden ROGER Cohen and Mark Smith of Brighton Tojeiro-Buick. The oldest car was a Suburb branch raise £826.30 for the RNLI. lifeboat crew were delighted to meet Elaine 1918 Indianapolis Miller. According to branch honorary secretary Page at a reception to promote Hermes' Sponsored by Mulberry, the Caroline Smith, Mr Battle 'is most entertaining, 'L'Annee de la Mer'. The reception, which fashion house, the tour concluded amusing and has a fund of knowledge'. About was arranged in conjunction with the RNLI's with fashion shows at Gleneagles 150 people brought tickets, and wine and nib- Central London committee, raised almost Hotel. bles were served before the event. £2,000. The fundraising effort by drivers, SCOTTISH personality Jimmy Logan do- LINCOLN ladies lifeboat guild held their spring nated his fee for appearing at the Scottish party at Boothby Graffoe Hall by kind permis- supporters and sponsors resulted in Transport Extravaganza to the RNLI - the sion of Mr and Mrs Ruddock on the evening of the sum of almost £30,000, including Bobby McLeod Boathouse Appeal in 8 April 1992, a few days after their golden the gift of a Lancia Dedra! The cash Tobermory benefited to the tune of £1,000 wedding anniversary. A tremendous success, will go towards building the from Jimmy's generosity. the evening raised £756. The Ruddocks kindly Tobermory lifeboat station. FOREST ROW branch held their annual net- provided all the drinks for the party. 277 £ £ £ THE FUNDRAISERS £ £ £

£60,000 cheque Little knits! The President of the RNLI, HRH The Over the last two years Duke of Kent, received a £60,000 Mrs Morley from cheque from Mr Michael Gore, vice Cowes has been knit- chairman of the S.G. Warburg Group, ting little lifeboatmen. at their London offices on 27 May. Most are sold during The Group chose the RNLI as Cowes Week and so far their favoured charity for the year she has raised £80 for and employees raised £30,000 the lifeboats in this way. through events and initiatives co- ordinated by Anne Haynes, the ap- peal organiser. Under the Matched £565 was collected then, compared Giving Scheme, the company then with 1991's figure of £7,757. In brief...In brief...In brief. generously doubled the amount The souvenir stall at St Catherine's raised. The money funds an Atlantic raised nearly £8,000 in 1991. Bridge THE PEOPLE of Littlehampton and Arundel 21 lifeboat to enter service in 1995. afternoons, Christmas bazaars, raffles, have beaten their own record for generosity during Littlehampton lifeboat week - the total discos and flower festivals have all this year reached £1,410, £130 up on last year. Garden party contributed to the £687,866 forwarded HEXHAM LADIES guild enjoyed a four-hour to Headquarters since 1968. In the hot sunshine of the last Sunday evening cruise on the River Tyne in July. To mark the 60th anniversary, a in June, Jane Kimber and John Cloth- Supper was provided for the 200 people jubilee ball was held at La Hague aboard The Catherine and a local jazz band ier opened their attractive garden in Manor in June and this event itself provided the entertainment. The result - an West Bagborough in aid of the RNLI. raised a magnificent £6,000. impressive £2,800 for lifeboat funds. Taunton branch members BARRY LININ, landlord of Felixstowe's Ferry manned the car park and souvenir Boat Inn, presented a cheque for £255 to the stalls and sold large quantities of teas Stormalong 92 local branch from a fun day/quiz night which and ice cream to thirsty visitors. Great On Friday 17 July, the crew, sponsors Barry hopes to make an annual event. interest was shown in R.J. Brewer's and supporters of Stormalong 92 cel- NAILSEA & District branch, formed in May collection of working model lifeboats. ebrated their success in the Three after a successful open film evening, has already raised £3,000. The enthusiastic Jane Kimber herself raised the Peaks Yacht Race 1992 at The Britan- committee quickly arranged flag week and most from the sale of some 800 home nia, Kensington. put the RNLI firmly on the map by netting a cultivated plants. Visitors left with During the evening the fantastic £2,040 at its first attempt. armfuls of greenery, praying for rain Kensingston branch president, the AUGHTON branch held a July marquee so their purchases could be safely Mayor of the Royal Borough of Ken- luncheon, raising £1,036. The branch was given planted. The day, with plant sales of sington and Chelsea, was presented the use of a wedding marquee for the event at £1,200, made £2,011 for branch funds. with a £1,500 cheque, representing the home of Mr and Mrs Tyver. The committee the amount raised during the race. organised the catering for some 140 people. SEVEN LADIES darts teams from the John Eaglestone, landlord of The Diamond jubilee Wantage area were presented with com- Jersey guild celebrates its diamond Britannia, organised a raffle, and memorative plates for their part in a spon- jubilee this year. The guild's first souvenirs were auctioned - raising a sored darts marathon organised by Wantage meeting was on 20 July 1932 and flag further £470. branch earlier this year. £1,530 was raised. days ha ve been held every three years FRECKLETON branch celebrated its 21st an- since 1934 (excluding the war years). Just reward niversary this year with a wine and cheese evening in the village hall. Several local firms Mrs Norman Cant, chairman sponsored the event and donated the raffle of Dunblane branch for the prizes and £1,000 was raised for branch funds. last 20 years, attended the ROUND TABLERS Terry Cooper and Tony Bishop's Waltham Agricul- Cross travelled for seven days from John tural Show and won two O'Groats to Lands End on a vintage motor- bottles of champagne in two bike and raised £2,930. The cheque was separate draws on the local presented by the Round Table's Oxford area chairman to Michael Treweeke, chair- RNLI stand! man of Windrush Valley branch - the near- Bishops Waltham est branch to the owner of the motor cycle! branch enjoyed a day in wonderful weather to pro- duce £920 for the Institution And finally... from the sale of souvenirs, Charles Gay ofNewhaven Boatman's Society the champagne draw and the writes: 'Some 20 years ago, at a local angling regional car draw. club weigh-in which had attracted huge crowds, I was passing round the RNLI collect- The two 'horrors' pictured above were snapped ing box which was filling nicely. I came to two at the Lawford Fun Day on 13 June, which was flag The Fundraisers very elderly ladies, clearly twins, and asked if dayforthe Mistley and Manningtree Branch in Essex. they would care to contribute to the mainte- During the branch's lifeboat week, £1,458.08 was The final date for copy to appear in nance of the Newhaven lifeboat. collected, an increase on the 1991 total. this section of the Winter 92/93 The one lady turned to her companion As for the horrors, they're pussy cats really - and just to prove it, they are sporting 'Lifeboat Day' issue of THE LIIEBOAT is and said, 'I don't think we will ever want the stickers! Photo The Harwich and Manningtree 28 October 1992 lifeboat'. Her twin replied, 'No - and it Standard doesn 't look very safe to me anyway! 278 oer np Governors Shoreline Storm Force

Can you help? Citizens of the future A message from Corporate Fifteen-year-old Jamie attitudes of young people Fundraising Manager Gaskarth in his article As to the RNLI. The findings Barbara Trousdell: The Young See Us on page will help to ensure that the Do you have a few hours to 257 recognises the impor- RNLI remains well sup- spare for a couple of weeks a tance of educating our ported in the future. year? Would you like to be- 'young citizens' early in What we do know is come involved in making the work and nature of the that our junior club 'Storm sure local promotions in aid lifeboat service. Force' is a fun way of in- of the Institution run If the younger gen- troducing young people to smoothly? If the answer is eration can be encouraged the work of the RNLI. yes, read on...! to take an interest in the And many Storm As you may be aware, work of the Institution at Force members will go on the RNLI benefits from joint an early age, this will motivates their support for to participate in the adult promotions run with com- surely help determine the RNLI - their admira- membership scheme. panies such as Volvo, Martell their attitude to the life- tion for the lifeboat crews So why not set the ball and Frizzell, amongst many boat service in the future. or their interest in rolling for one youngster? others. Typical examples of After all, today's watersports, perhaps? If you know someone un- promotional activities that younger generation are To unravel some of the der 16 who would enjoy a already take place are pub tomorrow's members and answers, the RNLI has Christmas gift with a dif- quizzes and lotteries, and supporters. asked a specialist re- ference, why not complete collections outside local su- But what will it be that searcher toinvestigate the the coupon below? permarkets. I am now compiling a Moral support A Christmas Gift for the Youngsters register of volunteers willing The transition to the new to give up a few hours of Membership subscription Membership of Storm Force, for the under 16s, makes an their time for perhaps a cou- rates is now well and truly interesting gift for Christmas and birthdays. Storm Force ple of weeks at a time to as- underway. Members have members receive a certificate, a colourful newsletter four times sist with similar corporate responded magnificently a year, as well as badges, stickers and posters to collect. promotions in their local area. and you deserve our A whole range of activi- warmest thanks on behalf Membership is £3 for one child for one year. ties may be involved, but of the crews you so gener- typically you may be asked ously support. To enrol, please fill out the form below and send, together with by corporate fundraising staff We like to think that a cheque/PO made payable to RNLI, to: to co-ordinate local events, membership of the RNLI liaise with the local offices of is something special. As Storm Force HQ, RNLI, West Quay Road, national businesses or retail an RNLI member, you are Poole, Dorset BH151 HZ. outlets, or represent the part of a close fraternity - RNLI. one built on commitment, Please ensure your form reaches us by 4 If you think you would dedication, courage and, December at the latest for delivery in time like to be included on the above all, self-sacrifice. for Christmas! register, please write to me at Your generous finan- HQ, giving the following in- cial support provides the Please enrol the following as a member of Storm Force: formation. I will then send means that enable the life- you further details: boat crews to save lives. Full name • your full name But your moral sup- Boy/Girl (please indicate) Dateofbirtn (please print), port is equally vital. In the Address • your address and mildest of conditions to the postcode, most foul, lifeboat crews • a daytime telephone on service gain great com- Postcode.. number, fort knowing that 200,000 • an evening telephone people are 'with them' in Please complete the following message which will be number, and their work. included with the new member's welcome pack: • your membership The dedication of the number, if you have one. lifeboatmen and women is This membership is a gift from Your help will be greatly matched only by the ad- appreciated. Royal National miration and commitment If you wish the welcome pack to be sent to a different Barbara Trousdell of their supporters. That is address, please firmly attach the alternative name and address on a separate sheet. Note: the address something special. of the new member must be completed above. Lifeboat Institution Code AJNL2/1 | People and Places around and about the RNLI

On Station INSHORE Obituaries Relief - D425 on 5 March 1992. The following lifeboats have taken Fleetwood - D424 on 7 April 1992. With deep regret we record the following deaths: up station and relief fleet duties: Relief - D428 on 14 April 1992. JUNE 1990 ALL-WEATHER Minehead - D420 on 21 April 1992. Mrs Dorothy Rowson, founder secretary of Wainfleet and District ladies guild from 1962 to 1970 when she Workington - Tyne 47-028 (ON 1141) Relief - D430 on 8 May 1992. held the office of treasurer/secretary until she was Sir John Fisher on 8 June 1992. Walmer - B589 on 28 May 1992. elected as president in 1989. Mrs Rowson was Peel -Mersey 12-22 (ON 1181) Ruby Blackpool - D429 on 9 June 1992. awarded a Silver badge in 1980. Clery on 10 June 1992. Looe - D355 on 15 June 1992 (for DECEMBER 1991 Mrs Joan Jenkins, honorary secretary of Truro branch Swanage - Mersey 12-23 (ON 1182) one season's evaluation) since 1972. Mrs Jenkins joined the committee in 1971 Robert Charles Brown on 12 June 1992. Relief - D433 on 24 June 1992. and from 1972 until her death served as joint honorary Rhyl - Mersey 12-24 (ON 1183) Lil Relief - D432 on 24 June 1992. secretary with her husband. She was also souvenir secretary and was awarded a Silver badge in 1987. Cunningham on 23 June 1992. Clacton-on-Sea-D431 on 1 July 1992. APRIL 1992 Relief-Mersey 12-25 (ON 1184) Bingo Port Erin - B515 on 24 July 1992. Mrs Pam Hill, chairman of Bristol ladies guild from Lifeline on 29 July 1992. Scarborough - D434 on 28 July 1992. 1976 to 1982 when she was elected vice president. She was awarded a Silver badge in 1985. Leslie Aplin, treasurer of Exeter branch from 1950- 1963, then treasurer of Exmouth and Budleigh Birthday honours Salterton branch til 1978. He was then elected presi- For their services to the Institution dent and continued as treasurer and organiser of the Exmouth Display Centre until ill-health forced him the following were honoured by HM was appointed coxswain. He was to retire in 1988. Mr Aplin was awarded a Gold badge The Queen in her Birthday Honours awarded a long service badge in 1986. in 1973 and was elected an honorary life governor of list: Trevor England, coxswain of Padstow the Institution in 1986. MBE: Bernard Griffith, president and lifeboat since 1978. He joined the crew in Miss Phylis Archibald, president of Ulverston 1957, was second coxswain from 1969 - branch. She had served as chairman from 1951 until honorary secretary of Canvey Island branch. Mr Griffith had been flag day 1970 and second coxswain /assistant me- her election as president in 1991 and was awarded a chanic from 1970 until his appointment as Silver badge in 1968 and a Gold badge in 1985. organiser from 1954 to 1967 when he was MAY 1992 coxswain. Mr England was awarded a elected honorary secretary, and since 1983 Silver medal in 1977 and a Silver second Mrs D. Knowles-Franks, whose generosity helped he has also served as president of the to fund the Harwich lifeboat John Fison and the Tenby branch. He was awarded a Silver badge service clasp in 1979. Mrs Muriel Tracy, lifeboat RFA Sir Gnlahad. in 1977-and a Gold badge in 1986. 30 years service to the Bath and District JUNE 1992 ladies guild. Mrs Peggy Woolley, secretary of Bude ladies guild BEM: John Connell, coxswain of Amble from 1975 until her death. She was awarded a Silver lifeboat from 1972 until his retirement in Other awards for achievements not badge in 1988. January this year. He joined the crew in directly connected with the Institu- Mrs D.E. Fison, who generously helped to defray the 1953 and was bowman from 1962 to 1967 tion's work have gone to: cost of the Harwich lifeboat John Fison. when he served as second coxswain until MBE: Jonathan Ball, principal of the Mrs Lillian Sambrook, chairman of Ashley and 1972, being awarded a vellum in 1970 and Jonathan Ball Practice. Mr Ball is a member Loggerheads ladies guild since 1985, holding the office of secretary from 1977 to 1979. a long service badge in 1982. Robert of the Bude lifeboat crew. Robert JULY 1992 Douglas, coxswain of North Sunderland Braifhwaite, chairman and managing di- John Kennedy, station honorary secretary of Lytham lifeboat from 1971 until his retirement in rector, Sunseeker International (Power- St Annes lifeboat from 1951 to 1976. He was awarded July this year. He joined the crew in 1957, boats) Ltd for services to export. Philip a Gold badge in 1975. served as bowman from 1965 to 1967 and Syms, director, Flight Refuelling Ltd for Mrs Violet Anderson, founder member of Fish- was second coxswain until 1971 when he services to product design. ponds branch in 1957 and committee member since 1969. She was awarded a joint statuette with her husband in 1980 and a Silver badge in 1987. William Stewart, station honorary secretary of Wick Long service badges lifeboat from 1980 to 1990. He was awarded a Silver The Long Service Badge for crew Stromness — Coxswain J.M. Flett, me- badge in 1990. members and shore helpers who have chanic R.S. Taylor, assistant mechanic J. George Leith, coxswain of Lerwick lifeboat from Adam. TheMumbles —CrewmemberN. 1969 to 1979. He joined the crew in 1949 and served given active service for 20 years or as bowman from 1954 until his appointment as cox- more has been awarded to: Spring. swain in 1969. He was awarded a Silver medal in Anstruther—Second coxswain J.C. Clark, 1972. launcher G. Gourlay, crew member J.W. Smith. Clacton-on-Sea — Crew members Spry Winnie! Please Note D.C. Mantripp, D.H. Wells. When young Winnie Soivden started raising Regrettably, only coxswains and branch Courtmacsherry — Second coxswain J. money for lifeboats in 1927 it was an excuse to and guild officials with a minimum of 10 get out, have fun and make friends. Little did years service can now be accepted for Crowley, crew member M. McCarthy. inclusion in the Obituaries column of Exmouth — Assistant mechanic T. Chan- she think that in 1992, at the age of 93, she THE LIFEBOAT. dler, crew member G.C. Smith. Fleetwood would become president of the Hedge End Unfortunately, the decision is neces- sary because of increasing pressures on — Second coxswain S. Musgrave, crew ladies guild. space, and we regret that it will therefore members D. Bolland, A Whittaker. Mrs Soivden retired as chairman of the no longer be possible to make exceptions Longhope - Assistant mechanic J.C. guild in 1991 having served in that capacity to the above policy. Details of the death of branch and guild Budge. Newcastle — Coxswain F.J. since 1960 - but Winnie is too valuable to be members should be passed to the appro- Morgan. Newquay - Crew member P.J. allowed to quit altogether and has been elected priate regional office, which will forward president. She was awarded a Gold badge in the information to the Editor. Bennetts. Rhyl - Mechanic C. Dutton, crew members P.A. Frost, C.J. Quinn. St 1962 and a bar to the Gold badge in 1982. Peter Port-Crew member N.T. Bougourd. 280 PAST...AND..PRESENT

25 years ago Today's lifeboatmen

From THE LIFEBOAT of March 1967 Three Bronze Medals for Welsh crew Three members of the New Quay, Cardiganshire, life-boat crew have been awarded bronze medals for gallantry for the rescue of a boy. One is the coxswain, Winston Evans, another the mechanic, Sydney Fowler. The third is a police sergeant named David Rees, who is the son of a former honorary secretary of the station and a member of the Glamorganshire Constabulary. He happened to be at New Quay on leave at the time and volunteered for service in the life-boat. A number of boys were missing in the Llwyn Celyn area and the coastguard rescue equipment company were starting a search. Captain Jones alerted Coxswain Evans and the mechanic, Sydney Fowler, telling them to stand by as the life-boat might be needed. At 12.23 the coastguard asked if the life-boat could search from the River Drewy to the Gilfach-yr-Halen area using her searchlight. There was a north-easterly breeze with a choppy sea. Visibility was moderate to good. It was high water. The life-boat St Albans, one of Dave Kennett is coxswain of the Yarmouth lifeboat. Having the 35 foot 6 ins Liverpool type, was launched and reached the area joined the crew in 1968, he served as second coxswain from at 1.10. Coxswain Evans brought the life-boat as close to the cliffs as 1969 until his appointment as coxswain/mechanic in 1971. he could and began a thorough search. Since 1979, Dave has been the station's full-time coxswain. After about half an hour a shout was heard and the searchlight In 1975 he was awarded a Silver medal for the rescue of picked out a boy stranded on a ledge about 20 feet up the cliff. the crew of five of the yacht Chayka oMrdgourwhich was in Because of the ou tlying submerged rocks and the backwash from the difficulties approximately 14 miles south of The Needles in a cliffs Coxswain Evans decided against taking the life-boat in. Yet it was clear that immediate action was needed because the boy seemed northerly Storm Force wind, a very rough confused sea, a to be very distressed. Sydney Fowler and Sergeant David Rees heavy swell and torrential rain. immediately volunteered to swim ashore. The mechanic took the During 1990 he was awarded a Bronze medal for exem- light nylon line with him in case the breeches buoy might be needed. plary boathandling skills and seamanship in a joint service The coxswain then anchored the life-boat as near to the cliffs as was with the Swanage lifeboat when two members of the crew safe. were rescued from the RoRo cargo vessel Al KVva?/?erwhich Although strong swimmers the men had great d if f iculty in reaching was in difficulties some three miles south of Peveril Point in the cliffs through the backwash. Sergeant Rees managed to get a a westerly storm force wind and a heavy breaking sea on 281 foothold and pushed Mr Fowler on to the lower end of the ledge. The 29 October 1989. mechanic then secured the nylon rope to a rock and the police sergeant was able to pull himself up on to the ledge. They reached the boy who told them that two of his companions had fallen down the cliff. He refused to move, and some persuasion was needed before the two men could get him into the breeches buoy. He was then hauled to the life-boat where he was kept warm and treated for Facts and Figures exposure and shock. Mr Fowler and Sergeant Rees then began a search for the other Provisional statistics as at 21 August 1992 show that so boys. They were joined by two members of the Coastguard rescue far during 1992: equipment company named J. Davis and G. Lewis, who managed to The RNLI's lifeboats have been launched 2,362 bring the Neil Robertson stretcher down. times (an average of more than 10 launches a day) The two boys were found lying on a small pebble beach at the foot of a steep gully. One was already dead and the other seriously 583 lives have been saved (an average of more injured. The rescue team strapped the injured boy into a stretcher but than two each day) he was too badly hurt to be hauled up the cliff. Four per cent of all services carried out by lifeboats The mechanic hailed the coxswain and asked if he could bring the were in winds of Force 8 and above life-boat into the beach. Coxswain Evans weighed anchor. The Nearly 55 per cent of all services were to pleasure mechanic and police sergeant both waded in and guided the life- boat into the beach where the coxswain was able, with difficulty, to craft (sail, power and manual pleasure craft) maintain his position by continual use of the engines. There are 269 lifeboats on station, with a further The men put the stretcher with the injured boy and the body 105 in the relief fleet. aboard the life-boat and then climbed aboard. By this time both Mr To 21 August 1992, 122,025 lives have been Fowler and Sergeant Rees were suffering considerably from cold saved since the RNLI was founded in 1824. and they were treated for exposure. A message was sent asking for a doctor and an ambulance to be waiting and the life-boat made for New Quay. Captain Jones arranged for a local boat to take out a doctor and a nurse in order to Costs reduce delay, as there was then little water in the harbour. The life- The cost of running the RNLI in 1991 was £44m. boat arrived off the harbour at 2.30 in the morning and the injured The approximate current cost of building a lifeboat is: boy was put into the small boat, but he died before reaching the quay. The rescued boy was landed and taken to the police station. 16ft D class inflatable £10,000 The life-boat anchored in the outer harbour and was rehoused at 21 ft Atlantic rigid inflatable - £56,000 11.10. She suffered only superficial damage to the paintwork round 12m Mersey £650,000 the bow. Fast Afloat Boat 4 - £900,000* Certificates recording their part in the service have been issued to Fast Afloat Boat 3 - £1,200,000* the other members of the life-boat crew. 'Estimates based on prototypes, production costs may differ 281 LIFEBOAT SERVICES

Aberdeen, Grampian Calshot, Hampshire Hastings, East Sussex 54ft Am n ON 2050: Aprils 33/f Brede ON 1104: March 13 and 15 12m Mersey ON 1125: March 30 (twice), April 5,15 D class: May 21 Campbeltown, Strathclyde and 26 Aberdovey, Gwynedd 52ft Arun ON 1059: March 24 and April 26 D class: March 27 (twice), April 1, May 15,17, 24, Atlantic 21: March 11, 25, April 25, May 23 (twice), Relief 52ft Arun ON 1108: May 16 27 and 31 26 (twice) and 27 Cardigan, Dyfed Hayling Island, Hampshire Abersoch, Gwynedd C class: March 7 Atlantic 21: March 5, 22, April 13,17, 24, May 13, Atlantic 21: May 2 and 3 Clacton-on-Sea, Essex 16, 24, 25, 27, 29 and 31 (twice) Aberystwyth, Dyfed Atlantic 21: March 18, April 12 (three times), May Helensburgh, Strathclyde C class: May 26 (twice) 9,16,19 (twice) and 23 (twice) Atlantic 21: March 2,6,17 (three times), 22, April 5,17 Aldeburgh, Suffolk D class: May 18 (twice), 18, May 3, 4 and 11 (3 times) Relief 37ft 6in Rather ON 1064: May 25 Cleethorpes, Humberside Holyhead, Gwynedd D class: March 12 D class: April 16, May 24 and 31 47ft Tyne ON 1095: March 3, April 2, May 5, 20, 23, Alderney, Channel Islands Clifden, Co Galway 26 and 29 44ft Waveney ON 1045: March 26, April 25 & May 17 C class: April 26 D class: May 23 Amble, Northumberland Courtown, Co Wexford Horton and Port Eynon, West Glamorgan 44ft Waveney ON 1004: April 1 D class: April 27 and May 24 D class: April 18,19, May 9,17 and 27 D class: March 22, 23, April 1 and May 1 Criccieth, Gwynedd Howth, Co Dublin Angle, Dyfed C class: May 2, 26, 27 (twice) and 28 (3 times) 52ft Anm ON 1113: April 4 and May 10 47ft Tyne ON 1114: March 25, April 12, May 7,29 & 31 Cromer, Norfolk Relief 52ft Arun ON 1150: May 27, 28, 30 & 31 Anstruther, Fife D class: May 19 and 25 D class: May 31 32m Mersey ON 1174: April 8 and 11 Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear Hoylake, Merseyside Appledore, North Devon Atlantic 21: April 24 and May 23 12m Mersey ON 1163: May 26 Atlantic 21: March 13 and Aprill3 Donaghadee, Co Down Humber, Humberside Arbroath, Tayside Relief 52ft Arun ON 1150: Mar. 17, Apr. 24 & 27 52ft Arun ON 1123: March 3,12,17, 22, May 5,9, 37ft 6in Rather ON 1054: April 27 and May 27 52ft Arun ON 1107: May 22 29, 30 (three times) and 31 Arran (Lamlash), Strathclyde Douglas, Isle of Man Hunstanton, Norfolk C class: April 3,17 and May 31 47ft Tyne ON 1147: April 12 and May 22 Atlantic 21: March 9, April 7, May 16 (twice), 18, Arranmore, Co Donegal Dover, Kent 19, 26 (twice), 27 and 30 47ft Tyne ON 1111: March 3, 7, 9 and 24 50ft Thames ON 1031: April 5 (twice) Ilfracombe, North Devon Relief '47ft Tyne ON 1115: April 4, May 17,18 and 28 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1081: May 8, 9, 25 and 31 (twice) 32m Mersey ON 1165: May 3 and 27 Atlantic College (St Donat's Castle), S. Glam. Dunbar, Lothian D class: April 6,19, 28 and May 3 Atlantic 21: May 18 Relief 48ft 6in Solent ON 1020: March 10 Inshore Lifeboat Centre, Cowes Base Ballycotton, Co Cork Relief 48ft 6in Solent ON 1019: Apr. 7, May 24 Atlantic 21: May 27 52ft Arun ON 1067: April 5 and May 19 D class: May 3 and 24 Invergordon, Highland Baltimore, Co Cork Dungeness, Kent Relief 44ft Waveney ON 1034: May 1 and 5 47ft Tyne ON 1137: April 13, 23, 26, May 8,10,11, 37ft Bin Rather ON 1048: March 20, 28, April 6,11, 44ft Waveney ON 1033: May 10 and 17 (3 times) 16,17 and 30 19 and May 28 Islay, Strathdyde Ballyglass, Co Mayo Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin 50ft Thames ON 1032: March 3, 4, April 4, 26, May 52ft Amu ON 1159: March 30 and May 5 Relief 44ft Waveney ON 1036: April 15, May 21 and 28 25 and 28 Bangor, Co Down D class: March 9, April 15,17 and 29 Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford Atlantic 21: April 12,18,25,26 (twice), May 20 and 27 Eastbourne, East Sussex Relief 37ft Oakley ON 976: May 15 Barmouth, Gwynedd 37/f 6in Rather ON 1055: April 16, 26, 27, May 13 Kinghorn, Fife 37ft 6in Rather ON 1063: May 28 (twice) and-23 C class: April 18 (twice) D class: May 23, 26 and 27 (three times) D class: March 15, April 12,18, 20, 23 (three times), Kippford, Dumfries and Galloway Barra Island, Western Isles May 3, 8 (twice), 17, 25 and 31 D class: May 24 52ft Arun ON 1143: March 24,25,31, April 9, May 21 Exmouth, South Devon Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway Barrow, Cumbria 33ft Brede ON 1088: April 8,14,20, May 1,9,14 and 17 Atlantic 21: March 15, April 9 and 21 47ft Tyne ON 1117: March 19, 20, April 17, May 26, D class: March 26, April 20, 26 (twice'), May 2 Kirkwall, Orkney 27 (twice) and 29 (twice) (twice) and 18 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1103: March 5,14 (twice) and 17 D class: April 22, May 22, 24, 25 and 27 Eyemouth, Borders Kilkeel, Co Down Barry Dock, South Glamorgan 44ft Waveney ON 1026: March 31 and May 7 D class: May 7 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1071: March 21, April 30, May Falmouth, Cornwall Atlantic 21: May? 9 (three times), 17, 24, 26, 28 and 29 52ft Arun ON 1058: March 29, April 12,26, May 5,25 Largs, Strathclyde Beaumaris, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: March 29 (twice), April 4, 9,12,17, Atlantic 21: March 1, 22 (twice), April 5,14,15, 21, Atlantic 21: March 5, 27, April 12, 24, 25, May 2 May 7 and 26 25, May 2, 4,19, 23, 24, 26 (twice), 27, 28, 30 and 31 (twice), 3, 9, 16,17, 24, 26, 27 and 28 Filey, North Yorkshire Lerwick, Shetland Bembridge, Isle of Wight 12m Mersey ON 1170: March 1 (twice), 21, April 8,25 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1062: April 20 47ft Tyne ON 1126: Apr. 11,12,18, May 16 & 31 D class: April 7,18,19, 25 and May 10 Little and Broad Haven, Dyfed D class: April 11 and May 24 Flamborough, Humberside D class: May 25 Blackpool, Lancashire 37ft Oakley ON 972: March 7 and 21 The Lizard, Cornwall D class: March 1, 20 (twice), April 17, 24, May 20 Fleetwood, Lancashire 47ft Tyne ON 1145: March 31, May 2 and 22 (three times) and 24 (three times) 47ft Tyne ON 1156: March 20 (three times), 21, Llandudno (Orme's Head), Gwynedd Blyth, Northumberland April 5, May 11 and 26 12m Mersey ON 1164: April 3, May 14 and 23 44ft Waveney ON 1079: April 5, May 20, 23 & 29 D class: March 20, April 5, May 20 (twice) and D class: April 3,19, May 14,15 (twice), 16,18 and 23 D'class: May 10 and 23 26 (twice) Lochinver, Highland Borth, Dyfed Fowey, Cornwall Relief 52ft Arun ON 1144: March 30 D class: May 23, 24, 26 and 28 44ft Waveney ON 1028: May 2, 4 & 17 (twice) Lough Swilly (Buncrana), Co Donegal Bridlington, Humberside Fraserburgh, Grampian D class: May 14 32m Mersey ON 1124: April 2,15,17, 25 (twice) and 47ft Tyne ON 1109: April 19 Lowestoft, Suffolk May 23 Galway Bay, Co Galway Relief 47ft Tyne ON 1122: March 16,17 and D class: April 19, 25, May 3 and 26 52ft Anm ON 1118: March 2, 29, April 11, 24, 28, 30 (twice) Brighton, East Sussex May 1,16 (three times) and 24 Lyme Regis, Dorset Atlantic 21: March 8,16, 22, 23, April 12, May 14, Girvan, Strathclyde Atlantic 21: March 8, April 30 and May 9 16 (three times) 17, 26 (twice), 27 (three times), 28 Relief 33ft Brede ON 1105: March 16, 24, May 10, 23 Lymington, Hampshire and 31 (three times) and 29 Atlantic 21: March 15, April 19 and May 26 Broughty Ferry (Dundee), Tayside Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk Atlantic 22: May 3 52ft Antn ON 1056: April 18 44/1 Waveney ON 1065: May 6 Lytham St Annes, Lancashire D class: April 2,18, 21, May 3,15,17, 29 (twice) & 30 Atlantic 21: March 10, April 6,10 and 29 47ft Tyne ON 1155: March 21, April 12, 30, May 20 Buckie, Grampian Hartlepool, Cleveland (twice), 24 (twice) and 28 52ft Arun ON 1093: May 31 44/1 Waveney ON 1044: April 4 D class: March 8, April 5, 20, 30, May 20 (twice) Bude, Cornwall Relief 44ft Waveney ON 1001: April 7, May 23 and 24 (three times) D class: April 19 (twice), 21 and May 9 Atlantic 21: May 23 Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex Harwich, Essex D class: April 12, May 4,14, 27 and 31 D class: March 3 44ft Waveney ON 1060: May 16 (twice) and 28 Mallaig, Highland Burry Port, Dyfed Atlantic 23: 'March 9, 21 (twice), April 22 (twice), 52ft Arun ON 1078: March 16 (twice), April 9,10 D class: April 14, May 17, 25 and 27 23, May 9,16 and 26 (twice) (twice), 16, 28, May 2, 3, 26 and 28 282 MARCH, APRIL AND MAY 1992

Margate, Kent FwIIheli, Gwynedd Swanage, Dorset Urn Mersey ON 1177: May 11 and 23 12m Mersey ON1168: April 22 Relief 37ft 6in Rather ON 1024: March 7, April 11 D class: March 4, April 5/11,13,19, 20, May 13, 21, D dass: April 19 and May 2 (twice), 19 and May 16 22 and 23 Queensferry, Lothian Teesmouth, Cleveland Marazion, Cornwall Atlantic 21: March 22, 29, April 18 (twice), 20, 30, 47/f Tyne ON 1110: March 28, May 9,16 (twice), 19 D class: May 17 and 31 May 4,10 (twice), 16,17,18 (three times), 19 and 21 and 21 Minehead, Somerset Ramsey, Isle of Man Teignmouth, South Devon Atlantic 21: April 21 and May 23 12m Mersey ON 1171: May 16 Atlantic 21: March 18, 21, April 17, 20, 25, 26, May 1 Moelfre, Gwynedd Ramsgate, Kent Tenby, Dyfed Relief 47ft Tyne ON 1146: March21 (twice) & April 17 47ft Tyne ON 1154: March 3 and 27 47/1 Tyne ON 3112: March 26,30, April 11 and May 20 D class: March 21 (twice), April 11,17,18,21, May 17 Atlantic 21: March 29 D das's: March 22, April 13, May 14,18, 24 and 27 Montrose, Tayside Red Bay, Co Antrim Thurso, Highland 47ft Tyne ON 1152: March 6 Cdass: March 17 and April 12 52ft Arun ON 1149: March 7, April 9 and 14 Morecambe, Lancashire Redcar, Cleveland Tighnabruaich, Strathclyde D class: May 11 and 24 Atlantic 21: April 6,11,12, May 8,19, 21 & 27 D dass: April 26 (twice) Mudeford, Dorset D class: April 12,19, May 16,21 and 27 Tobermory, Strathclyde Atlantic 21: March 19, April 4,10,12,13,16, May 2, Rhyl, Clwyd 54/t Arun ON 1052: March 12, April 5, May 2 and 16 23 and 25 Relief 37ft 6in Rother ON 1000: April 2 (twice) Torbay, South Devon The Mumbles, West Glamorgan Relief 37ft 6in Rother ON 1022: May 15 54/t Arun ON 1037: March 15,18, 22, 29, April 2, 47ft Tyne ON 1096: March 15 (twice), 20, 28, April D class: March 22, 29, April 18, May 24 & 25 12, 26 (three times), 28, May 1,10,17 and 23 11 (twice), May 9, 23, 24 and 31 Rosslare Harbour, Co Wexford D class: March 7,10,19, 29, April 4,12, May 20 and D class: April 3,17,19 and May 23 52ft Arun ON 1092: April 18 23 (twice) Newbiggin, Northumberland Rye Harbour, East Sussex Trearddur Bay, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: March 3, 25 and April 27 C dass: March 15, 29, 30, May 17, 25, 26 and 27 D dass: May 16, 24 (twice), 26 (twice) and 28 (twice) New Brighton, Merseyside St Abbs, Borders Troon, Strathclyde Atlantic 21: April 2,13, 20, 22, May 16 and 31 Atlantic 21: April 4, 21 and May 18 52ft Arun ON 1134: March 3, April 1,18, 22, May 2, Newcastle, Co Down St Agnes, Cornwall 16, 22, 23 (twice) and 27 37ft Oakley ON 974: May 7 D dass: April 10 and May 11 Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear Newhaven, East Sussex St Bees, Cumbria 52ft Arun ON 1061: March 18 52ft Arun ON 1106: March 9, April 3,10,14,19, 26, C class: April 25 D dass: March 22 30 and May 31 (three times) St Catherine, Channel Islands Walmer, Kent Newquay, Cornwall Atlantic 21: March 27, April 16 and May 16 Atlantic 21: May 9 and 18 C class: March 19, April 23, May 13 and 23 St David's, Dyfed D class: May 17 and 26 New Quay, Dyfed 47/f Tyne ON 1139: March 17, April 3,4, May 2 and 7 Walton and Frinton, Essex 12m Mersey ON 1172: May 28 St Helier, Channel Islands 48ft 6in Solent ON 1012: April 12 (twice) D class: April 12,18, May 5,18, 23 and 25 47ft Tyne ON 1157: March 27, April 25 and May 31 Wells, Norfolk North Berwick, Lothian St Ives, Cornwall 22m Mersey ON 1161: April 2, May 28 and 29 D class: May 3 12m Mersey ON 1167: March 10, May 10 and 13 D class: May 3 (twice) North Sunderland, Northumberland C class: April 13,18 and 20 West Kirby, Merseyside 12m Mersey ON 1173: April 13, 20, May 9 and 31 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly D dass: March 1, 24, May 1, 3 and 17 D class: April 20, May 2 and 9 52ft Arun ON 1073: May 15 West Mersea, Essex Oban, Strathclyde St Peter Port, Channel Islands Atlantic 21: March 1, 21, 22, 29, April 13,17, 21, 33ft Brede ON 1102: March 1,12,17, April 9,12,18, 52/1 Arun ON 1025: March 18, 25, 26, April 7,12, May 1, 3, 4, 9 (twice), 10,19, 24, 27 and 30 (twice) 26, May 3, 4, 7 (twice), 16,18 and 25 14, 25 and May 2 Weston-super-Mare, Avon Padstow, Cornwall Salcombe, South Devon Atlantic21: March 19, April 14,25 and May 9 (3 times) 47ft Tyne ON 1094: March 16, April 7,12,18, 24, 25, 47ft Tyne ON 1130: March 28 D dass: April 18 and May 9 30 and May 17 Relief 47ft Tyne ON 1142: April 7,15, 24 and May 9 Weymouth, Dorset Peel, Isle of Man Scarborough, North Yorkshire 54/f Arun ON 1049: April 13, May 1 and 18 12m Mersey ON 1181: May 31 12m Mersey ON 1175: March 26, 30, April 15, May Whitby, North Yorkshire Atlantic 21: May 11 and 24 (four times) 13,16 and 20 47/f Tyne ON 1131: March 5, April 5,14,18, May Penarth, South Glamorgan Relief 12m Mersey ON 1169: May 24 17, 20'(four times) and 23 D class: March 8,17, April 29, May 3,15,16,17 and D class: April 26 and May 6 Ddass: May 20 29 (twice) Selsey, West Sussex Whitstable, Kent Penlee, Cornwall 47/f Tyne ON 1074: March 2, May 25, 27 (twice) & 28 Atlantic 21: March 28, April 19, 24 (twice), May 1, 7 52/1 Arun ON 1085: April 12 D dass: April 20, May 10,16, 25 and 28 (twice), 9,11, 20, 24 and 31 Peterhead, Grampian Sennen Cove, Cornwall Wick, Highland 47/1 Tyne ON 1127: April 6,14 and 25 12m Mersey ON 1176: May 10,16, 26, 27 and 29 47/f Tyne ON1121: March 6,14, April 14,18 & May 11 Plymouth, South Devon Sheerness, Kent Wicklow, Co Wicklow 52ft Arun ON 1136: March 21, April 5 (twice), 13, 44/t Waveney ON 1027: April 5,12,15 and 16 47/f Tyne ON 1153: March 29, April 25, May 14 and 21 17,18, 30, May 12 and 25 Relief 44ft Waveney 1002: May 9,25,26 (twice) and 31 Withernsea, Humberside Poole, Dorset D class: March 29 (three times), April 16,20,22,23,26 D class: April 24, May 1, 4 and 5 33ft Brede ON 1089: March 22, 23, 24, April 1, 2, 12 (twice), May 16, 21, 26 (twice) and 27 Workington, Cumbria (twice), 25 and 26 Sheringham, Norfolk 48ft 6in Solent ON 1021: May 11 and 29 Relief 33ft Brede ON 1090: May 13, 23 (twice) and 25 Relief 37ft Oakley ON 986: March 19 and 23 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight Boston Whaler: March 23, 24 (twice), April 1, 7,12 Shoreham Harbour, West Sussex 52ft Arun ON 1053: March 2,13 (twice) and 29 (three times), 16, 25, May 1,13,17, 21, 23, 26 and 27 47/f Tyne ON 1158: March 29 and April 30 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1086: April 29, May 2, 22 and Port Erin, Isle of Man Skegness, Lincolnshire 30 (twice) Relief 37ft 6in Rather ON 1047: May 1, 3 and 28 12m Mersey ON 1166: May 18 and 30 Youghal, Co Cork Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan D class: April 18, 26 and May 25 Atlantic 21: April 21, May 11 and 17 D class: March 15, May 2, 4, 9,18 and 23 (twice) Skerries, Co Dublin Porthdinllaen, Gwynedd D class: April 16, May 3, 28, 30 (twice) and 31 Lifeboats on Passage 47ft Tyne ON 1120: May 11 and 28 Southend-on-Sea, Essex Arun ON 1086: March 9 and April 4 Port Isaac, Cornwall D dass: March 8, 21 (twice), 22, 26, April 13,18, 25 Arun ON 1059: May 23 D class: April 16,18 (twice), May 17, 24, 25 & 30 and May 7 Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway Atlantic 21: March 22, April 8,11,13,15,'l8, 29, 47/1 Tyne ON 1151: March 1 and May 24 May 2, 4 (twice), 6, 9 and 17 (twice) Portree, Isle of Skye Southwold, Suffolk Lifeboat Services 44ft Waveney ON 1042: March 21, 27, May 22 and 25 Atlantic 21: March 30 and April 17 March, April and May 1992 Portrush, Co Antrim Staithes and Runswick, North Yorkshire 52ft Arun ON 1070: April 3, 21, 28, May 15, 22 Atlantic 21: March 22 and May 19 The services listed are those for which (twice), 26 and 27 Stornoway (Lewis), Western Isles returns had been received at Headquar- Portsmouth (Langstone Harbour), Hants Relief 52ft Arun ON 1108: March 13 ters by 1 August 1992. There may be D class: March 9, 22, April 12 (twice), 30 and May 3 52ft Arun ON 1098: May 4 additional services for which returns had Atlantic 21: March 4, April 12, 30, May 3, 8, 20 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear not been received by that date. and 30 44ft Waveney ON 1043: Marchll and April 19 (twice) Port Talbot, West Glamorgan D dass: April 5, 8,13,17,19, 20, 27, May 13, D class: May 10 15 and 26 ©ok hi some recent publications reviewed

THE SPICE OF LIFE rials might have caused its HEROES ALL! service and the crews, recog- by 'Albert' downfall, contrary to the gov- The story of the RNLI nising that each station has its Published by Harvey Press, ernment-recognised reason of by Alec Beilby own amusing or sad story to 23/20 Royal Hospital, London 'human error'. Foreword by RNLI Chairman Michael Vernon tell and illustrating that the SW34SRat£10(plus£1p&p) This book, with the aid of Published by Patrick Stephens calls upon a lifeboatman's ISBN 09517513 01 meticulous research, endeav- Ltd at £14.99 skills will always be diverse 'Albert' is one of the dedicated ours to find out what really ISBN 1 852604190 and unpredictable. band of pensioners from the caused the Derbyshire to sink A year's research - and visits Theauthor, himself closely Royal Hospital, Chelsea who with the loss of more than 40 to more than 130 lifeboat sta- involved with the sea nearly collect thousands of pounds lives and why no formal in- tions - has culminated in this all his life, presents the Institu- for the RNLI at the London quiry was ever convened. comprehensive story of the tion from the point of view of Boat Show every January. RNLI, as it was in the early an 'independent observer', There's much more to mild- STORM WARRIOR days, through the war years and Heroes All reflects the en- mannered Albert than one The turbulent life of Henry and as it is today, with chap- thusiasm, dedication and might guess, as his autobiog- Freeman ters on the crews, the fund- courage of the men and raphy reveals. From his earli- by Ian Minter and Ray Shill raisers and 'behind the scenes' women of the lifeboat service, est memories in a Norfolk Published by Heartland Press at the Poole HQ and depot. all of whom the author clearly children's home during World ISBN 09517755 02 Mr Beilby dedicates half greatly admires. War I, Albert guides us From his birth in 1835 to his this book to a station-by-sta- A contribution of50p is made through his early years and death in 1904 Henry Freeman's tion account of the lifeboat to the RNLI with every copy sold. then service in the Royal Army life seemed entwined with the Service Corps in an easy-go- lifeboat service and the fisher- ing, chatty style. We hear of men of Whitby, where he lived. TOTAL LOSS THE LINE OF BATTLE his experiences overseas and At 25, he took part in the by Jack H. Coote The Sailing Warship 1650- his activities since donning the rescue of the crews of five Published by Adlard Coles 1840 famous Chelsea scarlet, in- ships, before becoming the Nautical at £9.99 Editor Brian Lavery cluding a trip on Selsey life- only survivor of an ill-fated ISBN 0-7136-3613-0 Published by Conway Mari- boat in 1985 ('It's much better rescue mission to save the crew The very words 'total loss' are time Press at £28 than a tank transporter!'). of the schooner The Merchant. enough to send a shiver down ISBN 085177 561 6 Albert's life has been a It claimed the lives of 12 of his the spine of anyone who goes This, the second volume of patchwork of colourful epi- fellow crew members. to sea - and after reading Jack Conway's The History of the sodes, happy and sad, but the This book chronicles im- Coote's excellent compilation Ship makes fascinating read- overall result is a fascinating portant occasions in the life of of first-hand account of the ing for anyone with an inter- insight into the times of an an heroic and enigmatic char- loss of some 40 yachts that est in the history of sailing extraordinary 'ordinary' man. acter. It provides an interesting shiver turns to a shudder. ships and in particular the and informative read which The author says in his pref- fighting ship. With Dr Basil A SHIP TOO FAR details Henry Freeman's ace This is not a pessimistic Greenhill as consultant editor The mystery of the Derbyshire struggle against both bu- book...' and despite its con- and contributions from other by Dave Ramwell & Tim Madge reaucracy and the elements. tents it is not. It is sobering experts in various fields one Published by Hodder & reading, but from its pages the feels that it can be trusted to be Stoughton at £14.99 RNLI LIFEBOAT LYME REGIS average sailor may learn much as accurate as modern research ISBN 0 340 56997 2 Edited by T.K. Faragher from the experience of others allows. A beautifully pro- Twelve years ago the Derby- Available from the chairman, Lyme who have survived the trauma duced and well-illustrated shire, the largest ship ever lost Regis Guild, 9 Springhill Gardens, of losing a vessel, whether in book covering a fascinating to the UK register, sank off the Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3HL at mid-ocean or approaching period in the evolution of the coast of Japan in a tropical ty- £3.99 (+£1.31 p&p) Poole Harbour - just two of fighting sailing ship, sure to phoon she should theoretically ISBN 09519803 00 the incidents related in detail find a home on many a book- have survived with ease. Twenty five years after the in this interesting volume. shelf Now Tim Madge and Dave town's lifeboat station re- Ramwell reopen this mysteri- opened, the local guild has The following booklets have been The Story of the Ilfracombe ous case and explore the events produced a book, which the received from author Jeff Morris, Lifeboats, from Mrs Jean Boyles, which led to the tragedy. RNLI's Director Brian Miles honorary archivist of the Lifeboat 3 Victoria Road, Ilfracombe, North The book investigates the describes in his foreword as Enthusiasts Society and are Devon EX34 9LY at £2.20. available as indicated. Prices in- The Story of the Thurso Lifeboats 'Frame 65' theory, which pro- being 'full of local interest as poses the possibility that flaws clude post and packing. (2nd edition), from Mrs I. Jones, 9 well as [having] a strong life- The Story of the Scarborough Brimms Road, Thurso, Caithness in the ship's production and boat theme'. Lifeboats, from Mr G. Exley, Flat KW14 7PD at £2. the use of inappropriate mate- Chapters include 'The 3, Dentdale Manor, 56 Lowdale The History of the Brighton Life- Story of the Lyme Regis Life- Avenue, Scarborough at £2.35. boats (at £2.25) and The History Books on this page can be ordered The Story of the Torbay Life- of the North Sunderland Life- from all good bookshops (except boats', 'Lifeboat Week and where alternative addresses are Fundraising' and 'Lyme Regis boats, from Mr R. Littlewood, 95 boats (at £2.30) are available from given) by quoting author, title, and The Sea' .All proceeds go to Berry Head Road, Brixham, Devon Jeff Morris at 14 Medina Road, publisher and ISBN. TQ5 9AG at £2.40. Foleshill, Coventry CV6 5JB. the Lyme Regis Guild. 284 Around the Fundraising Regions A list of branches and guilds from the South East and North West of England regions

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