Spring 1995 International Lifeboat Conference Silver and Vellum Services Sea Safety Initiative Last Yean Legacies Helped Us Launch Over 5,000 Times

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Volume 53 Number 531 The Lifeboat Spring 1995 International Lifeboat Conference Silver and Vellum services Sea Safety Initiative Last yean legacies helped us launch over 5,000 times

Isnft that worth remembering? As a voluntary organisation, we rely on your generosity to launch our rescue missions and help bring our lifeboat crews safely home. Last year, legacies funded over 60% of the RNLI's income. Providing our courageous volunteers with a vital lifeline of lifeboats, equipment and protective clothing. As a result more than 1,400 lives were saved. We certainly think that's something to remember

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KciMoli.Tt.-d Charm No ;iwhli! The Spring 1995 Lifeboat RNLI News 290 What's happening in and around the Institution Royal National ^"5^A^ International Call... 292 Edward Wake- Walker on the 1995 International Lifeboat Lifeboat Conference in Uruguay Institution Lifeboat Services 294 Contents A Silver medal and six Vellums in three services... Volume 53 A Stitch in Time 30O Number 531 Mike Floyd looks at the Institution's Sea Safety Initiative

Chairman: Membership News 3O2 SIR MICHAEL VERNON for Shoreline, Governors and Storm Force members Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CUE RD FNI RNR Bookshelf 303 Some new books about lifeboats and other matters of interest

Your Letters 304 Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Your views on all aspects of lifeboats and related subjects

1994 Awards 306 Advertisement Manager: Awards to Coxswains, Crew Members and Shore Helpers DAVID BRANN Classified Advertisements: MARION BARDSLEY Lifeboat Services 3O8 August, September and October 1994

Past and Present 311 Headquarters: From THE LIFEBOAT of 1920 and one of today's lifeboatwomen Royal National Lifeboat Institution. West Quay Road. Poole. The Fundraisers 312 Dorset BH15 1HZ. How some of the money is raised Telephone Poole (01202) 671 133 Telex 4 1328. Registered Charity No. 209603 People and Places 318 Around and about the RNLI

Next Issue: The Summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT: THE LIFEBOAT is pub- COVER PICTURE THE LIFEBOAT will appear in July 1995, lished four times a year and is sent free and news items should be received by to RNLI members and Governors. by Colin Watson 12 May 1995, but earlier if possible. For further information on how to join All material submitted for considera- the Institution as a Member or Governor Clogher Head's Mersey tion with a view to publication should contact the Membership section at RNLI class lifeboat Doris Bleasdale be addressed to the Editor, THE LIFEBOAT, Headquarters, West Quay Road, Poole, punches through a steep sea Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Dorset BH151HZ. in nasty conditions on her Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ. home patch. Photographs intended for return should be accompanied by a stamped, Printed by the Friary Press, Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset addressed envelope. 289 NEWS NEWS

Knighthood Open days in 1995 at... for RNLI ... most lifeboat stations ...Poole headquarters Most of the RNLI's 214 lifeboat stations will be Every two years the RNLI headquarters and Chairman holding an Open Day on Sunday 28 May 1995 depot at Poole is thrown open to visitors for - the late May Bank Holiday. two days at the end of July. The RNLFs chairman became This provides a great opportunity for any- This year Open Days will be held on Friday Sir Michael Vernon when he one with an interest in the lifeboat service to 28 July and Saturday 29 July, when visitors was made a Knight Bachelor visit either their local, or favourite, station to will be able to see the Institution's latest life- in the Queen's New Year Hon- boats, watch demonstrations and displays and ours list in recognition of his meet the lifeboat crews and examine boats and equipment in detail. take tours of the headquarters building. services to the Institution. The headquarters building and depot will Sir Michael joined the In past years several stations have opened their doors during this Bank Holiday but this is be open from 10am to 6pm on both Friday and RNLI's Committee of Manage- the first year when virtually every station has Saturday. RNLI headquarters is close to Poole ment in 1963, and became a participated. railway station, and limited car parking is avail- Vice President in 1975, Deputy Stations which are not opening include able on site. Chairman in 1980 and Chair- Arbroath, Stornaway, Stromness, Thurso and Further details will be provided in the Sum- man in June 1989. Wick while Rosslare, Rye Harbour, Hastings, mer issue of THE LIFEBOAT, which is published in NEWSPOINT Ramsgate and Eastbourne are uncertain. early July. Lymington will not be opening on 28 May The tragic loss of two crew from but will be open on Bank Holiday Monday, 29 ...and Chatham the German rescue cruiser May instead. AlfriedKrupp recorded on these Anyone making a long journey and who The collection of historic lifeboats which was pages was the subject of a pa- moved to Chatham Historic Dockyard from per at the recent International would like to check whether a station is open should either call the station direct (telephone the now-closed Bristol museum will be open Lifeboat Conference, and serves for viewing on several weekends during 1995. to remind us all that despite great number in the local directory) or contact the advances in technology the sea Public Relations Department at Poole Head- Although the display is far from complete is indeed a harsh mistress. visitors will be able to view up to 14 lifeboats in quarters on (01202) 671133. The loss is felt across na- the No. 4 covered slip at tional borders, reinforcing the Chatham on the weekends of 27 International Lifeboat Federa- and 28 May, 24 and 25 June and tion's role in ensuring that infor- The Annual Meetings mation is shared between every 12 and 13 August. The collec- nation's lifeboat service - vol- tion may also be open for view- untary and state-run. The Con- A final reminder that the RNLI's Annual General Meet- ing on 16 and 17 September, sub- ference (reported on page 292) ing and Annual Presentation of Awards will be at a new ject to confirmation. Volunteers also examined the Estonia Ro- venue in 1995. Ro ferry disaster, to ensure that will be on hand to provide infor- lessons learned in the resulting Both meetings will be at the Barbican Hall in the City mation. SAR operation can be heeded of London on Thursday 18 May, the AGM starting at 1130 Please note that although the internationally. and the APA at 1430. Historic Dockyard will be open Safety must always be the The AGM is restricted to Governors of the Institution throughout the season the life- over-riding consideration, and but the APA is open to any interested party. Admission is the RNLI has never shied away boat collection is inaccessible ex- from making difficult decisions by ticket only and the last day for applications was 31 cept on the dates given above. when they are needed-for there March 1995. Tickets are being despatched in early April The Historic Dockyard is a are no second chances at sea. and any queries should be addressed to the AGM Office magnificent setting for the life- It is therefore particularly gall- at the RNLI's Poole headquarters. boats, telling the story of ing that the facts of a recent and well-publicised incident, involv- wooden warship construction ing four Cornish lifeboatmen on and the history of the yard. a fundraising event, were not fully explained by some parts of Jolly good show the media. The RNLI's stand at steering position from memory of two yachts- Two awards went A decision - logical, sensi- January's London In- a Trent class lifeboat men murdered in An- to the BBC, the broad- | ble and fully justifiable - was j reported in some quarters in a ternational Boat Show was a good crowd- tigua. cast media award to way which lent credence to the proved to be highly puller, with a 'video The central stage '999', and the special old adage of never letting the successful, in terms of wall' showing pictures was used to gain expo- group effort award to facts get in the way of a good both fundraising and of heavy seas in front of sure for the launch of 'Blue Peter'. story. public awareness. it realistic enough to the RNLI's 'Safety on Motor Boat and j Fortunately such events are rare, and most of the media re- The position of the test the sealegs! the Sea' booklet and for Yachting took the ports the RNLI's activities factu- stand was close to Several cheques the Public Relations printed media award ally, recognising the difficulty of ideal, and sales of sou- were presented during awards. The awards, and Derek Calder- its work, and supporting the venirs were up by the show, including made for contributions wood, honorary cura- whole organisation, for although some 25% on 1994 with £66,000 from the Royal to publicity for the In- tor of the Grace Dar- the crews do not seek publicity media exposure is the lifeblood membership receipts Bank of Scotland, stitution, were pre- ling Museum, the au- I of fundraising. also substantially up. £10,500 from the For- sented by Richard dio-visual and display A complete upper esters and £11,000 in Stilgoe. award. 290 NEWS NEWS

German lifeboat tragedy Trials... and tribulations? The coxswain and engineer of the German rescue cruiser Alfried Rapid technological progress manoeuvrability, although Krupp lost their lives on 1 January 1995 when the 28m (92ft) means that new concepts and only thorough trials will show vessel was hit by a sea of such ferocity that she was over- equipment are constantly whether these translate into whelmed and capsized. The rescue cruiser was returning to her coming onto the market, some practical and reliable improve- base on the island of Borkum when the tragedy happened. The of which could be of great ben- ments in operational condi- wind was gusting up to Hurricane Force 11 at the time, with efit to the RNLI. The Opera- tions. heavy snow and rain showers, a severe sea and 'an extraordi- tions department and the life- • A GPS (Global Position- nary ground swell' more than 10m (33ft) high. boat crews also feed back re- ing System) satellite naviga- At 2114 GMT she was hit ports and suggestions on a tor has been developed for in- by a ground swell of such size regular basis, and it is the task shore lifeboats. Commercially New station that the 115 tonne-displace- of the Institution's recently- available 'internals' have been ment cruiser was knocked off constituted Trials Team con- adapted for RNLI use with a at Kyle course, overwhelmed and stantly to review this flow of special weatherproof housing The RNLI is to open a new hurled into the trough upside- products, ideas and sugges- which can be used by gloved lifeboat station at Kyle of down - with enough force to tions. crew members while on serv- Lochalsh this spring, allocat- push fittings through the su- Having balanced the po- ice. Operation has also been ing an Atlantic class inshore perstructure roof. She self- tential advantages against simplified, as these sets will lifeboat for one year's evalua- righted but windows were weight and complexity they often be used in extreme con- tion. shattered and some 3 tons of can see whether suitable ideas ditions. Provided trials prove The area has seen 101 search water entered the superstruc- and equipment can be devel- satisfactory these sets should and rescue incidents in the last ture, putting nearly all of the oped to function reliably and go into production shortly. 5 years, of which Portree's electrics out of action. safely in the harsh environ- • Trials of lightweight pro- Waveney class lifeboat, 19 The engineer had been de- ment of the lifeboat service. tective helmets are under way, miles to the north, dealt with scending from the upper steer- Some of the projects in hand and around a dozen commer- 40% while the remainder were ing position at the time and at the moment are: cially-available helmets are covered by local craft. was lost overboard. The cox- • Night vision equipment being used in trials around the With Mallaig's Arun 20 swain, strapped into the up- trials have been completed on coast. Once the most desirable miles to the south it was de- per steering position, survived various items of equipment features have been identified cided that the growing activ- the initial wave but was tragi- and a recommendation made. by the crews a manufacturer ity in the area warranted a cally later swept overboard Subject to committee approval will be asked to produce a new rapid response lifeboat, par- while rescue attempts were it is expected that night vision RNLI design incorporating as ticularly as the new Skye being made by helicopter. equipment will be issued to all many of them as possible. This bridge is likely to increase the The remaining two crew all-weather lifeboats and some project is closely linked with number of visitors members, one injured as a re- inshore lifeboats, starting dur- the investigation into the pos- An Atlantic class rigid in- sult of an earlier service, were ing 1995. sibility of built-in radio inter- flatable was chosen because of inside the wheelhouse or be- • Controllable pitch pro- coms for crew members. the need for a fast response low and survived. pellers (CPPs) were fitted to And, just to show the wide time and also the requirement The RNLI extends its sin- the prototype Severn class in range of items under review, to cope with strong prevailing cere condolences to the Ger- early 1995 and are undergo- the team is also involved in winds, large seas and strong man lifeboat service and to all ing trials which will last sev- the less glamorous tasks of test- tides. those involved. eral months. CPPs offer sev- ing crew's wellies and the eral theoretical advantages in search for a new slipway terms of performance and grease!

Last of the line leaves Poole The last of the RNLI's rigid in- harbour, but she had been relieved shore lifeboats was withdrawn for maintenance by rigid inflat- from her station at Poole on 28 able Atlantics which had also November 1994, leaving all of the proved suitable for the area. Sam Institution's ILB work in the hands and Iris Coles has been allocated to of inflatables or rigid inflatables. the inshore lifeboat centre at The A class Sam and Iris Coles, Cowes where she will be used as a a 20ft 6in glassfibre Boston Whaler, general purpose boat. entered service in 1985 and had Poole's new ILB will be an At- been the only surviving rigid ILB lantic 75, but temporarily the re- since the last of the 18ft 6in lief fleet Atlantic 21 B548 Alder- McLachlans was withdrawn in shot, (ex-Hayling Island which will April 1988. The Whaler had been also receive an Atlantic 75 shortly) The last rigid inshore lifeboat in RNLI service was the Boston Whaler retained at Poole because of the is housed in the new floating boat- A513 Sam and Iris Coles, pictured in action inside Poole Harbour nature of Poole's large shallow house with its built in slipway.

291 nternational call... The RNLI's Head of Public Relations, Edward Wake-Walker, reports from the International Lifeboat Conference in Uruguay

A hundred or so delegates from 26 different countries gathered proceeds of a restaurant and casino they run on the quayside. in Montevideo, Uruguay, for the 17th International Lifeboat Disappointment was audible when it was explained that a Conference, from 12 to 17 February 1995. Much has happened casino in Chile can merely mean a visitor centre! in the four years since the last world gathering in Oslo. Holland So how do you provide lifeboat cover if you cannot afford is now widely equipped with fast all-weather rigid inflatable the sophistication of an RNLI Arun class or a German 28m (92ft) boats; the USA has completed extensive coastal evaluation of rescue cruiser? Second-hand lifeboats are certainly one solution her new 47ft lifeboat. The RNLI's Severns and Trents have and Chile is the proud operator of two perfectly-preserved progressed from the drawing board to reality and France is RNLI veterans, one of them the 48ft 6in Ramsgate-type which nearing completion of a 160-vessel replacement programme. first saw service at Walton and Frinton in 1928. But they Many, many lives have been saved in those four years but combine the reliability of these sedate ladies with the speed of inevitably tragedies have also occurred, among them the Esto- two rigid inflatables, the larger 13m long, capable of 22 knots, nia tragedy and the loss of two German lifeboat crew members. water-jet driven and with lines similar to the modern Dutch If anyone needs proof that international co-operation be- RHI lifeboats. tween lifeboat societies is worthwhile, they need look no fur- West across the South Pacific in New Zealand or east across ther than an interlude during the Uruguay conference. the Atlantic in South Africa you will find a similar combination At sea in the blue waters off Punta del Este, where the estuary of ex-RNLI craft and home-developed modern designs. of the River Plate meets the southern Atlantic three men stand The conference showed considerable interest in a South in the bows of a lifeboat. She is a 48ft 6in steel Solent class, built African 5m (16ft), 30-knot rigid inflatable, developed to meet in 1972 and now with 'ADES 12' on her stern. The men are most of their inshore needs at a reasonable price. Many stations Guillermo Perez Lavagnini, president of the Uruguayan Sea launch through heavy breakers and strong onshore winds and Rescue Association (ADES), Brian Miles, Director of the RNLI the lifeboat has a flooding compartment for water ballast, to and Ray Kipling, his deputy. They are in earnest discussion provide extra weight forward when punching through surf. about when the RNLI will be able to offer for sale Waveney class Australia's Volunteer Coastguard Association relies heavily lifeboats, once they begin to be replaced by the 25-knot Trent. on its members' privately-owned pleasure boats for search and In the meantime the Uruguayans are giving the RNLI del- rescue, although their National Commodore, Graham Clarke, egation a nostalgic trip aboard an earlier purchase, the one-time explained that some bases had raised funds to obtain boats Montrose lifeboat, Lady McRobert. She, together with another specifically for life-saving. Their design varied considerably, ex-RNLI boat stationed up the Plate at Colonia (a 1956 42ft and was determined by local conditions and preferences. Watson class, once the Arbroath lifeboat) and two smaller Three countries from south of the equator, Peru, Venezuela inshore vessels, one up-river from Colonia and one at Montevi- and Argentina were represented at the conference for the first deo, forms the lifeboat cover for Uruguay. time, undoubtedly encouraged by the South American venue. This first world lifeboat conference to be held in the southern The latter two gave comprehensive accounts of their national hemisphere opened the eyes of many delegates from the longer- search and rescue provisions, Venezuela's by the Navy and established societies to the way in which countries with few Argentina's by the Prefecture Naval, similar to the United resources and long, sparsely populated coastlines can still offer States' Coast Guard. a life-saving service. ,^^^^^^^_ Uruguay, for exam- The Estonia tragedy ple, operates on a mea- The Estonia tragedy of September 1994 over-shadowed the gre annual income of US$ proceedings in the conference hall on the first day. The sinking 35,000yet extolled the of the ferry, when 137 people were rescued but 931 were lost, advantages of a volun- shook the whole world, and none more than three of the tary system at the con- countries represented at the conference: Estonia herself, Swe- ference; Chile was an- den and Finland. The ship went down virtually equidistant other. They, too, rely en- from their coasts. tirely upon volunteers Finland began with a presentation including a haunting and fundraising - and recording of the last distress messages from Estonia, and video raised eyebrows by an- footage of the traumatic task of identifying corpses brought nouncing that the four ashore served to remind delegates, if they needed reminding, boats at Valparaiso were what a serious business they were in. partially funded from the The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organi- sation (IMO), William O'Neil spoke of its initiative to improve International cooperation in action. RNLI Director Brian the safety of roll-on, roll-off ferries, and mentioned the need to Miles (centre) and Deputy look at ways of managing water should it accidentally enter the Director Ray Kipling (left) car deck, as the risk of it penetrating bow doors can never be discuss the sale of Waveney class lifeboats to Guillermo absolutely ruled out. Perez Lavagnini, the president But this was a lifeboat conference, whose main concern was of the Uruguayan Sea Rescue how more people might have been saved after the accident. Association. The venue? An ex-RNLI Solent in Uruguay! Sadly, hundreds went down with the ship, so quickly did she

292 roll over, but some 90 people escaped only to drown or die of cold. No lifeboats were called to the scene, as Estonia sank 50 miles from the nearest shore and rescue co-ordinators considered the conditions and distance too much for those available. The large vessels at the scene experienced the agony of being unable to launch their ship's lifeboats in the atrocious weather, and the lack of small surface vessels to recover people quickly from the water or liferafts was felt by several at the conference to be a significant disadvantage - particularly as the helicopters could only lift people one at a time. The problem of providing an efficient method of recovering large numbers of people from the water was addressed in a later paper by the US Coast Guard, which has developed an inflatable ramp which can be lowered over a lifeboat's side. How- The South African 5m inshore lifeboat attracted considerable attention at the ever, lifeboats need to be there in the first place conference. This cost-effective rigid inflatable has a free-flooding ballast tank Estonia's liferafts caused considerable difficulty. Some survi- forward to keep the bow down in conditions like this. vors in the water could not climb their 3ft freeboard; they frequently capsized in the heavy seas and wind; their underside value of a personal rescue device, designed to calculate its was painted black and almost invisible from above; and once position from a navigation satellite and to transmit a distress evacuated they drifted off so there was no way of telling which signal via a communications satellite, was of great relevance. had already been checked for occupants. However there was a feeling that the problem of false alarms Many lessons can undoubtedly be drawn. Better instruction experienced with EPIRBs needed to be ironed out before em- on evacuation procedures and the correct use of lifejackets, barking on a new personal one. better methods of establishing the exact number of passengers Still with personal safety, the RNLI's paper on the develop- and crew, and better lif eraf t design are just three improvements ment of its new, less bulky lifejacket for all-weather lifeboats sought in a resolution passed by the conference. was of particular interest to the Germans in view of their re- The resolution, to be presented to IMO, also asks that emer- examination of lifejacket design. gency warning systems such as GMDSS (Global Maritime Holland, too, had a story of capsize to relate. On a February Distress and Safety System) be reviewed to ensure that shore- morning in 1993 Terschelling's fast Johannes Frederik class was based search and rescue units are launched with the minimum standing by a cargo ship in darkness, a Force 10 and 50ft seas. delay. Above all, the ILF is wholly supportive of IMO's initia- The lifeboat was hit by a sea on her port beam and rolled tive to improve the safety of Ro-Ro passenger ferries and is keen through 160° before coming back upright. Foot straps and to lend its members' experience. hand-holds kept the crew in position. Heading out to sea to clear an area of heavy ground seas the coxswain found himself Lifeboat capsize confronted by a huge approaching sea; his reflex action was to Another example of the worst imaginable scenario was re- increase speed to break through the crest but the effect was to counted by Uwe Klein, director of the German Lifeboat Institu- throw the bow even more to the vertical and the lifeboat tion, whose 28m rescue cruiser had capsized on New Year's Day pitchpoled, bow over stern. 1995 with the loss of her coxswain and engineer. She righted herself, the crew were unharmed and the en- The profound effect this story (see News, page 291) had on gines re-started, although there was some damage to antennae delegates cannot be overstated, reviving RNLI memories of and the flying bridge windshield. This experience has helped to similar capsizes. The two crew members who survived aboard increase Dutch confidence in the all-weather capabilities of this Alfried Krupp must be grateful for her self-righting ability, and 36-knot, 14m (46ft) rigid inflatable. the accident brought home to all delegates that in the worst Visibility for the man at the helm in heavy seas was another conditions, even a 28m vessel is vulnerable to the seas. topic for discussion, still closely related to the subject of capsize. Uwe Klein felt there were many lessons to be learned from It is one of the reasons many modern lifeboats are built with a the experience. All ten means of radio communication aboard flying bridge, but a series of accidents in Australia and New went dead soon after the capsize, and better fail-safe systems Zealand, where vessels have broached and subsequently been are required; fittings were ripped from their fastenings on capsized by a following sea, have given food for thought to the impact and became lethal missiles; two wheelhouse windows Royal New Zealand Coastguard Federation. were shattered and must be made stronger. Lew Robinson, their delegate, found a droll way to make a Now, two men will always undertake on-deck tasks in bad serious point about a seated helmsman's restricted vision astern. weather; lifelines will be used at all times; and lifejacket design To prove his assertion of a 60° blind spot aft when sitting at the will be re-examined, as the coxswain's was torn from him. wheel he carried out an ingenious antipodean demonstration. Future lifejackets may have a personal radio locator beacon An outsized bush hat placed on the head of a fellow country- fitted. man had an unconventional rim - able to record in degrees the The common ground occupied by the different lifeboat point at which a New Zealander could recognise a randomly- societies is such that many papers prepared for the conference, drawn card as his colleague brought it stealthily into view from and several months before the accident, had a direct bearing behind. Substitute a 10m breaking sea for the ten of spades and upon it. Germany herself addressed a potential design develop- you realise Lew Robinson was not playing his joker just for fun. ment - sealing the flying bridge. Although originally part of a The Association for Rescue at Sea, an American organisation system to allow a lifeboat to operate in toxic gases, water which supports sea rescue initiatives in different parts of the swamped the upper steering position of Alfried Krupp and the world, sponsored a paper on basic seamanship and modern Germans feel the enclosed position might have a dual purpose. lifeboat technology. Hamish McDonald trains operators of fast The lifeboat was returning from a search for a Dutch lifeboat rescue craft, and pointed out that sophisticated lifeboats will crew who had been swept overboard and who was lucky to never compensate for a lack of basic seamanship and a pro- have been found, thanks to the strobe light on his lifejacket, after found understanding of the sea. He argues that there is no such spending two-and-a-half hours in the sea. thing as an all-weather vessel, however large or advanced, it is Holland's presentation to the conference on the possible only as invulnerable as its skipper allows it to be. The ILC report will be continued in the Summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT with a look at the trends in world-wide lifeboat design 293 LIFE £S...LIFEBOAT SERVICI Lifeboat *•••« to Services J SURVIVORS WALK TO LIFEBOAT Fourteen saved from yacht aground on the Goodwin Sands Ramsgate East Division Both of Ramsgate's lifeboats were called to an incident on the Good- They stood by until the casualty began to refloat on the rising tide and then began win Sands on 13 November 1994, when a French sail-training vessel the operation. There was very little wa- went aground in a WSW gale with 14 people on board. The service led ter around the stranded yacht so the to the RNLI's chief of operations writing to the station to congratulate Tyne - which had the required power - the helmsman of the inshore lifeboat, Ray Noble, and his crew could not approach closely. The Atlantic members Kenneth Crowther and Wayne Goldfinch for their skill and however, although lacking the power, made use of her shallow water capabili- determination during the service. ties to transfer a tow line. The task was The yacht, Southern Star from Dun- boat - the Atlantic 21 Ramsgate Enter- not as simple as it sounds. Working on kirk, had first grounded at about 1130 prise - because of the situation. the windward side of the casualty in gale but had not reported the fact. It was not The yacht was hard aground and it force winds, severe seas and only one- until the cross-Channel ferry Sally Star was decided to evacuate 10 of the people and-a-half metres of water it took three passed about half-an-hour later and re- on board before making any attempt to attempts to get the tow line across. The ported the yacht's dilemma that Dover tow her off. The survivors were able to station's honorary secretary remarked in Coastguard became aware of the situa- walk over the sands to the Atlantic and his report that the success of this operation. were then ferried to the Tyne which took tion - without damage to the lifeboat or The coastguard immediately asked them ashore to the safety of Ramsgate casualty was due to superb boat han- for the launch of Ramsgate's relief Tyne Harbour. dling and skill and determination. Kenneth Thelwall II. The all-weather life- On returning to the scene the inshore Eventually, and with great difficulty boat proceeded to the scene and then and all-weather lifeboats decided to at- Southern Star was pulled into deep wa- asked for the launch of the inshore life- tempt to tow Southern Star off the sands. ter and taken to Ramsgate Harbour.

yond his capabilities and he started to Two 'shore boat' services shout and wave for help. Telling him to sit down and hang on Mr Lavelle went to the nearby boat club and, with the recognised by the RNLI help of Teddy Griffen they launched one of the club's clinker built dinghies. Actions which save a person's life at sea Using the boarding boat the coxswain The casualty was being swept towards are often recognised by the Institution was able to recover the three, young the Tarbert race and with their rescue whether or not a lifeboat is involved. fishermen who had capsized their ten- boat headed into the sea the two men Two recent services illustrate the wide der, and bring them ashore for the atten- backed down on the casualty. variety of cases which come under the tion of an ambulance crew. The RNLI's As he was swept past a moored fish- category of 'shore boat' rescues. chief of operations wrote to the coxswain ing boat he was able to grab it, but ended The first involved Coxswain Francis expressing his congratulations for his up stretched full length between his din- George of Fishguard lifeboat, whose actions and for his first aid. ghy and the moored boat. The two men prompt action and knowledge of first Similarly on 15 August last year an persuaded him to let the dinghy go, and aid undoubtedly saved the life of three 86-year-old retired lighthouse keeper, were able to recover him from the water. fishermen. Jim Lavelle, watched an obviously inex- They recovered the dinghy to pre- Coxswain George was working in the perienced man launch a small dinghy vent it becoming a hazard and then boathouse on 18 November 1994 when a from the slipway at Tarbert on the Shan- landed the casualty none the worse for member of the public ran in to say that non Estuary. his experience. The RNLI's chairman has three people were in the harbour and It was not long before the man real- written to both men congratulating them shouting for help. ised that the offshore Force 6 was be- on their efforts.

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CASUALTY GROUNDED 500 YARDS OFF BEACH IN SINKING CONDITION Three saved from motor Sheerness and Whitstable ship aground and East Division awash off beach Whitstable and Sheerness lifeboats were launched after the motor ship Johnno broadcast a Mayday on 12 January 1995. The vessel, on passage from the Isle of Grain to Whitstable, had lost her hatch covers in onshore winds touching gale force and had begun to take water. Her skipper was heading for the shore to beach her. Sheerness' Waveney class lifeboat was ^^^^^^^^—~m—^^^^^^—^^^^^^— first to launch, at 0750, followed shortly by Whitstable's Atlantic 21 at 0759. 'the casualty's decks The Atlantic was first on the scene, were awash and locating the casualty at 0812 some 500 yards off the beach at Leysdown where impassable' she had grounded in a sinking condition. She had lost her hatch covers and was lying with her main decks awash and occasional seas breaking over her fo'c'sle and wheelhouse and accommodation aft. All compartments were flooded except the engine room, and there were fears that the wheelhouse windows might give way at any moment. Crew member Mike Judge was put aboard the casualty forward in order to shut down the generator and drop the anchors, and was then picked up by the Atlantic and dropped off again by the wheelhouse at 0834 - as the casualty's decks were awash and impassable. The Sheerness Waveney arrived on the scene at 0926 and the master asked to be evacuated and so Whitstable's Atlan- tic made three passes to pick up the people aboard Johnno. On the first run the mate was taken off and transferred to the Waveney; on the second the master stranded coaster and both lifeboats re- With seas breaking heavily across Johnno crew was picked up and transferred; and on turned to their stations - the Atlantic member Mike Judge can be seen aboard the casualty as Whitstable's Atlantic sheers away with one of the third crew member Mike Judge was making a net recovery at 1040 and the the survivors aboard. brought back aboard. Waveney landing her survivors at Sheer- Photo Kent Messenger By 0939 everyone was safely off the ness at 1027. Three saved by D class as casualty breaks up A service by Bembridge's D class inshore lifeboat has led quick movements by the crew balanced her and prevented a to a letter from the Chairman of the Institution congratu- capsize. lating the helmsman and crew members for their cour- Helmsman Alan Attrill then anchored the lifeboat and age and teamwork - which resulted in the rescue of three veered down to the casualty through the breakers. Attempts to people from a small motor boat aground on Bembridge pass a line failed so he entered the water and took a line to the Ledge. casualty, enabling the D class to be pulled towards the motor The lifeboat launched at 2217 on 2 May 1994 in a Force boat. When she was close enough the three survivors jumped 5 wind which was blowing on to the ledge where the aboard, just before the casualty began to break up. casualty had grounded and could be seen taking consid- The two crew members involved were Graeme White and erable punishment. Two large waves hit the lifeboat, but Geoffrey Attrill.

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ESCORT FOR LEAKING VESSEL IN GALE From the survivor's Fishing vessel taking viewpoint... Medical Evacuation at Islay water in heavy weather Islay's Thames class lifeboat was involved in a relatively routine medivac on 4 August Aberdeen's Arun class lifeboat was on service for almost seven hours in gale force 1994 but, routine or not, this account from winds when the fishing vessel Ceol-na-Mara sprang a leak some 30 miles from the one of those on the receiving end of a lifeboat service illustrates the feelings and emo- station. tions of those who are waiting for the life- The Arun, BP Forties, was launched at boat to arrive. 0430 on 12 February 1995 following re- Aberdeen ports that the fishing vessel was taking The experience of my wife and I illustrates the water and in need of assistance. Scotland excellent work of the Islay lifeboat, and will for No Scottish-based helicopters were Division yachtsmen perhaps act as a cautionary tale. available, but one had been scrambled On 4 August 1994 we were in our pre-war from RAF Bulmer. 33ft yawl, at anchor in Plod Sgeiran at the southeast corner of Islay. We had sailed across With the wind from the west at Force Aberdeen from Ireland the day before. 7 to 8 the lifeboat made good time to the My wife was starting to get dressed in casualty's position and arrived there at cramped conditions, sitting on a low bunk, 0640, just after the helicopter had low- when I heard a yelp of pain. As she pulled on her ered a pump. At the scene the seas were sock a replacement hip fitted four years ago rough, with a swell more than 5m high. became dislocated and she was in acute pain. The additional pump stabilised the Our unskilled efforts to get the joint back in situation and Ceol-na-Mara was able to failed. The nearest house was some distance away, head for home under her own power and anyway I could not have left her to go for with the lifeboat standing by. help. At 0845 I called Belfast Coastguard on The trip back, into the weather, was VHP, as reception is much clearer than towards slow, and it was three-and-a-half hours Clyde, to which Belfast in due course trans- later that the lifeboat and casualty ar- ferred me - with the help of a yacht lying at rived in the shelter of Aberdeen harbour. Gigha as relay. Islay's deputy launching authority, Alasdair Aberdeen's Arun class BP Urquart at Port Askaig, about 10 miles from Forties escorts the fishing vessel Ceol-na-Mara where we lay, had his crew ready in minutes but into Aberdeen harbour decided they should wait for a doctor. after nearly seven hours At 1011 the orange deckhouse of the Islay at sea in gale force winds. lifeboat appeared over the rocks - one of the more photo - Jim Ferguson, welcome sights of my life. Aberdeen RNLI Thomas Johnston at the helm threaded her through the shallows and came alongside. The crew (Iain Spears, Alasdair Barker, Dugald Ferguson and David Rounce) made fast and helped to make my wife comfortable with hot water bottles and blankets. Their presence was most comforting. At 1115 Dr Jean Knowles came to the nearest landing point at Knock Bay and was col- lected by inflatable. She gave my wife an injection and arranged by radio for an air ambulance to take her to Glasgow. Tom decided to tow us to Port Ellen and take her ashore there - direct Intents' rescue efforts... from our cabin, a very wise move. An ambulance was at the quay and the An RNLI member carried out a daring find the damaged casualty wedged out- paramedics got my wife onto a Robinson rescue last October when, in gale force side his cabin doors and, in the best RNLI stretcher and manoeuvred her sideways through winds, he was able to secure and rescue a tradition, assessed the situation carefully. the main hatch as it was too wide to go out flat. casualty... from his narrow boat in the in- His considered opinion was that 'It An hour and a half later she was in hospital land waterways port of Langley Mill! ain't going nowhere now...' and that the and the hip was back in that evening. The The casualty was the RNLI's Long Eaton best way to effect a rescue was to call off lifeboat crew kindly put the yacht on a mooring branch display tent - which had been the operation, wait for daylight - and go and looked after her until I returned some days erected during a weekend boat rally and back to bed! later. which was spending the night apparently The operation was resumed at first light, Our feelings still are of greatest gratitude safely secured in the basin. when with the aid of most of the other for the technical competence and human kind- However at 0420 on the Sunday morn- narrow boat crews the casualty was recov- ness of the Islay crew, Coastguards, doctors and ing a squall struck and the tent decided to ered, dragged to safety ashore and re- all who helped. emulate a balloon, failed to gain enough turned to its slightly embarrassed owners. Afterwards there were a lot of thanks to be height and crashed onto the deck of the Sadly the casualty, which was on its written-as well as something which casualties narrowboat tug Frederick II. Her skipper, maiden voyage, suffered severe damage do not always remember, a voluntary contribu- awoken by the commotion, emerged to and will never fly again. tion to the station funds to cover, as a minimum, fuel and crew costs for the service. 296 LIFEBOAT SERVICES...LIFEBOAT SERVICES...LIFEBOAT SER

NINE MEN IN THE SEA AS BOAT SINKS IN 30 SECONDS

Lifeboat crew member Peel Ireland in sea as fishing vessel Division /> sinks suddenly t* J Frank Home, a crew member aboard Peel's Mersey class lifeboat Ruby Clcry, has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum following a service to a sinking fishing vessel on 17 October 1994. In his report on the service Andrew Clift, the deputy inspector of lifeboats for Ireland division (which includes stations on the Isle of Man) remarked on crew member Home's courage in boarding the sinking casualty and for the personal risks taken while on board and helping three men from a very dangerous position just 30 seconds before the vessel sank. Ruin/ Clcry had been launched at 1114 after reports that the fishing vessel Three being trapped in the rigging as the boat Sisters with three crew members aboard sank. was sinking 20 miles north west of Peel. Crew Member Home was able to help An RAF helicopter was first on the to pull them to safety, and all nine men scene, and the winch-man was put aboard now on board the casualty (the two heli- the casualty with a salvage pump. HMS the fishing boat rolled onto her starboard copter winch-men, four naval personnel, Blachvater was the next vessel to arrive side and started to sink by the stern. one lifeboatman and two survivors) and she put another four men and more Coxswain Eames immediately gave the jumped in to the water. Three Sisters sank pumps aboard. Another RAF helicopter order to cut the tow line. within about 30 seconds and the men in arrived a short while later and landed her Crew member Home had been partly the water were picked up by inflatables winch-man aboard Three Sisters. One of in the fish hold helping to keep the pump from HMS Blackivater. the fishing vessel's crew of three was suction hose clear but managed to scram- Crew member Home was put back taken off and put aboard HMS Blackuwter. ble up to the port rail, noticing that three aboard the lifeboat with the three survi- Drifting men were now trapped on the lower, vors, who were given dry clothing and Peel lifeboat arrived at 1306 in a SE starboard side and unable to climb up to treated for shock and hypothermia, while Force 5 wind, which although moderat- the port rail because of the large list and the two winch-men were returned to their ing had kicked up a swell more than 6ft the 6ft seas. There was a real danger of respectiveaircraft and the lifeboat headed high. The fishing boat was by now very them being sucked into the fish hold or back to station. low in the water and drifting beam-on to the sea. Of the three pumps on board the A dramatic view of Three Sisters seconds before she sank. Crew member Frank Home's white helmet can be see in the centre of the group in the sea as the Navy inflatable closes in to pick them up. Photo RAF Valley casualty only one - in the engine room and tended by the trawler skipper - was working satisfactorily. One had failed to start and the suction hose of the third was continually being blocked by debris in the fish hold. After circling the casualty, Coxswain Eames decided to put crewman Frank Home aboard Three Sisters to assess the situation and help with communications. Crewman Home is a professional fisherman and was familiar with the Peel-based casualty and her crew. Coxswain Eames approached the casualty's stern and successfully transferred Crewman Home - wearing a dry suit and lifejacket - at the first attempt. To reduce the casualty's motion, and so help keep the suction hose in the fish hold free of debris, the lifeboat passed a tow and cautiously started to bring Three Sisters head-to-sea. But suddenly, at 1321,

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Lerwick Silver Medal and four Scotland Thanks on Vellum for Division service to Russian ship

Lerwick lifeboat's service to the Russian fish factory ship Pionersk, re- counted in the Winter 1994/5 issue of THE LIFEBOAT, has been recognised by the award of a Silver Medal for Gallantry to the coxswain, Hewitt Clark, and The Thanks of The Institution on Vellum to Second Coxswain PeterThompson and crew members Ian Fraser, Ian Tulloch, Robert Wiseman and Richard Simpson. Coxswain Clark took the Arun class lifeboat Soldian alongside the casualty more than 70 times in atrocious conditions with winds up to Storm Force 10, and often less than 20ft from sheer cliffs. Her crew were working on deck in total darkness and subjected to leaking bunker oil and ammonia gas. Despite the conditions 67 Russian seamen were plucked to safety. Just four days later Soldian and her crew were back in action in another service which led to the award of another Thanks on Vellum... NETS PROPELLERS AND RUDDER Three saved from disabled fishing vessel in gale and severe seas Lerwick lifeboat left her moorings at 0500 on nected using a stouter tyre. At 0900 the tow Friday 4 November 1994, a little over ten on was again underway. minutes after first hearing from Shetland coast- Only five and a half knots could be main- guard that the fishing vessel Achilles had tained and it was not until 1225 that Soldian fouled her propeller and was drifting in heavy reported being two miles from the Outer Score. seas 23 miles ESE of Bard Head. Sea conditions had moderated slightly but the With visibility between two and three miles With the sea now astern, Coxswain Clark coxswain decided to delay shortening the tow and a SE Force 8 gale creating a rough sea and decided to tow the casualty to the northerly until in more sheltered waters. steep swell in Bressay Sound the lifeboat entrance to Bressay Sound, but at 0805 a Achilles steering ability was limited, as cleared Bard Head and set course for the particularly large wave from the port quarter the nets which had fouled her propeller were casualty. laid the lifeboat nearly on her beam ends. The also around her rudder, but she was threaded Trough tew parted as the car tyre was torn apart. safely through the maze of some 70 Klondikers The seas increased, with waves now well As the tow had parted at the casualty end, anchored in the northern approaches to the over 30ft high and, at approximately 0545, the entire length of the lifeboat's line and also Bressay Sound and by 1330 she entered the with the wind gusting to 50 knots the lifeboat the line provided by Achilles had to be recov- harbour. fell into a particularly deep trough - the force ered by the lifeboat. The severe seas meant Alongside of the impact sheering the after generator that the tow could not be recovered over the Achilles could not be brought up alongside mountings and snapping the satellite naviga- stern and the only option was to bring the the lifeboat for a more controllable alongside tor aerial. lifeboat head-to-sea so that the capstan could tow because of the nets and fishing gear still The generator was secured and the life- be used to help recover it. trailing over her side. Coxswain Clark had to boat continued, making 14 knots into the very Pitching keep her astern and bring her into the Inner rough head seas, until contact was made with Careful and precise use of power and helm Harbour on a shortened tow. He used the force the casualty and 20 minutes later, at 0650, was needed as the coxswain kept the lifeboat of the wind to push her down on to Fishmarket Achilles was sighted. She was lying beam-on head-to-sea, coming slowly ahead when berth, checking the casualty's headway with to the seas and rolling so heavily that her keel needed to help recover the great length of line. the shortened tow and by precise use of the could be seen. Conditions on deck were very difficult, with lifeboat's engines. Coxswain Clark advised the skipper that the lifeboat pitching heavily in the head seas By 1400 the casualty was safe alongside. he would try to take the vessel in tow, and which were now some 50ft high. Often the Framed letters of appreciation from the manoeuvred into position off her bow. A very crew could only hang on as the lifeboat lurched Chairman of the Institution, Sir Michael long tow line was passed to reduce snatching, violently and their progress was halted. Vernon, will go to Second Coxswain/Assist- with a car tyre in the line to provide even more In the steep seas the casualty could not be ant Mechanic Peter Thompson and ere w mem- 'give'. By 0725 the tow was connected, the seen for most of the time while the tow was bers Ian Fraser, Ian Tulloch, Richard Simpson strain taken and at 0755 the tow was under gradually retrieved, but at 0850 the line was and John Sinclair for the part they played in way. finally passed back to Achilles and recon- the service. 299 A stitch in time... could save a lifeboat from launching

The RNLI has started an initiative to slow the seemingly inexorable increase in lifeboat launches - by working to prevent incidents occurring in the first place. Mike Floyd looks at the task facing Sea Safety Liaison Officer Michael Vlasto

The RNLI's traditional role has been as an organisation concerned entirely with search and rescue - and for almost 170 years it has responded to incidents as they have occurred. Yet there has been a growing realisation that prevention is always better than cure, and that the RNLI had built up a fund of experience and knowledge which could surely be of help in promoting safety at sea. Indeed there was already a precedent for a move into a preventative role, as the Institution had installed barometers at lifeboat stations in the last century so that fishermen could have access to the latest weather forecasting techniques available in the days Lifeboats will always launch, whatever the weather, but one way of reducing the calls on the service is to identify the reasons for distress calls and to before Shipping Forecasts and Michael Fish! work towards preventing those circumstances from occurring in the first The RNLF s role - under the terms of its charter - is the 'preserva- place. This is Dover's Thames class Rotary Service in some heavy weather. tion of life from disaster at sea', and to help prevent a 'disaster' developing in the first place must surely be one of the most effective be collated and analysed everyone would be in a better position to ways of doing this. prevent them in the first place. A review of the best statistics available showed that at least 100 Over the years several bodies have been active in the sea safety role, lives were being lost at sea each year - despite the best efforts of the and so the RNLI, while anxious to play its part, was determined that RNLI and other search and rescue organisations. A by-product of this it should not be seen to be charging rough-shod into an arena in which review was the realisation that there were no accurate, cohesive others had been patiently working for some time. What it could see statistics for water-related deaths. Various organisations kept their quite clearly at the outset was how it could work with all of them - each own statistics, in a way which was perfectly adequate for their own to a degree specialising in a particular aspect - and perhaps form the purposes. Predictably, different parameters applied and different nucleus around which a major, combined effort could be formed. details were recorded. This too seemed a fruitful field in which the Thus it was that just over a year ago the RNLI appointed a 'Sea RNLI's quite advanced computer database, expertise and years of Safety Liaison Officer' to oversee the Institution's role in this pre- experience could be applied, for if the reasons for this loss of life could ventative work, and to discover what could be achieved by making the Institution's particular reserves of knowledge and ability available. The man chosen for this demanding role was Michael Vlasto, an experienced ex-merchant navy officer who had already served for 19 years at the Institution's 'sharp end', first as divisional inspector of lifeboats in Scotland, Wales and the North West, and then as the RNLI's training officer. As abonus he is not inexperienced in the ways of small boats and yachts. Talking to Michael one begins to realise the enor- mity of the task he has taken on, to be aware of the patience and tact he has and his commitment to 'getting it right'.

Yachts and pleasure boats represent almost 60% of lifeboat launches, so these were the first target for the RNLI's Sea Safety initiative. Even the most well-found vessel can find herself in trouble, but the aim of the initiative is to help reduce these instances wherever possible.

300 So, where in this vast arena does he start? There are more than 6,000 locations. A National Database Working Group has been set up so that lifeboat launches a year and the spread of casualties is huge, from a it will be possible to collate the vast majority of incident statistics and stranded swimmer, through blown-away inflatables, medivacs, yachts produce definitive information from the present fragmented records. and fishing vessels in distress to commercial calls where hundreds of Once this is analysed it should be possible to identify trends and causes people are involved. more effectively, so that all of the organisations involved can target Michael knows he cannot tackle everything at once and has chosen their resources where they will be most effective. to start with pleasure boats - which at almost 60% of lifeboat calls is This improved information will also help the RNLI's continuous the largest single section of the 'market'. review of its lifeboat cover and ensure that the Institution reacts However the first step was to explore links with other bodies, and appropriately to changes in casualty patterns such as changes in then for all concerned to form first a loose-knit coalition and then, fishing strategies, marina developments and so on. finally, a more formal group. Other projects under way at the moment include the production of By the end of 1994 this group was a reality, bringing together a videos on various topics - including first aid for yachtsmen, in multitude of talents under the umbrella title of the 'Sea Safety Liaison conjunction with the RYA. This video will incorporate lessons Working Group.' learned by lifeboat crews carrying out first aid during services. Most aspects of sea safety are now represented, and working The use of Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) alongside the RNLI are the Coastguard Agency (HMCG), who initiate and Search and Rescue Radar Transponders (SARTs) are being and co-ordinate marine search and rescue and with whom the RNLI considered for future videos. obviously already has a particularly close working relationship; the In the longer term it is intended to hold a series of local seminars, Royal Yachting Association (RYA), the governing body for sailing with a panel of representatives from the various organisations in- and motorboating; the Marine Safety Agency (MSA), with its respon- volved with sea safety, to promote better liaison, understanding and sibility for all aspects of marine safety; the Royal Life Saving Society sea safety awareness among sea users. (RLSS), which provides lifeguard training and works to prevent loss The task is an enormous one, but the RNLI, and the other bodies of life through drowning; and the British Marine Industries Federation involved, are confident that it will contribute to safety at sea right (BMIF), the trade body for boat and yacht builders in the UK. across the board - and who can doubt that prevention is indeed better A close liaison is also being forged with the equivalent organisa- than cure. tions in the Republic of Ireland to ensure that the initiative reaches all parts of the coast of Britain and Ireland. In addition to this formidable array close links have also been forged with other bodies with a vested interest in sea safety, including fishermen's federations, diving organisations and other watersports' governing bodies. The first outside signs of this link-up was the introduction at the 1995 London International Boat Show of a new, free sea safety booklet, called 'Safety on the Sea'. For the first time ever the logos of the six main sea safety organisations appeared together inside the front cover, lending considerable weight to its practical contents. All six members are funding the project and distributing the booklet - which had an initial print run of some 250,000. One of the major objectives of the initiative is to set up a national database for sea-related emergencies (to be known as SEAREM), because at present statistical data is held in various formats at different

(Above) One of the illustrations from the booklet Safety On The Sea, produced by the RNLI for the Sea Safety Liaison Working Group, comprised of six of the major organisations involved in marine use and safety. Under the cartoon is a list of safety checks to make before setting off. The booklet is free and is being distributed by all six organisations represented in the group.

(left) Heavy weather is not a problem for a well prepared yacht with an experienced crew - but being pooped by a sea like this finds any weakness in the vessel, her equipment and crew. Weymouth's Arun class lifeboat was involved in this service in August 1992.

301 Governors • Shoreline • Storm Force

Deeds of Covenant Storm Force Birthday The sheet of paper which carries your address label for this issue of the journal Celebration has advice and guidelines for completing Storm Force celebrated its 1 Oth birthday on Wednes- a deed of covenant. day 4 January, appropriately enough at the London If your address label has the code COV International Boat Show where it was first launched. NA, you have already signed a covenant Two Storm Force members, Jennifer Moss from and we are most grateful for this addi- Liskeard and Richard Chambers from Cannock - tional support. There is no need to take any action. both of whom celebrated 10th birthdays at the same time - cut a special cake to mark the occasion. However, if your label has a code COV Ex-'Blue Peter' presenter Anthea Turner, who had earlier opened the Boat PC, you can ensure that the Royal Na- Show officially, visited the RNLI stand just as the cake was being cut and was able tional Lifeboat Institution receives maxi- to join in the fun. mum benefit from your subscription payment simply by completing a deed of Storm Force now has 21,772 individual members and 126 groups and its own covenant. character Stormy Stan and his friend Eric the seagull have delighted the younger If you are a UK taxpayer (whether members with their exploits, which are now being featured in a strip cartoon in Storm Force News. It is hoped that a major commercial company will 'adopt' through your salary, pension or savings) Stormy Stan as a character, with further promotion for Storm Force. you qualify to sign a covenant and this will benefit the RNLI by an extra 33p in the£l. Once a Deed of Covenant has been Over 30,000 new supporters joined us in to meet the lifeboat crews. processed the RNLI is able to recover 1994, through such diverse means as If you require any further information from the Revenue the tax which you have mailings, radio, press inserts and exhibi- please contact your regional office or ring already paid on your earnings - at no tions. Our current total of members now headquarters and ask for Jennifer Bush additional cost to yourself. stands at 212,000. (ext 2033) who will be pleased to help Please help us by completing the form. you. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact our Membership Serv- Station Open Days ices Office on Poole (01202) 671133. We hope that our members will take ad- (Below) The RNLI's stand at the London Interna- vantage of the fact that virtually all life- tional Boat Show in January 1995 was a great boat stations will be open on Sunday 28 success, with more than 800 new members joining Christmas Appeal May 1995. This is the first time that this during the 11 days that the show was open. Many existing members also visited the stand, During November 1994 members, do- event has taken place on a national basis many of them buying membership insignia and nors and customers were asked to sup- and it is marvellous opportunity for you helping to boost the Institution's funds port the RNLI through a letter from Dave Kennett, the now-retired coxswain of Yarmouth (loW) lifeboat. A wonderful response was received and more than £415,000 was raised as a result. Thank you for your most generous support. Dave has sent a personal mes- sage to all of those who responded and particularly for the kind wishes he received for his retirement (see 'Your Let- ters', page 304 of this issue). Recruitment Over 800 members were recruited at Janu- ary's London Boat Show, a tremendous result. Many existing members also visited the stand to purchase items from the insignia range, or just to say hello. To all those who did, thank you. New activities are being developed for the recruitment of members this year, to maintain our ever-growing numbers.

302 o o. some recent publications reviewed

The History of the Plymouth Boat Engines Ocean Cruising on a Budget Sailing, a beginner's guide Lifeboats by Dick Hewitt by Anne Hamick by David Seidman by Jeff Morris published by Fernhurst Books published by Adlard Coles published by Adlard Coles published by the author at at £11.95 Nautical at £13.99 Nautical at £14.99 £2.50 ISBN 1-898660-04-2 ISBN 0-7136-4069-3 ISBN 0-7136-4071-5 The second edition of one of With 'mechanical failure' the Beware! There are other books There must be as many how- Jeff Moriss's comprehensive largest single cause of lifeboat urging you to cut loose and to-sail books as there are writ- local lifeboat guides, which services to pleasure craft one sail off into the distance, and ers who sail (and some by those brings the history of this par- can only urge all skippers to telling you 'it's not very ex- who can do neither) so one ticular station up to 1994. have a working knowledge of pensive' but only Anne approaches any new entries in As usual the booklet pro- their powerplant and how to Hamick's book actually puts a this overcrowded market with vides a comprehensive guide repair the most common, and price on it! a degree of trepidation. to the various personalities, most simple, faults. At 1994 prices the author Pleasant then to be able to lifeboats and shore facilities Dick Hewitt is an ex-editor was able to produce adverts give this 200-page soft-back a which have served this major of Motor Boat and Yachting for dozens of suitable more than favourable review, centre over the years. The first magazine - which means that secondhand yachts from un- recognising a subtly different lifeboat was stationed at Ply- he knows what he is talking der £9,000 up to £25,000; a list approach which seems some- mouth in 1803, when one of about and can put the mes- of equipment on her own yacht how to reflect the author's deep the earliest Greathead-type sage across clearly. adding £2,390 (and 40p if you love for the sport and obvi- boats arrived, although after a This is not a workshop want to be picky) and a based- ously wide knowledge with- rousing greeting there seems manual; it is a plain language on-experience figure of £480 a out becoming intolerably to be no record of her being guide to all boat engines (pet- month upkeep and living... stuffy. used for lifesaving work! rol and diesel, inboard and No doubt those who have There is a difficult to define As usual technology, in this outboard, power boat or sail- girdled the world may be able middle ground when tackling instance the advent of motor ing boat) and targetted at the to pick the odd hole or two in this subject, somewhere be- lifeboats, has brought great non-mechanical sailor as well this reasonably priced, paper- tween the over-simplified changes to the area. When Ply- as the power boat enthusiast. back second edition, but if push-this-pull-that approach mouth's first motor lifeboat Generally non-specific it you're a normal yachtie and thebe-whiskered-old-salt arrived in 1927 her greater deals with basics, and also with dreaming, or on the verge of, style which seeks to introduce speed and range led to the the ancillary systems (electrics, departure I very much doubt the newcomer to making withdrawal of pulling and sail- fuel) which are so often the that you would be able to put tarred hemp baggywrinkle ing boats at the nearby Yealm cause of 'machinery failure' - this extremely practical book before he even knows where river, Hope Cove and Looe in and then a call on channel 16. down - except of course for the beer cans are stowed. 1930. (Looe at least lives on, long enough to work out how This is not a sail-in-a-week- having been re-established Another Kind of Courage to keep that £480 a month com- end book, nor is it for those with a D class inshore lifeboat by Norman Franks ing in while you're anchored with the attention span of a in 1992). published by Patrick Stephens off a Caribbean beach... down-market tabloid reader. The History of the Ply- at £17.99 A prize example of a book It is a thoughtful, quite easily mouth Lifeboats - in the famil- ISBN 1-85260-441-7 which should carry an official assimulated book which is iar booklet format for the se- Barely space here to applaud warning: wide-ranging and which slips ries, but lacking the latest ver- this detailed account of the 'CAUTION a great deal of background be- sion's colour cover - is avail- war-time work of Lysander This book may damage tween the simple facts - leav- able from Jeff Morris at 14 and Walrus in rescuing your career. ened with just the right Medina Road, Foleshill, Cov- downed pilots. A little heavy- Grave danger of amount of history. entry CV6 5JB at £2.50 includ- going in places but fascinat- enjoying life' Seamanship is ranked right ing postage and packing. ing- alongside the simple ability to sail, and a beginner who Norfolk's Lifeboats Please note that books re- worked his or her way consci- by Roger Wiltshire viewed on these pages are entiously through this volume published by S. B. Publications at £6.95 notavailablefromtheRNLI. would be well on the way to ISBN 1 85770 054 6 Where the books are knowing his onions. The sub-title of this volume: on the long, low-lying and available only from one Although obviously of 'A Portrait in Photographs and potentially dangerous coast- source an address will be American origin (betrayed by Picture Postcards' tells the rest line. given in the review. Other- 'jibes' instead of 'gybes'and of the story of this A5 land- Each station - some now wise readers should con- some classic US inshore boats scape format book. closed and Caister which now tact a good bookseller, and rigs in the illustrations) it Each of the 100-plus pages has an independent service - quoting the title, publisher has been well 'translated' for carries a well-reproduced pho- is featured and the photo- and the International the English market - and the tograph and informative cap- graphs take the story through Standard Book Number charming sketches and in- tion illustrating a particular from the early day of sail and (ISBN). formative line drawings are a aspect of the lifeboat service oar to today's fast lifeboats. delight.

303 Coxswain's Thank-you Forthleven Dash Long Standing Links Having been persuaded to be involved With reference to the article entitled Our family interest in the RNLI all in the RNLI Christmas Appeal letter, I 'Dashing home to Porthleven' in the began when, as a young soldier, I was overwhelmed with the amazing Winter 1994/95 issue. waded into the sea from the sands east response - which resulted in donations Some time ago members of the of Dunkirk and was taken aboard the totalling £400,000. Porthleven Lifeboat Day Committee Ramsgate lifeboat and eventually back Several hundred supporters wrote investigated the possibilities of restor- to England. specifically to wish me well in my ing Porthleven's last lifeboat Dash to its Some few years later my late wife retirement - which I am now beginning former glory. Having visited the boat in became a keen and active member of to enjoy. Gweek shipyard, it was decided that the Sutton Coldfield ladies' guild. How I am pleased to have this opportu- the many thousands of pounds it strange that towns such as Birming- nity to thank publicly all those who would take to restore the boat would be ham, Wolverhampton and Sutton wrote to me, and hope they will forgive better spent on the present day service, Coldfield, so distant from the sea, raise me for not writing individually. especially as we had been informed such large sums of money for the After 27 years with the Yarmouth that similar boats were housed in Institution. lifeboat I am just getting used to having Chatham Docks. The latest family interest now undisturbed nights and no responsibil- Naturally it was a heart-searching centres on our eldest son, an engineer, ity for 20 other crew members. Without decision, but given the financial who has purchased a Liverpool class them I could not have done the job and consideration of the cost of restoration lifeboat named Shirley Jean Adye once equally I am sure they will carry on the and the cost of upkeep, it was decided based at Caister. This boat is now work with the same enthusiasm under to let that part of Porthleven's history under temporary cover in his garden in the leadership of the next coxswain. go, as it is well documented in photo- Sutton Coldfield where it is his inten- Dave Kennett, graphs and historical facts remaining in tion to restore the boat to its original ex-coxswain Yarmouth lifeboat the village. condition and colours. During 1992 charitable status was He has received great encourage- applied for under the name of ment and advice from Caister and from Porthleven 2000, a charity formed the RNLI drawing office in Poole, but Calling Collectors solely for the purpose of the regenera- restoration work will take a long time. During a recent tour of the east coast we tion of Porthleven. As to the future of the boat when all took the time out to visit nine lifeboat The current owner of Dash is is completed - who knows - it is not stations that were on our route. Porthleven 2000 which was responsible suitable for the canals in the Midlands Despite the cold and miserable for her transportation to Porthleven in and it will be a long while before the weather we were welcomed at all the September 1994, where she remains sea reaches Sutton Coldfield! However, stations in true RNLI tradition. Sheringham opened its boathouse just for open to the elements. rest assured, the boat will be re- us. Although we thanked each station I I would ask visitors to Porthleven, launched somewhere, someday. would like to pass on my thanks to each especially the patrons of our Ken Baker, and every station in the country, many of fundraising lifeboat day, provisionally Exmouth. which we have visited. booked for Saturday 5 August 1995, to Editor's note: This lifeboat was originally I am also looking for lifeboat models remember that money donated to the ON 906, W. Ross MacArthur of Glas- and memorabilia to bring my collection a restoration of Dash will go to gow in RNLI ownership and was stationed bit nearer completion and would be Porthleven 2000, and not to maintain at St Abbs from 1953 to 1964. She was interested in any items, no matter how small. I can be contacted at the address the lifesaving services of the RNLI. sold out of service in 1968 and purchased below at any time. Michael Carter, by the Caister Volunteer Rescue Service in If you could possibly publish my honorary treasurer, Porthleven branch 1973. request in the magazine I would be most grateful, if not, could you put me in touch with a fellow collector. Whatever happened to... Readers' letters on all Jason Whitbread, aspects of lifeboats and 143 Illingworth Road, Goodwood, I was interested in the letter from Leicester LE5 4ET Alec Beilby in the Winter issue. the lifeboat service are Can any light be shed on the fate I collect vintage rowing postcards, of the coxswain and mechanic of the always welcome. engravings, drawings and photos of Hythe boat? Please mark your letter lifeboats. I am particularly looking for As I read it there may have been 'for publication' and scenes of rescues. unfair dismissal at best, with more I would appreciate hearing from any sinister implications at worst. Can address it to: The Editor, other RNLI members who might be able The Lifeboat, RNLI, West to help me with my collection. anyone shed more light on this? Alexander Bridge, Miles J. Robinson, Quay Road, Poole, PO Box 2732, Kennebunkport, Maine Ipswich, Suffolk. Dorset BH151 HZ. 04046, USA

304 Dynamic Return Two into Nineteen Island Find Regarding the 19 RNLI lifeboats which With regard to the letter from Mr Making a detour from the normal served in Operation Dynamo, the Beilby in the Winter edition, in which route south from Scotland in order to Dunkirk evacuation, your readers may he intimates that in a letter from Jeff make a pilgrimage to Bamburgh and be interested to know that nine of Morris in the Autumn edition, Jeff had the Grace Darling Museum, my wife these are currently members of the assumed that 19 RNLI lifeboats, plus and I also decided to visit the National Association of Dunkirk Little Ships. RNLI crews went to Dunkirk, I Trust property of Lindisfarne Castle We also have in our membership suggest that Mr Beilby reads Jeff's on nearby Holy Island. two ex-RNLI lifeboats which were sold letter once again. At no point was Whilst walking on one of the out of service prior to 1940 but which reference made to RNLI crews! He beaches we observed an old building were 'taken up' by the Navy and also writes only of RNLI lifeboats! which, although now being used by a served at Dunkirk. Jeff Morris is a much respected local farmer to store hay, gave the Of these eleven former lifeboats, six archivist and researcher, also being the impression of having been a boat- are planning to join their sister ships of author of countless publications on house. the Association, including the London lifeboat history, and any experienced Further examination revealed two fire boat Massey Shaw in returning to 'lifeboat enthusiast' has long been plaques, rather the worse for the Dunkirk at the end of May this year to aware that the only two lifeboats passage of time and possibly vandal- commemorate the 55th anniversary of which took part in the Dunkirk ised, but quite clear all the same, one the evacuation. evacuation carried their own RNLI on each side of the large doorway. Margaret Cormack, crews. One plaque depicted what was honorary secretary ADLS, Uxbridge, Denis J. Morgan, obviously a lifeboat and on a scroll Middx. Milton Keynes. embedded in beautifully carved oak leaves the letters 'R.N.L.B.F. the other Older than You Think! depicts a crown and on a similar scroll May I correct the statement made by the Editor in his article 'Strait Talking' that the date '1884'. Littlestone is a relative newcomer to the ranks of the lifeboat stations in the Straits I was so impressed with this 'find' of Dover. A lifeboat was originally placed at Littlestone in 1861 and a boathouse that I photographed the building and erected in 1871. the plaques. I would also be very Between 1861 and 1928 a total of 131 lives were saved by Littlestone lifeboats interested to hear from anyone who and three crew members received Silver medals for gallantry, tragically four crew can supply any information as to the members lost their lives on service. history of this old lifeboat station. It was decided in 1928 that sufficient cover was provided by the flank stations David Herriott, at Hythe and Dungeness and the Littlestone station was closed. Solihull, West Midlands. It is interesting to note that the second coxswain was paid a weekly pension of Editor's note: According to the late 10 old pence by the Institution until his death in 1939. Grahame Fan, archivist of the Lifeboat I have many photographic prints of Littlestone lifeboats during the first quarter Enthusiasts' Society, the boathouse was of this century, including one of my great uncle leading a team of horses pulling built in 1884 to house the island's lifeboat the boat on its carriage. and was in use until a new boathouse and In spite of the gap in service between 1928 and 1966 I feel that Littlestone's slipway were built for a motor lifeboat in record from 1861 should not be overlooked and qualifies it to be regarded as much 1924. The station at Lindisfarne was a veteran as the other stations mentioned. finally closed in 1968. There are further E.N. Smith, remains of a lifeboat station at the west honorary treasurer, Littlestone lifeboat station end of the island where concrete piles are Editor's Note: Our apologies for depriving Littlestone of so much of its history. The date the only remnants of the No. 2 lifeboat given in the article, 1966, was the year of re-establishment with an inshore lifeboat. house, built in 1908 and closed in 1934. Under Tow Further to the interesting letters in (Below) The minesweeper HMS Thrifty tows recent issues I thought readers might three lifeboats to Dunkirk. They are believed to be Southend, Walmer and Hythe. be interested to see the enclosed See Philip Jull's letter 'Under Tow', left. photograph taken on 1 June 1940 from HMS Thrifty a minesweeper in which I was serving en route for Dunkirk, towing three RNLI lifeboats - South- end, Walmer and Hythe. With regard to the coxswain of the Hythe lifeboat, I understood at the time that his objection to sailing was that whatever the boat contributed to the evacuation, if she were lost it would leave a gap in the service (Above) The old boathouse on impossible to replace at that time. In a Lindisfarne, and desperate situation this was perhaps (right) one of the two not appreciated. plaques on either side of the main door. It was ironical that the Hythe See David Herriott's lifeboat was stranded and lost, but a letter 'Island Find', great mercy that all the rest returned above. safely. Philip Jull MBE VRD, Solihull, West Midlands. 305 The following coxswains, crew members and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them under the Institution's regulations were also awarded an annuity, gratuity or pension. Service in inshore lifeboats is denoted by an asterisk.

Aberdeen: J. A. Graham (Crew Member* ber 18 years) Member 29.5 years, Crew Member* 17.5 years) Barrow: P. G. Cochrane (Crew Member 10.5 years) Aberdovey: A. J. Coghill* (Crew Member 20.5 years, Crew Member* 20.5 years, Douglas: R. G. Ash (Crew Member 12.5 21 years) Shore Helper 4 years) years); W. J. Ash (Shore Attendant/ Abersoch: G. Hughes-Jones* (Crew Mem- Barmouth: A. G. Jeffs (Crew Member Winchman 13 years) ber 20 years) 21.5 years, Crew Member* 17.5 years) Dover: G. I. Buckland (Crew Member Aldeburgh: G. R. Burns (Assistant Me- Beaumaris: J. P. Kopyto (Assistant Me- 14.5 years, Bronze Medal 1987) chanic 3.5 years, Crew Member 16.5 chanic 2.5 years, Crew Member 12 years, Dungeness: P. Reid (Crew Member 10.5 years, Crew Member* 8 years); R. G. Crew Member* 16 years); M. Witkowski years) Burns (Second Coxswain 8.5 years, (Crew Member 23 years, Crew Mem- Dun Laoghaire: A. Molloy (Mechanic 5 Crew Member 11.5 years, Crew Mem- ber* 21 .5 years); S. Zalot (Crew Member years, Assistant Mechanic 9.5 years, ber* 6.5 years); J. W. Churchyard (Cox- 26 years, Crew Member* 22.5 years) Crew Member 4 years) swain 8.5 years, Second Coxswain 2.5 Bembridge: A. Henley MBE. (Coxswain Eastbourne: J. C. E. Goodwin (Shore years, Crew Member 19.5 years); J. 9 years, Second Coxswain 9 years, As- Helper 10.5 years); P. S. Metcalfe (As- Harling (Crew Member 20.5 years); D. sistant Mechanic 6.5 years, Crew Mem- sistant Mechanic 3 years, Crew Mem- Meadows (Crew Member 6 years, Crew ber 12.5 years, Crew Member* 20 years) ber 7 years, Crew Member* 9.5 years); Member* 12 years); C. Smith (Crew Berwick-upon-Tweed: J. A. Crombie* F. Wakef ield (Shore Helper and Deputy Member 27.5 years); M. H. Smith (Crew (Crew Member 15.5 years) Head Launcher for a total of 20.5 years) Member, Tractor Driver and Tractor Blackpool: A. Parr* (Crew Member 20 Exmouth: N. T. Hunt (Crew Member* Driver Helper for a total of 38.5 years) years, Shore Helper 4 years) 11.5 years) Eyemouth: J. Tarvit (Cox- Amble: G. Easton (Mechanic 24.5 years, Borth: E. Lewis* (Crew Member 19.5 swain/Mechanic 1 year, Second Cox- Crew Member* 2.5 years, Mechanic years) swain/Mechanic 9.5 years, Shore Sec- Southend-on-Sea 2.5 years, Crew Mem- Bude: K. Marshall* (Crew Member 10 ond Coxswain/Mechanic 9.5 years, ber* Southend-on-Sea 2.5 years, Reserve years) Mechanic 1.5 years, Reserve Mechanic Mechanic 1.5 years) Burry Port: S. B. Matthews* (Crew Mem- 6 months, Assistant Mechanic 7.5 years, Anstruther: Dr C. N. Brittain (Crew Mem- ber 13 years); D. Peek* (Crew Member Crew Member 5.5 years); A. Young ber 16.5 years); P. I. Murray MBE. (Cox- 13.5 years) (Shore Attendant 14 years) swain 19 years, Second Coxswain 1 year, Calshot: N. M. Macdonald (Coxswain/ Falmouth: S. J. Datson (Second Coxswain Bowman 7 years, Crew Member 5 years) Mechanic 1.5 years, Second Cox- 2.5 years, Crew Member 9 years, Crew Appledore: D. W. Cox (Coxswain 23.5 swain/Mechanic 1 year, Assistant Sec- Member* 11.5 years) years, Second Coxswain 2 years, Crew ond Coxswain/Mechanic 5.5 years, Filey: R. P. Hodgson (Crew Member 13.5 Member 7.5 years, Crew Member* 12 Mechanic 3.5 years, Crew Member 2 years, Crew Member* 18 years); B. W. years); S. D. Ford (Head Launcher 19 years) Jenkinson (Posthumous) (Second As- years, Crew Member 3 years); E. Campbeltown: I. McGlashan (Crew sistant Mechanic 13 years, Crew Mem- Wartnaby (Crew Member 16 years, Member 13.5 years) ber 10 years) Crew Member* 14 years, Shore Helper Cardigan: R. L. Evans* (Posthumous - Fishguard: K. Bean (Crew Member 29 3.5 years, Assistant Winchman/Shore Crew Member 10.5 years, ShoreHelper years, Shore Helper 2.5 years); H. G. Attendant 1 year) 12 years); L. P. James* (Crew Member Evans (Crew Member 12.5 years) Arbroath: B. Bruce (Coxswain 3 years, 14 years); T. M. Nugent* (Crew Mem- Flamborough: M. Emmerson (Crew Second Coxswain 14.5 years, Crew ber 10.5 years); C. T. Sharp* (Crew Member 12.5 years); R. Emmerson Member 14 years); A. Matthewson Member 16 years, Shore Helper 4 years); (Crew Member 14.5 years); S. Emmerson (Crew Member* 10.5 years) Arklow: S. J.E.Thomas* (CrewMember 12years, (Crew Member 14.5 years); A. Hall Dixon (Coxswain 8 years, Second Cox- Shore Helper 1 year); A. B. Wynn* (Crew (Crew Member 13.5 years); K. Jewitt swain 6.5 years, Crew Member 23.5 Member 12.5 years) (Crew Member 12.5 years); A. Lyne years); M. O'Reilly (Crew Member 36 Crimdon Dene: G. Lennard* (Crew Mem- (Crew Member 13.5 years); R. Major years) ber 13 years) (Second Coxswain 5.5 years, Assistant Arran (Lamlash): D. M. Crawford* (Crew Cromer: E. Love (Crew Member 19.5 Mechanic 4 years, Mechanic 2.5 years, Member 21 years) years, Crew Member* 14 years, Shore Crew Member 13 years, Crew Member Bangor: R. W. Mulholland* (Crew Mem- Helper 4.5 years); E. R. West (Crew Humber 1.5 years); N. Robson (Crew

306 Member 14 years); R. Sunley BEM. (As- Member 13 years) Mechanic 6 years, Second Coxswain 1 sistant Mechanic 11.5 years, Crew Mem- Padstow: T. R. England BEM. (Coxswain year, Crew Member 17 years, Bronze ber 12 years, Crew Member* 6 months); 15 years, Second Coxswain/Assistant Medal 1989) M. S. Traves (Crew Member 13.5 years, Mechanic 8.5 years, Second Coxswain 3 St Ives: J. Tanner (Tractor Driver 22.5 Shore Helper 7.5 years) months, Crew Member 13 years, Silver years, Tractor Driver Helper 9.5 years, Fraserburgh: J. Sutherland (Second Cox- Medal 1977, Silver Second Service Clasp Shore Helper 8.5 years) swain 7 years, Crew Member 8.5 years) 1979); W. Tippett (Assistant Mechanic Stornoway: W. G. Campbell (CrewMem- Happisburgh: N. W. Thompson* (Crew 7.5 years, Crew Member 4 years, Shore ber 10.5 years); A. M. Murray (Crew Member 25 years) Helper 1 year) Member 10 years) Helensburgh: C. Gardiner* (Crew Mem- Penlee: R. Pascoe (Crew Member 12.5 Sunderland: J. Cowie (Posthumous) (Sec- ber 23 years, Shore Helper 2.5 years) years, Shore Helper 3 years); K. Thomas ond Coxswain 7 years, Crew Member 4 Humber: S. Rollinson (Crew Member 21.5 (Coxswain 10.5 years) years, Crew Member* 5.5 years) years) Plymouth: B. Bellamy (Assistant Me- Teesmouth: H. Aspland (Crew Member Islay: J. MacTaggart (Crew Member 20 chanic 2.5 years, Crew Member 12.5 7 years, Shore Helper 11.5 years) years) years, Crew Member* 4.5 years); F. Tenby: R. H. Crockford (Crew Member Kilmore Quay: W. Culleton (Mechanic Parker (Crew Member 23 years, Crew 25 years, Shore Helper 4.5 years) 20 years, Assistant Mechanic 6 months, Member* 9.5 years) The Mumbles: A. R. Jones (Coxswain 7.5 Crew Member 4.5 years, Shore Helper 9 Port Isaac: R. J. Young* (Crew Member 19 years, Second Coxswain/Mechanic 9.5 years);J. Hayes (CrewMember24years, years) years, Mechanic 6.5 years, Crew Mem- Shore Helper 2 years) Porthdinllaen: J. I. Griffiths (Crew Mem- ber 14 years, Crew Member* 21.5 years); Kinghorn: I. Mackenzie* (Crew Member ber 22 years, Shore Helper 3 years); G. B. W. Pass (Crew Member 11 years, 17 years) Roberts (Second Coxswain 5 years, Crew Member* 4 years); R. A. Shute Largs: W. Anderson* (Crew Member 14 Crew Member 16.5 years, Bronze Medal (Crew Member and Assistant years) 1976) Winchman for a total of 18.5 years) Littlehampton: R. Radford* (Shore Helper Portrush: R. F. McMullan (Coxswain 10.5 Tynemouth: J. S. Norris (Crew Member 13.5 years); L. Towse* (Crew Member years, Second Coxswain 6 months, Crew 31.5 years, Crew Member* 19 years) 11 years) Member 20 years, Shore Helper 2 years) Walmer: A. W. Worwood (Crew Mem- Llandudno: J. Crawford (Crew Member Ramsey: K. A. Crowe (Crew Member 20 ber* 21 years, Tractor Driver 1.5 years, 8.5 years, Crew Member* 14.5 years, years, Shore Helper 2 years); G. Evison Winchman 13.5 years, Assistant Assistant Tractor Driver 4 years, Shore (Crew Member 19 years, Shore Helper Winchman 10.5 years, Shore Helper 7.5 Helper 2 years); M. G. Davies MBE. 3 years); A. G. Gaines (Crew Member 10 years) (Coxswain 23 years, Second Coxswain years, Shore Helper 2.5 years) Walton and Frinton: J. M. S. Fletcher 6 years, Crew Member* 19 years) Redcar: R. J. Thompson (Crew Member 9 (Crew Member 7 years, Head Launcher Longhope: J. W. Budge MBE. (Coxswain years, Crew Member* 13 years) 8.5 years, Shore Helper 13 years); R. T. 5.5 years, Crew Member 19.5 years); A. Rhyl: C. Dutton (Mechanic 5 years, As- Kemp MBE. (Coxswain 8 years, Second W. Sutherland (Head Launcher 11.5 sistant Mechanic 1 year, Assistant Trac- Coxswain 3.5 years, Bowman 17 years, years, Shore Helper 32 years) tor Driver 4.5 years, Crew Member 17.5 Crew Member 6 years, Shore Helper 3 Lyme Regis: D. C. Wright* (Crew Mem- years, Crew Member* 12.5 years); G. W. years); B. Ward (Crew Member 20.5 ber 15.5 years) J. Herbert (Crew Member 14.5 years, years, Shore Helper 6 years) Lytham St Annes: W. G. Wignall (Deputy Crew Member* 12 years); D. Simmons Wells: S. Parsons (Shore Attendant 29 Second Coxswain 6 months, Shore Sec- (Crew Member 14 years, Crew Mem- years) ond Coxswain 3.5 years, Crew Member ber* 20 years) West Mersea: J. Frost* (Crew Member 4 years, Crew Member* 15 years) Rosslare Harbour: R. S. McCormack 26.5 years) Mablethorpe: A. R. Mayfield* (Crew (Coxswain 6.5 years, Second Coxswain Weston-super-Mare: A. C. Blizzard* Member 20 years) 10 years, Crew Member 4.5 years, (Crew Member 15.5 years); T. J. Morris Macduff: G. J. Philip (Crew Member 4 Bronze Medal 1978) (Crew Member 6 years, Crew Member* years, Crew Member* 9 years, Assist- Rye Harbour: K. Robus* (Crew Member 26.5 years, Bronze Medal 1975) ant Mechanic Buckie 6 years, Crew 15 years) Wick: J. W. Begg (Second Coxswain 6.5 Member Buckie 4.5 years) Salcombe: J. N. Clift (Crew Member 2 years, Crew Member 7 years) Moelfre: W. J. Roberts MBE. (Coxswain years, Crew Member* Aberdovey 8 Wicklow: D. J. De Courcy (Crew Member 21.5 years, Crew Member 15.5 years, years) 10 years); C. Dunne (Crew Member 27.5 Crew Member* 12.5 years, Shore Helper Scarborough: S. E. Ogden MBE. (Cox- years) 6 months) swain 7 years, Second Coxswain 4 years, Workington: J. Reay (Coxswain 5.5 years, Mudeford: B. Collins* (Crew Member 10 Crew Member 4 years) Second Coxswain 16.5 years, Crew years); J. Garton* (Crew Member 24 Skerries: A. Carroll* (Crew Member 13 Member 3.5 years) years); A. Russell* (Crew Member 10 years) Yarmouth: R. R. Cooke (Mechanic 15.5 years) Southend-on-Sea: M. A. Fossett* (Crew years, Second Assistant Mechanic 5 New Quay: D. W. Evans BEM. (Cox- Member 8 years, Shore Helper 4.5 years); years, Crew Member 12.5 years, Crew swain 29 years, Second Coxswain 1.5 G. D. Gilson* (Crew Member 15 years, Member* 13.5 years); K. Hopkins (Crew years, Bowman 2 years, Crew Member Shore Helper 3.5 years) Member 24.5 years, Crew Member* 7.5 4 years, Crew Member* 10.5 years, St Agnes: R. N. Roberts* (Crew Member years); D. G. Kennett (Coxswain 15.5 Bronze Medal 1966) 17 years) years, Coxswain/Mechanic 7.5 years, North Berwick: T. J. Cunningham* (Crew St Bees: J. Brannon* (Crew Member 15 Second Coxswain 2 years, Crew Mem- Member 24 years); E. I. Hill* (Crew years) ber 1 year); M. Long (Crew Member Member 20.5 years); R. C. Small* (Crew St Davids: D. J. O. Chant (Coxswain/ 13.5 years)

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Aberdeen, Grampian Barra Island, Western Isles Relief D class: Aug 7 ReliefDclass: Aug9(twice), 10,12 D class: Aug 12 52ft Arun ON 1143: Aug 3 and Cardigan, Dyfed (twice), 15, 21 (twice), 25, 26 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Sept 20 C class: Aug 11,13,14 (twice), 22 (twice), 27,29,30 (twice), Sept 4,6, Atlantic 21: Aug 2, 3 (twice), 7 Barrow, Cumbria (twice), 23 and Sept 22 10 (twice), 20, 22, Oct 3, 9 (twice), (twice), 13, 14, 17 (twice), 20, 24, 47ft Tyne ON 1117: Aug 30, 31, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex 18 and 22 Sept 4, 5 (twice), 11 and 26 Sept 24 and Oct 15 Atlantic 21: Aug 1,15, 22, 24 and Eyemouth, Borders Abersoch, Gwynedd D class: Aug 31 and Oct 23 27 44ft Waveney ON 1026: Sept 4, 27 Relief Atlantic21: Aug4,17,23,28 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan ReliefDclass: Aug4(twice)and 12 and Oct 17 (five times), Sept 5, 11 and 14 52ft Arun ON 1018: Aug 2, Sept 4, Cleethorpes, Humberside Falmouth, Cornwall (twice) 6, 7,21, Oct 3,14,16, 22 and 23 D class: Aug 6,13,14,20 and Sept 52ft Arun ON 1058: Aug 8 (twice), Aberystwyth, Dyfed Beaumaris, Gwynedd 18 9 (twice), 15, Sept 2, 3 and Oct 16 Relief Atlantic 21: Sept 25 Relief Atlantic 21: Aug 1,6 and 9 Clifden, Co Galway Atlantic 21: Aug 12 (three times), Atlantic 75: Aug 8,11 and Oct 15 Atlantic 21: Aug 24, Sept 3, 6,15, C class: Sept 14 and Oct 30 23 (twice), 24 (three times), Sept 2, Aith, Shetland 24, Oct 15 and 22 Clogher Head, Co Louth Oct 9 (three times) and 16 52ft Arun ON 1100: Aug 8 Bembridge, Isle of Wight 12m Mersey ON 1190: Sept 4, 12 Fenit, Co Kerry Relief 52ft Arun ON 1062: Oct 11 47ft Tyne ON 1126: Aug 8, 9, 10 (twice) and Oct 27 52ft Arun ON 1081: Oct 8 and 16 and 20 (twice), 20 (twice), 26 (twice), 28, Conwy, Gwynedd (four times) Aldeburgh, Suffolk Sept 2,3,12 (twice), 23 (twice), Oct D class: Aug 17 Filey, North Yorkshire 12m Mersey ON 1193: Sept 7, 18 7,15 (twice), 18 (twice), 19 and 29 ReliefDclass: Oct9 12m Mersey ON 1170: Aug 2, 24, and Oct 14 D class: Aug 20, 26 (twice), 28 Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co Sept 2 (twice) and 22 D class: Aug 1, 4, 29 and Sept 9 (twice), Sept 23 (twice), Oct 8,9,15 Cork D class: Aug 2 (three times), 5, (twice) (twice) and 24 Relief 44ft Waveney ON 1003: Aug Sept 2 (four times) Alderney, Channel Islands Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northum- 5 ReliefDclass: Sept29 Relief14m Trent ON 1180: Aug 17, berland Courtown, Co Wexford Fishguard, Dyfed 29 (twice), Sept 4, 11, 15, 18 and 12m Mersey ON 1191: Aug 13 and D class: Aug 6 (twice) and 9 52ft Arun ON 1076: Aug 4 Oct 9 Oct 17 Criccieth, Gwynedd 14m Trent ON 1198: Sept 10, 13 Amble, Northumberland Blackpool, Lancashire Atlantic 75: Aug 6,7,17,18,22,23, and Oct 10 44ft Waveney ON 1004: Aug 6,14 Relief D class: Aug 27,29, Oct 9 and 24,27 and Sept 14 Flamborough, Humberside (three times), 28, 31 (twice), Sept 14 Cromer, Norfolk Atlantic 75: Aug 1,2, 3 (twice), 13 10,20 and 28 D class: Aug 27, 29, and Oct 14 47ft Tyne ON 1097: Sept 22 and (four times), 14, 18, 20 (twice), 23 D class: Aug 6,7,14 (twice), 19,28, Blyth, Northumberland Oct 9 (twice), 28 (twice), 31 and Sept 3 Sept 10, 20 and 28 Relief 44ft Waveney ON 1001: Aug D class: Aug 13, Sept 10 (twice) Relief Atlantic 75: Sept 29, Oct 9 Angle, Dyfed 3 and Oct 2 and 15 47ft Tyne ON 1114: Sep 13,20 and 44ft Waveney ON 1079: Aug 31 Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear Fleetwood, Lancashire Oct 9 (twice) D class: Aug 3 and 29 Atlantic 21: Aug 3,7, Sept 5,7 and 47ft Tyne ON1156: Aug5,6,14,15, D class: Aug 15 and Sept 20 Borth, Dyfed 13 27 (three times), 29, Sept 20 and Anstruther, Fife D class: Aug 2, 7 (three times), 8, Relief Atlantic 21: Sept 30 Oct 23 12m Mersey ON1174: Augl3,Sept Sept 1 and Oct 15 Donaghadee, Co Down Relief D class: Aug 14, 19 (four 10 and 26 Bridlington, Humberside 52ft Arun ON1107: Augl4,18and times), 22, 27 (twice), 29, 30, Sept Appledore, North Devon Relief12m Mersey ON1184: Aug8, Sept 10 (twice) 11 (twice), 25 and 29 47ft Tyne ON 1140: Aug 21, 28, 15, Sept 13,19 and Oct 27 Douglas, Isle of Man Flint, Clwyd Sept 12 (twice), Oct 16 and 30 D class: Aug 1,4,11,19,25,26,29, 47ft Tyne ON1147: Aug2,3,14,17 D class: Aug 7, 21 and Sept 4 Atlantic 21: Aug 13, 19, 28 (three Sept 4,10,29 and Oct 30 and Oct 30 (twice) (twice) times), Sept 10, 22, Oct 9 (three Brighton, East Sussex Dover, Kent Fowey, Cornwall times) and 29 Atlantic 21: Aug 9 (four times), 11, 50ft Thames ON 1031: Aug 2, 4 44ft Waveney ON 1028: Aug 4, Oct Arbroath, Tayside 13,14,15,19 (twice), 21,28 (twice), (twice), 10, 12, 25, 28, Sept 2, 8, 9, 6 and 26 12m Mersey ON 1194: Oct 25 Sept 2,15,17,18,23, Oct 7,8 (three 12 (three times) and 23 Fraserburgh, Grampian (twice) times), 12,17,19,21 and 26 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1108: Oct 16 Relief 47ft Tyne ON 1122: Sept 27 D class: Oct 25 (twice) Broughty Ferry (Dundee), Tayside (twice) and 23 and 30 Arklow, Co Wicklow 52ft Arun ON 1056: Aug 10,28,31 Dun Laoghaire 47ft Tyne ON 1109: Oct 8 44ft Waveney ON 1029: Aug 2, 6 and Sept 25 44ft Waveney ON 1036: Sept 11, Galway Bay, Co Galway and Sept 20 D class: Aug 28, Sept 6, 9 (twice) Oct 13 and 15 52ft Arun ON 1118: Aug 5,12,16 Arran (Lamlash), Strathclyde and 25 D class: Aug 25 and Oct 8 (twice), 20, 31, Oct. 3, 21 and 30 C class: Aug 13, 17, 21 and 23 Buckie, Grampian Dunbar, Lothian Girvan, Strathclyde Arranmore, Co Donegal 52ft Arun ON 1093: Aug 15, Sept 4 44ft Waveney ON 1034: Sept 24 12m Mersey ON 1196: Sept 13 and 47ft Tyne ON 1111: Aug 5,18, 22 and 21 Dclass: Aug25,30,Sept8,9and24 26 (twice), 31, Sept 4 and Oct 19 Bude, Cornwall Dungeness, Kent Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Atlantic College (St Donat's Cas- D Class: Sept 4 12m Mersey ON1186: Sept 4,8,12, Norfolk tle), South Glamorgan Bundoran, Co Mayo Oct 5, 8 and 30 44ft Waveney ON 1065: Aug 8, 9, Atlantic 21: Sept 6, 15 and 30 Atlantic 21: Aug 8, Sept 3, 24 and Dunmore East, Co Waterford Oct 15 and 24 Ballycotton, Co Cork Oct 17 44ft Waveney ON 1035: Aug 9,10, Relief 44ft Waveney ON 1002: Aug 52ft Arun ON 1067: Aug 2, 4, 6,9, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex Sept 2, 4 and 11 (twice) 23, Sept 6, 7 and 22 15, 16, 31, Sept 22, 28, Oct 1,15 Relief D class: Aug 9 (twice), 14,31 Eastbourne, East Sussex Atlantic 21: Aug 3 (four times), 9 and 22 (twice) and Sept 27 (twice) 12m Mersey ON 1195: Aug5,8,13 (twice), 24, 28, Sept 11,16, 20, 21, Ballyglass, Co Mayo Burry Port, Dyfed (twice), 16,19 (twice), 22,25,26,28 22, 28 and Oct 14 52ft Arun ON 1159: Sept 7 D class: Aug 7, 20, 24, 29 (twice), (five times), 29 (three times), Sept Happisburgh, Norfolk Baltimore, Co Cork Sept 15 and Oct 14 4, 23, 24, Oct 15 and 24 D class: Aug 23, 28, Oct 1 and 9 47ft Tyne ON 1137: Aug 15 Calshot, Hampshire D class: Aug 8, 13 (twice), 14, 19, Hartlepool, Cleveland Bangor, Co Down 33ft Brede ON 1104: Sept 9 (twice), 24, 26, 28 (twice), 29, Sept 18, 22 Relief 44ft Waveney ON 1001: Aug Atlantic 21: Aug 4, 12, 13, 18, 19, Oct 18, 26 and 28 and Oct 2 20 and Sept 14 26, Sept 15 and Oct 30 Campbeltown, Strathclyde ReliefDclass: Oct 16 and 24 Atlantic21: Aug 14,15,25,29,Sept Barmouth, Gwynedd Relief 52ft Arun ON 1071: Aug 4 Exmouth, South Devon 16, 22 and 23 12m Mersey ON 1185: Aug 17 52ft Arun ON1059: Sept4andOct 44ft Waveney ON 1045: Aug 21,25, Harwich, Essex D class: Aug 6,17, 18, 22 and 25 15 (twice) 26,28,Sept4,7,Oct9(twice)andl8 44ft Waveney ON 1060: Aug 10,

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Sept 15,16, 24,30 and Oct 29 Sept 4, Oct 13 (twice) and 17 D class: Aug 7 and 29 26 and Oct 5 Atlantic 21: Aug 2 (twice), 7,9,10 Largs, Strathclyde Moelfre, Gwynedd Plymouth, South Devon (twice), 15,21,27,29, Sept 8,9,24, Atlantic 21: Aug 7,11,13,16, 30, 47ft Tyne ON 1116: Aug 7 (four 52 ft Arun On 1136: Aug 2, 7 (6 27, Oct 9,17, 21, 25 and 29 Sept 1,4,13,24,27, Oct 6,16,19,21 times), 29, Sept 24 (twice), Oct 1 times), 9,14, 20, 24, 27, Sept 9, 21, Hastings, East Sussex and 23 and 31 (twice) Oct 2, 3 and 22 Urn Mersey ON 1125: Augl7,Sept Lerwick, Shetland D class: Aug 4,7 (six times), 13,23, Poole, Dorset 9 and Oct 15 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1062: Aug 18 25,26,28 (four times), 30, Sept 8,9 33ft Brede ON 1089: Aug 7 (twice) Ddass: Aug9,10,15,18,Sept9,23, and 25 and 24 and 8 27 (twice), Oct 7, 9,16 and 26 52ft Arun ON 1057: Sept 24, 28, Montrose, Tayside Relief 44ft Waveney 44-001: Aug Hayling Island, Hampshire Oct 3, 9,11,17 and 31 47ft Tyne ON 1152: Sept 8, Oct 13 13, 14, 15 (twice), 25, 28, 30 and Relief Atlantic 21: Aug 6 (three Little and Broad Haven, Dyfed and 25 (twice) Sept 2 times), 9, 17 (twice), 24, 28 (three Relief D class: Aug 6,14,20,21,23, D class: Sept 8 and Oct 25 (twice) Relief33 ft Brede ON1090: Sept8,9, times, Sept 4 (twice), 10, 16, 19 Sept 20, 29, Oct 1 and 16 Morecambe, Lancashire 16 and 21 (three times), Oct 3,13,15 and 16 Littlehampton, West Sussex D class: Aug 12,13,14 and Oct 2 Boston Whaler: Aug 6, 7 (twice), 8 (twice) Relief Atlantic 21: Aug 7 (three Mudeford, Dorset (twice), 9 (twice), 10,14,15,16,18 Helensburgh, Strathclyde times), 8, 14, 17,19, 21, 22, 23, 27, Atlantic 21: Aug 7 (three times), (four times), 20, 25, Sept 2, 3, 8, 9, Relief Atlantic 21: Aug 13,19 and Sept 1, 8,10, 25 and Oct 23 18,19,20 (twice), 21,23,26 (twice), 18, 21 (twice), 23, 25, Oct 6,14,15, 20 The Lizard, Cornwall 27, 28, Sept 7, 10, 12, 16, 17, 25 16 (twice) and 18 (four times) Atlantic 21: Sept 3 (twice), 4,8,11, 47ft Tyne ON 1145: Aug 4, 6, 9, (twice), 27, Oct 23 and 30 Portaferry, Co Down 26, Oct 18, 22, 24 and 25 Sept 14 and 19 The Mumbles, West Glamorgan Atlantic 75: Aug 1, 7, 8, 9, 17, 27, Holyhead, Gwynedd Llandudno (Orme's Head), 47ft Tyne ON 1096: Aug 9,14, 22, Sept 14, 17 (three times), 20, 24, Relief47ft Tyne ON 1146: Aug 5,6, Gwynedd 30,Sept21,23,Octl2andl6(twice) Oct 3 and 22 7 (twice), 10,15, 21,23, 27, Sept 3, 12m Mersey ON 1164: Aug 6, 26, Dclass: Aug 16,29,Sept2,5,14,16, Port Erin, Isle of Man 4,24, Oct 2 and 9 Sept 25, Oct 1,22 and 31 Oct 6,13,15 and 31 Atlantic 21: Aug 5,6,8 and Sept 3 D class: Aug 7 (twice), 20,27, Sept ReliefDclass: Aug 6,8, 27, Sept 5, Newbiggin, Northumberland Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan 18 and 25 12, 25, Oct 1 and 22 Atlantic 21: Aug 4, Sept 5 and 20 Dclass: Aug 7 (twice), 13 (twice), Relief D class: Oct 9 Lochinver, Highland New Brighton, Merseyside 17,19 (three times), 21, Sept 15,23 Horton and Port Eynon, West 52ft Arun ON 1144: Aug 17, 29, Relief Atlantic 21: Aug 14 and 19 (twice), Oct 6, 7, 22 and 26 Glamorgan Sept 12 and 18 Atlantic 21: Aug 27 (twice), 31, Porthdinllaen, Gwynedd D class: Aug 5 (twice), 7,8,14, 23, Longhope, Orkney Sept 1, 25, Oct 17, 18 (twice), 20 47ftTyneON1120: Aug23(twice), Sept 11 (twice) and Oct 16 47ft Tyne ON 1138: Oct 29 and 26 28, Sept 2,14, 21 and 25 Howth, Co Dublin Looe, Cornwall Newcastle, Co Down Port Isaac, Cornwall 52ft Arun ON 1113: Aug 5,10, 28 Relief D class: Aug 1 12m Mersey ON 1188: Aug 8, 10, D class: Aug 6,8,16,17,24, Sept 4, and Sept 18 D class: Aug 12,15,16 and Oct 22 Sept 2, 8, 29, Oct 9,14,15 and 17 Oct 2, 8 and 23 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1160: Oct 13 Lough Swilly (Buncrana), Co Dclass: Aug4,29,31,SeptS, 10,29 Portpatrick, Dumfries and Gallo- D class: Aug 31 and Oct 13 Donegal and Oct 13 way Hoylake, Merseyside D class: Aug 22, Sept 24, Oct 5, 6, Newhaven, East Sussex 47ft Tyne ON 1151: Aug 1,14,21, 12m Mersey ON 1163: Oct 13, 23 7 and 19 52ft Arun ON 1106: Augl3,14,22, 28, Sept 2 and 6 and 30 Lowestoft, Suffolk Sept 1,9,12,17,20, Oct9,15and30 Portree, Isle of Skye Humber, Humberside 47ft Tyne ON 1132: Oct 3, 4, 9, 17 Newquay, Cornwall 44ft Waveney ON 1042: Aug 4,17 52ft Arun ON1123: Augll,16,21, and 31 Cclass: Aug 1,19,Sept2,6,18,Oct and Oct 22 26, Sept 4, 7, Oct 13 and 14 Lyme Regis, Dorset 6, 9 and 21 Portrush, Co Antrim Hunstanton, Norfolk Atlantic 21: Aug 3, 5, 6,11,16, 23, New Quay, Dyfed 52ft Arun ON 1070: Aug 13, Sept 3 Atlantic 21: Aug 7,12,14,15, Oct 26, Sept 4, 7,17,18, 21, Oct 2,3 12m Mersey ON 1172: Aug 11,14 (twice) and 4 6,16 and 30 and 4 and Sept 5 D class: Aug 7 (twice), 12, 14, 25, Ilfracombe, North Devon Lymington, Hampshire D class: Aug 6, 9, 19 and 21 Sept 5, Oct 16 and 17 Relief 12m Mersey ON 1162: Atlantic 21: Aug 6,10,17 (twice), North Berwick, Lothian Portsmouth (Langstone Harbour), Aug 26 20, 26, 27, Sept 7,11 and 12 Dclass: Sept 10 Hampshire 12m Mersey ON 1165: Sept 1 and Lytham St Annes, Lancashire North Kessock, Invernesshire Atlantic 21: Aug 7,11,22,28, Sept Oct 24 47ft Tyne ON 1155: Aug 2, 4 and D class: Aug 6 and Sept 4 8, 24, Oct 2,14 and 28 ReliefDclass: Aug 1,3,7,11,14,26 Oct 2 North Sunderland, Northumber- Dclass: Aug7,Sept24,Oct 1,2and and Sept 1 Relief 47ft Tyne ON 1115: Oct 23 land 23 D class: Sept 17 (three times) 12m Mersey ON 1173: Aug 9, 22, Port St Mary, Isle of Man ILC Cowes, Isle of Wight D class: Aug 19, 25, Sept 22, Oct 2 27,28 (twice), Sept 2 (twice) and 9 54ft Arun ON 1051: Aug 1 and 6 Relief Atlantic 21s: Aug 18 and 6 and 23 Dclass: Aug4,9,19,22,27,28,Sept Relief 52ft Arun ON 1071: Oct 23 Oct (seven times) Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire 5 and 7 and 30 Invergordon, Highland D class: Aug 26,29, 30 and Oct 26 Oban, Strathclyde D class: Aug 6 and Sept 14 Relief 44ft Waveney ON 1006: Sept Macduff, Grampian 33ft Brede ON 1102: Aug 1, 7, 10, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan 12 and 25 Atlantic 21: Aug 28 and Sept 4 13, 27, Sept 1, 10, 14, 19, Oct 1 D class: Aug 9, 21, 22 and Sept 24 Islay, Strathclyde Mallaig, Highland (twice), 7,21,24 and 30 Pwllheli, Gwynedd 50ft Thames ON1032: Aug8,ll,12 52ft Arun ON 1078: Aug 11, 28 Padstow, Cornwall 12m Mersey ON 1168: Sept 5, 14 and Sept 3 (twice), Sept 5 and 9 47ft Tyne ON 1094: Aug 7, 10 and 25 Kilkeel, Co. Down Marazion, Cornwall (twice), Sept 3 and 14 D class: Aug 4 and Oct 18 Atlantic 21: Aug 10, 21, Sept 2,12 D class: Aug 26, Sept 12 and Oct 31 Peel, Isle of Man Queensferry, Lothian and Oct 1 Margate, Kent 12m Mersey ON 1181: Aug 1,7,27, Atlantic 21: Aug 1, 5, 6, 8 (twice), Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford 12m Mersey ON 1177: Aug 1, 25, Sept 30, Oct 14 and 17 (twice) 13, Sept 8,11, Oct 9 and 22 12m Mersey ON 1187: Aug 3,9,12, Sept 12 and 16 Penarth, South Glamorgan Ramsey, Isle of Man 25 and Sept 12 Relief12m Mersey ON 1169: Oct 15 D class: Aug 1,3,9,22,28, Sept 18, 12m Mersey ON 1171: Aug 1,7,21 Kinghorn, Fife and 30 Oct 9,14,16 and 22 and 31 ReliefCclass: Aug7,15,19,27,Oct D class: Aug 7, 8, 9, Sept 7, 9,10, Penlee, Cornwall Ramsgate, Kent 10, 23 and 26 Oct 1 and 8 52ft Arun ON1085: Aug8 (twice), 47ftTyneON1154: Aug 1,9(twice), Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Minehead, Somerset 26 and Sept 17 18, 25, Sept 13,16, Oct 12 and 30 Galloway Atlantic 21: Aug 6, 7 (twice), 20, Peterhead, Grampian 14m Trent ON 1197: Oct 16 Atlantic 21: Aug 14, 17 (twice), Sept 4 and Oct 14 47ft Tyne ON 1127: Aug 31, Sept Atlantic21: Aug 4,5,12 (twice), 20,

309 LIFEBOAT SERVICES August, September and October 1994 Continued

25,30, Sept 10,14,17, Oct 2 and 12 Silloth, Cumbria Trearddur Bay, Gwynedd (twice), 17,23,25,26,27,28, Sept 4, Red Bay, Co Antrim Atlantic 21: Aug 20, 21 (three D class: Aug 4,6,9 (twice), 15,17, 10,15, 24, Oct 6,10,13,16, 24 C class: Aug 21 and Sept 8 times), Sept 12 and Oct 20 21,23,25, 30, Sept 1,14 and 17 and 28 Redcar, Cleveland Skegness, Lincolnshire Relief D class: Oct 9 and 15 Whitby, North Yorkshire Atlantic 21: Aug 4, 7, Sept 28, Oct 12m Mersey ON 1166: Aug 24, Troon, Strathclyde 47ft Tyne ON 1131: Aug 7, 10, 27 5,15, 23 and 30 (twice) Sept 6,10 and Oct 16 52ft Arun ON 1134: Aug 13, 16 and Sept 1 (twice) D class: Aug 2 and Oct 5 D class: Aug 1, 2, 4, 5,15, Oct 7 (twice), 28, Sept 23 and 24 (twice) Relief 47ft Tyne ON 1133: Sept 21 Rhyl, Clwyd and 8 Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear and 27 Urn Mersey ON1183: OctlandSO Skerries, Co Dublin 52ft Arun ON 1061: Aug 3,7, Sept D class: Aug 7,10, 12, 23 (twice), D class: Aug 23, 27 and Oct 24 D class: Aug 25 and Oct 5 10 and 14 27, Sept 1,3 and 4 Rock, Cornwall Southend-on-Sea, Essex Dclass: Aug7,9,26,Sept 10and28 Whitstable, Kent Ddass: Aug2,5,10,11 (twice), 13, Relief D class: Aug 9, 15 (three Valentia, Co Kerry Atlantic21: Aug4,13,16,17,18,20 25, Sept 17 (twice), 21, 26, Oct 9 times), Oct 9 and 25 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1150: Aug 7, (twice), 21, 24 (twice), 28 (three and 24 Ddass: Oct3 and 16 22, Sept 7,11,14, 27 and Oct 12 times), Sept 9,10 (twice), 12, Oct 9, Rye Harbour, East Sussex Atlantic 21: Aug 1 (three times), Walmer, Kent 16 and 22 C class: Aug 7,27 (twice), Sept 4,9, 13,27 (three times), 28, Sept 11,22 Atlantic 21: Aug 13, Sept 14 and 15 Wick, Highland 10 and Oct 2 (twice) and 24 D class: Aug 3, Sept 14 and 15 47ftTyneON1121: Aug2,9,ll,15, St Abbs, Borders Relief Atlantic 21: Oct 3,17 and 23 Walton and Frinton, Essex Sept 13 and Oct 8 Atlantic 21: Aug 20, 28, Sept 24 Southwold, Suffolk 47ft Tyne ON 1075: Aug 17, 20, Wicklow, Co Wicklow and Oct 9 Atlantic 21: Aug 22,27 (twice) and Sept 16, Oct 14 (three times) 47ft Tyne ON 1153: Aug 17 St Agnes, Cornwall Sept 7 and 22 Withernsea, Humberside D class: Sept 2, 8, 24, Oct 5 and 6 Staithes and Runswick, North Wells, Norfolk D class: Aug 21 and Sept 30 St Bees, Cumbria Yorkshire 12m Mersey ON 1161: Sept 3 Workington, Cumbria C class: Sept 10 and 28 Atlantic 21: Aug 10,22,26,27, Sept West Kirby, Merseyside 47ft Tyne ON 1141: Aug 28 and St Catherine, Channel Islands 1,18, 27, 28, 29, Oct 5 and 10 D class: Aug 7, 9, Sept 20 and Oct Oct 25 Atlantic 21: Aug 6,18, 28, Sept 2, Stornoway, (Lewis), Western Isles 9 (twice) Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 11,17, Oct 5 and 9 52ft Arun ON 1098: Aug 1, 7 West Mersea, Essex 52ft Arun ON 1053: Aug7(twice), St Davids, Dyfed (twice), Oct 12 and 17 Atlantic 21: Aug 1, 3, 6, 9 (three 10,16,19 (twice), 24,26,29, Sept 9, 47ft Tyne ON 1139: Aug 21, Sept Stromness, Orkney times), 15,17 (three times), 19, 22, 10,16,22, 28, Oct 8,18 and 22 20, Oct 2 and 24 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1103: Sept 16 27, 31, Sept 5, 25, Oct 2, 3, 9, 14 Youghal, Co Cork St Helier, Channel Islands Sunderland, Tyne and Wear (twice) and 17 Atlantic 21: Aug 1 47ftTyneON1157: Aug7,8,18,21, 44ft Waveney ON 1043: Aug 7, 27 Weston-super-Mare, Avon 28, Sept 8 (twice), 24, Oct 2, 9 and 29 Atlantic 21: Aug 7,11,16, Sept 21, Lifeboats on Passage (twice), and 31 D class: Aug 24 and 26 22 and 29 14m Trent ON 1198: Sept 23 St Ives, Cornwall Swanage, Dorset D class: Aug 5,7,11 and Sept 29 14m Trent ON 1199: Sept 29 12m Mersey ON 1167: Aug 13,16, 12m Mersey ON1182: Aug7(three Weymouth, Dorset 14m Trent ON 1197: Oct 9 Sept 9 and Oct 5 times), 15,17,22,25 (three times), 54ft Arun ON 1049: Aug 3, 7, 8 52ft Arun ON 1113: Oct 15 C class: Aug 8,13,14 (twice), Sept 27, Sept 11, 17 (twice), 25, Oct 1 18 and Oct 21 and 11 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly D class: Aug 4, 6, 7,15,25 (twice), Relief 52ft Arun ON 1160: Aug 9, 28 (twice), Sept 11, 17 (twice), 25, Lifeboat Services 18, 27 and Sept 14 Oct 1 and 16 The services listed are those for which returns had been 52ft Arun ON 1073: Oct 12 Teesmouth, Cleveland received at Headquarters by 15 February 1995. There St Peter Port, Channel Islands 47ft Tyne ON 1110: Sept 29, Oct 10 may be other services for which returns had not been 52ft Arun ON 1025: Aug 1, 9, 13, and 15 received by that date. 16,22, Sept 7,8,17,18 (three times), Teignmouth, Devon 20, 27, Oct 19 (twice), 20 and 30 Atlantic 21: Aug 1,5,6,28, Sept 4, Salcombe, South Devon 7, 8, 9 (twice), Oct 10, 20 and 31 47ft Tyne ON 1130: Aug 5,10,17, Tenby, Dyfed 21,24 (twice), 25,26, Oct 16 and 29 47ftTyneON1112: Aug2,6,16,18, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 29, Sept 10, 24, 25, Oct 2 and 18 What and Where ... 12m Mersey ON 1175: Aug 8, 12, (twice) The following lifeboats were omitted from the listing of Sept 20 and Oct 3 D class: Aug 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 (three station lifeboats in the Winter 1994/5 issue An electronic D class: Aug 12,26,27, Sept 3 and times), 23, 27, Sept 9,10, Oct 2 hiccough removed all un-named inshore lifeboats, and Oct 9 and 25 Selsey, West Sussex Thurso, Highland also an all-weatherlifeboat at one of these stations. 47ft Tyne ON 1074: Aug 4,8 (twice), 52ft Arun ON1149: Aug9,15,Sept 30, Oct 13, 15 and 16 1 and 14 Station Class Op. No. Name Relief 47ft Tyne ON 1142: Sept 25 Tighnabruaich, Strathclyde (twice) C class: Aug 4,11 and 13 Borth inflatable D344 _ D class: Aug 7,8 (twice), Sept 6,18, Relief C class: Sept 5 and Oct 16 Bude inflatable D343 - 25, Oct 8 (twice), 10,15 and 16 (twice) Burnham-on-Crouch inflatable D335 Sennen Cove, Cornwall Tobermory, Strathclyde Cardigan inflatable C518 - 12m Mersey ON 1176: Aug 4 54ft Arun ON 1052: Aug 6, 14 Clifden inflatable C522 Conwy inflatable D346 - (twice), 8, 9, 20, Sept 9,11 and (twice), 19,25,28, Sept 15 and Oct Morton & Port Eynon inflatable D380 - Oct 6 19 Kinghorn inflatable C514 - D class: Aug 4, 9, 11, 20, 29 and Torbay, South Devon Little & Broad Haven inflatable D347 - Sept 11 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1086: Aug 5,7, Lough Swilly inflatable D356 - Sheerness, Kent 8, 9,10,13,19, 28, 30, Sept 2,4,10, Marazion inflatable D411 44ft Waveney ON 102 7: Aug 6,7,8, 23, 26, Oct 23 and 26 New Quay Mersey 12-15 Frank and Lena 27, 28 (twice), Oct 8, 9 and 31 Relief 44ft Waveney 44-001: Oct 17 Clifford of D class: Aug 7, 13, 14, 15, 28, 29, (three times), 18 and 23 Stourbridge Sept 5, 27, Oct 8, 9, 22 and 31 Relief Ddass: Aug 8 (twice), 11,13, inflatable D339 Shoreham Harbour, West Sussex 19,20,21,22,23,27, Sept 7 (twice), Rock inflatable D350 47ft Tyne ON 1158: Aug 9, 14, 19 26, Oct 17 (three times) and 22 Rye Harbour inflatable C517 - (twice), 23, Oct 16 and 17 Tramore, Co Waterford St Bees inflatable C515 D class: Aug 3 (twice), 9,23,30 (twice), D class: Aug 1, 3 (twice) and West Kirby inflatable D332 Sept 4,10,15, 25, Oct 16 and 17 Sept 11

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From The Life-Boat of 1920 Holly Phillips has been a The great difficulty in the way of Life-boat launches on crew member of Poole life- flat beaches is the difficulty of the horses. It is becoming boat since October 1994. increasingly hard to get the use of horses and the men to manage them, and they have frequently to be brought Holly's appointment long distances, with consequent delay, and the cost of brought the number of hiring is rapidly becoming prohibitive. If we can find a serving women crew mechanical means for launching and get rid of this members to 100 for the first uncertain element, we shall greatly increase the effi- time in the RNLI's history. ciency, certainty and speed of the Service. Holly has a degree in It was with this idea in mind that the Committee of naval architecture and is Management decided at its Meeting in January to currently studying for a experiment with a caterpillar tractor... a35h. p. Clayton PhD. Her university stud- Caterpillar Tractor which had already shown its ability ies have involved research to work over all sorts of land and under any conditions on materials used in the of weather... construction of RNLI life- We selected Hunstanton for the trials because we boats. should there find every variety of beach. The trials lasted for five days and were a great success... She has been closely She was first taken over the flat sandy beach, then connected with the sea all her life, and her family's home is over the sand dunes above high water mark, and finally just yards from Swanage lifeboat station. She holds a RYA/ over some rocky ground, during which operation she DoT coastal skipper and yachtmaster offshore navigation mounted a rock with a perpendicular face, 1 ft. Join, ticket and a local boatman's licence for the Swanage area. sheer in height, attaining an angle of some 60° from the Poole lifeboat station is the busiest in the country but this horizontal, and dropping heavily on reaching the maxi- is the first time a woman has been on the crew. Holly says she mum balance on the fore part of her tracks. It was a test has been welcomed by the men at the station and they have calculated to bring out any possible defect in her given her help and encouragement. construction, and to the surprise of us all she did no (The first lifeboatwoman joined the Atlantic College crew in damage to herself whatever... South Wales in 1969.) We tried a launch and although the tide was flowing fast the carriage was easily pushed into the water until it attained a depth of 2 ft. 6in. and the tractor 2 ft. I considered this quite enough for the experiments I had in view and gave the order to launch. Unfortunately however the Coxswain did not share my opinion, and did not slip the pole. This proved unfortunate, as, of course, the tractor had not been adapted forwater.. .with Facts and Figures the result that the tractor threw the water with her Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1995 show that flywheel over her sparking plugs causing the motor to during 1994: stop. An immediate attempt was made to restart her, The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 6,092 times but unsuccessfully, and with the rising tide there was (an average of more than 16 launches a day) nothing to be done but salve the magneto. This was 1,621 lives were saved (an average of four successful, and the mechanic and the Deputy Surveyor a day) of Machinery were "rescued" from the bonnet of the Some 4% of all services carried out by lifeboats tractor by the Life-boat. Half-an-hour later the tractor and Life-boat carriage were totally submerged. were in winds of Force 8 and above (Editor's note: the tractor was successfully retrieved More than 54% of all services were to pleasure - by 70 to 80 willing hands at the next low water and craft (sail, power and manual pleasure craft) restarted - once the cylinders had been emptied of sea There are 281 lifeboats on station water!) To 15 February 1995,126,796 lives have been .. .the trials at Hunstanton amply proved the value of saved since the RNLI was founded in 1824. the tractor on open sandy beaches. They showed that she could move the Life-boat over difficult ground, quickly and surely, and that in order to make her "seaworthy" it is only necessary to arrange for the Costs carburettor and magneto to be arranged in water-tight The cost of running the RNLI in 1994 was £56m. compartments, for water-tight terminals on the plugs, The approximate current cost of building a lifeboat is: for a guard to be fitted to the fly-wheel and for the exhaust to be carried above the bonnet. The tractor 16ft D class inflatable - £11,000 proved easy to drive. Those of us who were used to cars 7.5m Atlantic rigid inflatable - £61,250 fell into it at once, while even those who had not driven 14m Trent - £1,060,000 a motor vehicle before, picked it up very quickly... 17m Severn - £1,410,000

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Drinkers go over the limit! Publicans and pub customers throughout south east England contributed to a £15,000 donation presented to the RNLI at Margate lifeboat station. Jonathan Neame, director of Kent brewers Shep- herd Neame, handed the jumbo cheque to Peter Barker, coxswain of Margate lifeboat. The money will be used to help fund a crewroom extension to the lifeboat station. The brewers set out to raise £10,000 to mark British Pub Week last June but enthusiastic support from licensees in the brewery's 370 pubs, selling lottery tickets and organising fundraising events, meant the grand total was £5,000 above target. Pictured are (from left to right) Shepherd Neame director Euan Johnstone, Coxswain Peter Barker, Jonathan Neame and Chris Sandwell, helmsman of Margate's inshore lifeboat. Central Campaigns In addition to the fundraising efforts of RNLI branches and guilds campaigns are also In Brief organised through Central Fundraising at Headquarters, usually in conjuction with national companies. ONE hundred and fifty years service The recent London International Boat Show saw the results of a number of these to the Padstow ladies' guild was initiatives: the Working Together campaign with Volvo reached a triumphant conclu- celebrated at its 50th AGM in Janu- sion with a further £lm over the last two years for the new Trent class for Great ary, when three founder members Yarmouth and Gorleston. This campaign is to be replaced by a new promotion on the of the guild, Mrs Marjorie Grubb, theme 'Saving Lives'. The RNLI was also represented on the E. P. Barrus stand - Mrs Agnes Hawkins and Mrs Kit importers of the Mariner range of outboards used on many inshore lifeboats - and the England, were awarded life mem- Kimberly-Clark/Lledo models of the Tyne class, of which over 70,000 have now been bership and special badges in recog- sold, were available from the RNLI's stand near the pool, as were the Membership and nition of their long service to the Insurance services of the RAC. RNLI. Two major new promotions were launched at the Show. The first was with AT A reception for the Provincial International Paint (part of the Courtauld Group), which is offering to pay 50% of the Grand Master of the Independent first year Governor's fee to purchasers of more than £100-worth of their marine Order of Oddfellows, Heart of Eng- products. The second was with Cetrek, manufacturers of a range of marine electronic land district, held at the Royal Spa products, which launched a joint promotion to fund a D class lifeboat. Centre, a cheque for £1,000 was pre- Much of the graphics on the stand were funded by the computer company Unisys, sented to the Leamington branch which will also be using RNLI material in a campaign of their own on the theme of from the Edmonscote Lodge. 'Rescue' which will culminate at the Birmingham Boat Show in June. REGULARS at the Dulwich Woodhouse Also at the London Show the Institution received a cheque for £66,000 from the public house recently turned out in Royal Bank of Scotland for money raised through its Affinity credit card, bringing the force to see Radio Jazz FM's disc total sum raised to date to £650,000. The Tesco Charity Trust was presented with a jockey Mark Sebastian smash a bot- scroll of thanks to mark the raising of more than £250,000 in collections at its stores in tle full of coins on behalf of the Lewi- 1992 and 1994. sham branch. Greater London or- An insert in the Winter 1994/5 issue of The Lifeboat announced details of an ganiser Alan Ashby was on hand to ambitious new programme called the RNLI/My Garden Challenge 1995. My Garden oversee the counting and organise a is a small, high-quality subscription-only magazine, and the promotion will take the raffle, and the total amount raised form of a national quiz. Organised rapidly to catch the winter trade, the challenge has came to £531. had some teething problems, but the initial response has been high. Two fundraising events held at Plans are also in hand for joint promotions with Knorr Soups in the Republic of Newbiggin lifeboat station over Ireland and Seven Seas, the vitamin product supplier, through 6,000 UK chemists. Christmas were well attended. The Office Angels have selected the RNLI as their Charity of the Year for 1995. Their annual bonfire and firework display business is the supply of temporary secretaries to industry and they have 30,000 temps raised over £500 and, despite terri- on their books, working from 50 branches throughout England and Scotland. ble weather, the Christmas fair real- There will also be collections in all Safeway stores on 8 July to mark the 10th ised £300. anniversary of their highly successful employee fundraising campaign, which led to MRS BRENDA Harris, host of The Lord the funding of the Brede class lifeboat at Calshot. Kitchener public house in Welling, Two administrative points. has adopted the RNLI as her chosen • The RNLI has been concerned for some time about its inability to do more for Give As You charity for 1995. With the help of Earn donors. However, they have now been recorded on a new database and an initial letter of Welling branch committee the aim thanks, together with a Newsletter will be sent to them shortly. This is a very tax-efficient is to raise £11,000 for a D class life- method of giving, and the Institution is keen to promote the scheme as much as possible. boat. Dozens of events are planned • Part 2 of the Charities Act came into force at the beginning of March. To protect donors for the year and a superb race night the Act requires much more formal agreements between commercial partners and charities. The in January started the ball rolling to penalties for the commercial concerns can be heavy, so please enquire if you are contemplating the tune of £1,560. any joint promotions. 312 £ £ £ THE FUNDRAISERS £ £ £

Right up your street Bottled benefits In Brief A plaque commemorating the refurbish- Members of the Labologists Society (the ment of the 300-year-old Jermyn Street international society for label collectors A WELL supported coffee morning in was unveiled last November by Her Royal and brewery research) gathered at the October raised some £137 for Rame Highness Princess Michael of Kent, pa- long-established brewery of Shepherd Peninsula branch which was also tron of the Jermyn Street Association, Neame in Faversham for their 1994 Label pleased to receive a cheque in No- which decided to raise money for the of the Year meeting. vember for £155 from the Raleigh and RNLI during a day of activities. After a tour of the brewery fully laden Camelford Sea Angling Club, the re- An Atlantic 75 and three crew mem- buffet tables awaited the members' atten- sult of a sponsored 'fish-in'. bers from West Mersea formed a central tion before the formal business of award- A VARIETY concert organised by the feature outside St James' Church and they ing the best new labels of the year. All Sanday ladies' guild included a hi- were joined early in the day by William that remained was the raffle and the auc- larious sketch about the fate of 'the Fox Pitt, winner of the Burghley horse tion, conducted at a furious pace by mas- sandwiches at the dance'! Eight mem- trials with his horse Chaka. ter auctioneer Graham Tubb. Labels, bers of the guild dressed up as sand- Barbara Brooks, chairman of the Cen- bottles, glasses, posters all fell to his ham- wiches and brought the house down. tral London ladies' committee manned mer - raising £2,758.12 for the RNLI, the Another highlight was the appear- an RNLI gift counter in Simpsons and the society's nominated charity for 1994. ance of the band Hullion from Ork- Bowden Show choir sang sea shanties up ney mainland. The concert was fol- and down the street for two hours which Sassanach Confusion lowed by a dance and raised over £500. had passers-by tapping their feet and All Scots readers will have noticed the error THREE extremely successful days of digging into their pockets to donate. Spe- in the caption to the Volvo draw picture in collecting in December resulted in just cial raffle tickets were sold all day and to the Winter issue. Mrs Ann Irons is Lady over £3,480 being added to the coffers date £6,000 has been raised. Provost of Edinburgh, not Glasgow! of Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park branch. A two-day bucket collection The Bear Necessities for Number Appeal at the Safeways branch in Sutton, realised £1,850.95 and a one-day collec- The RNLI's Humber Appeal to raise controlled Mersey class lifeboat and on tion at the St Nicholas shopping cen- £1.35m for a new Severn class lifeboat its completion offered the model as a tre raised a further £1,277, plus the recently received a large injection of funds prize draw. The resulting £1,353 it raised sale of £352.34 worth of souvenirs. from Associated British Ports, who do- has gone into the appeal funds and John THE Romf ord branch held its first quiz nated £7,500. The donation was the ini- Stainsby, the lucky winner, has loaned night last November and raised £262. tiative of ABP's Humber ports of Hull, the model to the Grace Darling Museum It was limited to nine tables (all the Grimsby and Immingham, and Goole and at Bamburgh. local hall would hold) and the partici- will sponsor the provision of radar equip- pants were mainly friends and col- ment for the new lifeboat. leagues of the committee. The teams Members of Leeds Shoreline branch (Below) The Humber Lifeboat Appeal's mascot, Bevan brought their own food and drink but and other local branches and guilds in the Bear, is pictured meeting for the very first time his tea and coffee were provided. Thanks area visited Spurn Point recently to namesake Brian Bevan (left), and two of the Humber to the 'professional' quizmaster and present Brian Bevan, coxswain of the lifeboat crew when he visited the lifeboat station recently. committee the event was judged a Humber lifeboat, with a cheque for £2,450 The small Bevan Bear mascots have raised over great success with a request that an- for the appeal. The Leeds Shoreline branch £18,000 for the appeal which now stands at around other quiz be held soon. had raised the money last year at a gala £750,000. held at Temple Newsam Park in Leeds. Brian was also the recipient of further cheques amounting to £1,130 presented by Dave Moss, committee member of Spalding branch and Geoff Cromack, secretary of the Spalding model boat club. The branch and club combine every May to raise funds at the town's flower festival - the branch set up stalls to sell souvenirs and the club puts on a show of working model boats - and last year it was decided to support the Humber appeal. Dave, who is also a member of the club, thought it a nice gesture to present the cheques at Spurn Point and also took the opportunity to show Brian and the crew his radio-controlled model of the stations's present lifeboat,C/fy of Bradford IV. Another generous donation to the Humber lifeboat appeal was made by Geoffrey Barker from Drif field, East York- shire. He had built a 1 /10th scale radio-

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In deep! in Brief Four deep sea marine scientists on board After having his head trimmed to a the research ship Discovery in the Arabian No. 4 ere w cut John had his beard trimmed FOLLOWING the article in the Autumn Sea off Oman had a sponsored haircut. too - but only after everyone had agreed 1994 issue regarding his Battle of At- The event, which took place on the to double their sponsorship! lantic plaques, Hubert James has for- foredeck, was conceived the night before The three other willing victims were warded a further £31 to the Birming- in the ship's bar by John Murray from Dr Andrew Patience, Dr George Wolff ham office. Glasgow University. A sponsor sheet and Jeff Crooks. OVER the last 25 years David King was hurriedly prepared and the officers, Altogether, the sum of £417.30 was from Bridlington has been collecting crew and other scientists contributed. raised from the hair shearing event! stamps from around the world and has raised £5,000 for the RNLI. A BARN dance organised by Hitchin Pulling together and District branch raised £265, a A sponsored row from Jersey to Guernsey by the St Helier and St Peter Port lifeboat collection at the local branch of crews raised £7,000 for the Guernsey Severn Lifeboat Appeal. The row was Jersey Sainsburys raised £172 and the an- coxswain Bob Vezier's idea to support their Guernsey colleagues and the local appeal nual punch, pies and carols concert to raise £1 m towards the cost of the new boat. The 26-mile row took the crews just over realised £600. five hours from St MEMBERS of Street branch undertook ^^_^ " m, Helier lifeboat station a sponsored cycle ride to Exmouth to the old lifeboat slip lifeboat station last August and raised in St Peter Port har- £1,000. bour. A RECEPTION was held in Paisley Town The Jersey and Hall to celebrate Renfrew ladies' Guernsey crews came guild diamond jubilee (1934-1994). together again to Throughout its jubilee year the guild present the cheque to held many fundraising events in hon- Jurat Dave Lowe who our of the occasion. was standing in for the LOCAL branches manned a vacant shop appeal chairman Jurat unit provided by the Meridian Cen- Len Moss. tre, Havant in November and in just Photo Brian Green over a week, selling Christmas cards, souvenirs plus almost anything un- The Demo that wasn't... gently eased in close to the cliff and the der the sun, they raised £3,200 for the The Lizard's flag day turned out to be doctor despatched in an inflatable, when Hayling Island lifeboat station ap- warm, dry and sunny, ideal for the fate took over again! This time the life- peal fund. planned demonstrations at Kilcobben boat received a 'shout', to a fishing vessel DURING last August bank holiday Cove. BBC Radio Cornwall was broad- 12 miles away taking water fast and in weekend, two members of Birming- casting its entire afternoon show live from danger of sinking. ham branch joined the Jonathan the cove and, combined with press cover- The doctor and 'casualty' were left to Clarke memorial coach marathon, age and a mention on the TV weather their own devices, and it took some time travelling from John O'Groats to map the previous evening, a large crowd to persuade a worried visitor that the aid Land's End and back to Birmingham. of spectators gathered. of her paramedic husband was not re- Proceeds were divided equally be- The afternoon started well, with the quired, as it was only a demonstration! tween the RNLI and the Birmingham BBC relaying live interviews and com- So now the demonstration was left children's hospital renal unit. En mentary and a PA system on the sur- without a lifeboat or a helicopter - and route, visits were made to Weston rounding cliffs keeping everyone in- words like 'disaster' were coming to mind. super Mare, Exmouth and St Ives life- formed. But not so! When the PA relayed the boat stations and £2,003 was raised The lifeboat went to the rescue of a news to the spectators, and the lifeboat for the lifeboat service. 'casualty' in the cove (a fishing boat mak- made off across the bay at full throttle ing smoke), dowsed the flames, took her against the spectacular backdrop, excite- Model methods in tow and went to deal with two men in ment seemed to grab the crowds. Sud- Sales of a limited edition Lledo model of the water (volunteers) in conjunction with denly they were no longer watching a the Douglas, Isle of Man lifeboat Sir a Sea King helicopter from RNAS demonstration - they were seeing a life- William Hillary have so far realised £400 Culdrose. boat in action, going out to save lives, and for Douglas branch. Then the fickle finger of fate took over, giving a real understanding of what the Produced locally, the replicas are com- for as the helicopter was approaching it RNLI is all about. Meanwhile, Nina Davey plete down to the operational number 47- received a genuine 'shout' - and made of the BBC found herself in the almost 032 on the side, Douglas lifeboat on the off, never to be seen again that afternoon! unique position of commentating live on stern and the name Sir William Hillary on There was a ripple of disappointment a real 'shout'. the wheelhouse. when the spectators were given the news, The atmosphere was electric and ques- A number of models are still available but undaunted the lifeboat set out to re- tions and cash started to flow, resulting in from Mr Peter Cain, c/o 2 Taubman Ter- cover the two in the water. With the more than £3,100 being taken. race, Douglas, Isle of Man at £8 each (plus 'survivors' safely landed, the doctor went So the demonstration that wasn't, 50p P&P) of which £2.50 is donated to the on board for a staged rescue of a casualty turned into a success, but - how do you RNLI. Each model is accompanied by a at the foot of the cliffs. 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Banking on their support A Fay re deal! Oliver asks for more! Among the thousands competing in the With the kind permission of the Duke 12-year-old Oliver Puckering, son of the New York marathon last November was and Duchess of Buccleuch a highly suc- secretary of St Albans and District branch a young lady wearing a Lizard lifeboat T- cessful Victorian Christmas Fayre was took part in Redbourn Methodist shirt. The young lady in question was held at Bowhill House, their magnificent Church's pantomime playing the part of Elizabeth Foster, born and bred in Mul- stately home near Selkirk. Sleepy the dwarf. lion, but now living in London where she Among the many distinguished visi- The church performs its pantomimes works for an American bank. tors were Sir David Steel MP, Ludovic for charity, and Oliver suggested that the When the bank offered to pay all ex- Kennedy, the Duke and Duchess of RNLI should be one of two charities to penses for her to take part in the New Buccleuch (hosts) and Lady Polwarth. benefit. Unaware of this, his grandfather York marathon it was too good an oppor- The fayre, sponsored by Middlemas John Cox who is chairman of the branch, tunity to miss and Elizabeth agreed to of Kelso and co-ordinated by Sheena Haire went to see Oliver's performance on the run and raise money for The Lizard life- of Ha wick, was a joint effort by Eyemouth, final night - and at the end of the show the boat. Peebles, Coldstream, Galashiels, Melrose, producer called him on stage to receive a Two weeks before she left for New Selkirk and Ha wick branches, supported cheque on behalf of the Institution. York Elizabeth returned home to be in- by St Abbs and Eyemouth lifeboat station Thanks to Oliver's foresight and keen- terviewed on BBC Radio Cornwall and branches. Attractions included the ness the lifeboat service received £400. the drive for sponsorship began. She Eyemouth fishermen's choir, Rikki the completed the race in 4 hours 9 minutes magician, Cuffy Bear, the Embleton Hand- In Brief and raised £1,200. bell Ringers and many stalls selling homemade crafts and produce. DECEMBER saw a carol service with a Berwick gets better The setting provided a wonderful Vic- difference for Cheltenham branch. Since North Berwick's new boathouse torian atmosphere, further enhanced by Victorian/Edwardian dress was the opened in November 1991 takings have members of the branches involved dress- order of the evening as supporters soared. ing in a variety of period costumes. The stepped aboard a steam train at The old boathouse was seldom open resultant £3,000 was a great boost to life- Toddington. Steaming into to the public and the box set in the wall boat funds. Winchcombe station passengers were raised about £300 per season. Now things welcomed by the Cheltenham silver have changed for the better! The summer Mumbles money band playing carols. Father Christ- of 1992 brought in £1,450, takings dou- A cheque for £25,000 was recently pre- mas and the Pearly King and Queen bled in 1993 and the 1994 season realised sented to the Institution by the Mumbles mingled with the singers and after £3,920. Lifeboat Crew Association. The money steaming back to Toddington support- The station is mentioned in the East was the proceeds of the 1993 and 1994 ers were welcomed at the Flag and Lothian Tourist Board brochure, posters annual raft races organised by the MLC A. Whistle for hot punch and mince pies. have been distributed to local hotels to This year will be the 12th race to be run - Thanks to sponsorship from the encourage people to visit the station and an estimated 14,000 people turned out to Gloucester & Worcester railway and its lifeboat and a TV set (generously do- cheer on 55 rafts in the 1994 race. the Cheltenham Silver Band plus of nated by Mitsubishi) enables videos to be Mumbles lifeboat station itself recently course the stalwart band of support- shown. received £600 for new training equip- ers, a splendid sum of £1,500 was As can be seen by the signatures in the ment from Associated British Ports, own- realised from the event. The branch visitors book, people from all over the ers of the ports of Swansea and Port Talbot. were also the recipients of a cheque world and nearly every county and re- Captain Roy Griffiths, station honorary for £102 raised by patrons of the gion in the UK have been to the station secretary, thanked Ray Klinck, port man- Frogmill at Shipton from a Christmas and it is hoped that 1995 will be even ager, saying 'In-house training is an inte- raffle. better. gral part of RNLI policy. In these days of THE Lostwithiel and District branch constant change in electronic and naviga- held its second annual dinner dance Open all hours tional systems it is essential to have the at the Golf and Country Club. The An idea that started as a station open day, appropriate tools with which to train our event was given the title Catherine to allow locals to see 'their lifeboat' and crew members. The finance for the new Rashleigh to commemorate the meet the crew, was taken on board by the video and television is gratefully appre- launching of Fowey's very first life- Mudef ord crew and supporters with such ciated.' boat of that name in 1859, then sta- enthusiasm that it grew into a very suc- tioned at Polkerris. Among the guests cessful public relations and fundraising Sickbay slim was Sir Richard Rashleigh whose fam- event, raising over £3,200. During HMS Ark Royal's Adriatic de- ily were largely instrumental in bring- The Mudeford ladies' guild and crew ployment last year, various fundraising ing the lifeboat to Fowey and a raffle, invited branches from Christchurch, New activities were devised in aid of charity. donations and the sale of Christmas Milton, Highcliffe and Burton to join The sickbay's involvement was aimed cards raised £355. forces for the event last September, the towards promoting healthy living and DURING December the Romney, Hythe first attempt at such a joint venture, and fitness on board, with the RNLI as the and Dymchurch Railway operated proved such a success that it is hoped to chosen charity. over 40 Santa Special trains from repeat the event this year. To this end Surgeon Commander A. Hythe to New Romney and back, rais- The Mayor of Christchurch, Council- Yates instituted a voluntary sponsored ing £846 for the Littlestone-on-Sea lor Ed Coope, opened proceedings and weight reduction programme and the lifeboat station. The total raised by was delighted to watch the exercise be- sickbay staff held a 24-hour marathon on the Railway for the RNLI in 1994 was tween the lifeboat and the rescue helicop- an exercise bike, resulting in a cheque for £2,627. ter from Lee on Solent. £500 being forwarded to the Institution. 317 People and Places around and about the RNLI

Lifeboats in the South Seas - in Tonga Just before Christmas, Swanage lifeboat station received news of their old lifeboat, Thomas Markby, which served at the station from 1928 to 1949. The letter came from the Kingdom of Tonga where the old lifeboat's German owner is currently based. Her owner, Mr Lojda, writes: Since 1977 we are the owners of Ambler which is the former lifeboat Thomas Markby. We purchased her in Guernsey in 1977 and after four years of refitting and testing we sailed to Tonga via two years in the Mediterra- nean, Canary Islands, Brazil, Argen- tina via Cape Horn to Chile, Easter Island, Pitcairn, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, New hope you like to hear of one of your The former lifeboat Ambler at anchor in idyllic condtions in Tonga - a far cry from the conditions Zealand and back to Tonga. lifeboats which is still sailing around. recalled by former crew member Lew Hardy, below She is a strong solid boat in any C. & Z Lojda, weather and we have decided to take Neiafu/Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, The letter and photograph were forwarded care of her for many more years. We South Pacific. to the Editor by Llew Hardy, who had joined Thomas Markby as a crew member in 1937 and served as her second coxswain from 1946 to 1949. He remembers one Obituaries particular service in December 1947 when they launched in a Force 10-11 storm and With deep regret we record the follow- He was awarded a Silver badge in 1984. spent 13 hours searching for missing crew ing deaths: John Richards, chairman of Cowbridge members of a capsized tug - 'she was a fine branch. He joined the branch in 1976 sea boat, Wet, but sea kindly. I shall never OCTOBER 1994 and was its chairman from 1979 until his forget the fury of the elements that night.' Mrs Barbara Yuille, treasurer of Biggar death. Mr Richards was awarded a ladies' guild from 1970 to 1992. She was Silver badge in 1990 and was also treas- awarded a gold badge in 1994. urer of the Horton & Port Eynon lifeboat ... and in New Zealand William Watson, treasurer of Stoke- station from 1977 to 1992. While on holiday in New Zealand, on-Trent ladies' guild from 1982 to 1994. JANUARY 1995 Dave Jeeves, crew member of He was awarded a Silver badge in 1993. Mrs Doris Connell, treasurer of Clifton Exmouth's inshore lifeboat, came across NOVEMBER 1994 ladies' guild from 1970 to 1989. She was another ex-RNLI lifeboat enjoying an Mrs Mary Mercer, chairman of awarded a Silver badge in 1985. active retirement on the other side of Blackburn ladies' guild from 1967 to Miss Anne Norris, president of the world. The Liverpool class ON 914 1976 and vice president from 1976 until Sherborne branch since 1979 having Tillie Morrison Sheffield II, now named her death. served as its first chairman when the Rescue III, was originally stationed at DECEMBER 1994 branch was formed in 1973. Until the Bridlington from 1953 to 1967 and is Victor Pitman, coxswain of Weymouth formation of the branch she had previ- now in active use at New Plymouth, lifeboat from 1979 to 1986. He first joined ously been president of the Sherborne North Island, as a pleasure boat on the crew in 1947 and served as second ladies lifeboat league. tourist trips around the Sugar Loaf coxswain from 1962 until his appoint- FEBRUARY 1995 islands. ment as coxswain. He was awarded a Tommy Read, coxswain of Hartlepool Yet another ex-lifeboat is now Silver medal in 1976 and a Thanks on lifeboat from 1957 to 1966, having joined serving in New Zealand waters - Vellum in 1978. the crew in 1956. Girvan's Brede class lifeboat Amateur Mrs E Patrick, vice president of Mrs Margaret Watson, chairman of Swimming Association was sold to the Skegness branch from 1987. She had Stoke-on -Trent ladies' guild from 1968 New Zealand coastguard service in served as assistant secretary from 1977- until her death. She was awarded a 1993, and is now based at Nelson, 78 and secretary from 1978-87. Mrs statuette in 1977, a Silver badge in 1983 South Island. Patrick was awarded a Silver badge in and a Gold badge in 1994. On a recent visit to the UK, Harold 1991. Lawrence Kelly, chairman of Kensing- Mason, coxswain of the newly named Norman Taylor, honorary secretary of ton branch since 1974. He received a Sealord Rescue presented a commemora- Congleton branch from 1973 to 1989. Gold Badge in 1992. tive plaque to the people of Girvan from the residents of Nelson. 318 Out of the blue. New Year's Fireman Sam deciphers the name on a winning Honours ticket from the draw while Anthony Oliver, the Her Majesty the Queen has honoured RNLI's deputy head of the following for their services to the fundraising and RNLI in this year's New Year Honours marketing, prepares the drum for another spin. list: Knight Bachelor: Sir Michael Vernon Chairman of the RNLI. MBE: Mrs Annie Bolton Lately president of Bramhall and Woodford guild. MBE: Mrs Pauline Hodge Honorary secretary of Edinburgh ladies' guild Fireman Sam arrived at the RNLI Poole headquarters in one of Poole Fire Bri- MBE: Roy Norgrove gade's engines - not to put out a fire, but to draw the 68th national lottery which Chairman of Farnham branch took place on 31 January. Sam was appearing in his latest exploits at the Poole Arts MBE: Leslie Robson ^ Q r\ / i O O Centre, and joining him at the draw Helmsman of Flamborough lifeboat OtJlVIHJ were children from Winchelsea Special School and Dave Kennett, former Other awards of interest, for achievements Badges coxswain of Yarmouth lifeboat. Dave not directly connected with the Institu- The Long Service Badge for crew retired in December 1994. tion's work, have been made to: members and shore helpers who have Anthony Oliver, deputy head of KCB: Sir David Mansel Lewis given active service for 20 years or fundraising and marketing supervised Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed (president of more has been awarded to: proceedings and on hand to see fair Burry Port branch) Anstruther - Head launcher T.B. Small play was the Institution's director, Lt KCB: Captain Sir Malcolm Edge Ballycotton - Mechanic M.P.L. Walsh Cdr Brian Miles CBE. Deputy Master and Chairman Board of Berwick-upon-Tweed - Head launcher The prize winners were: Trinity House (ex-officio member of the J. Swan Volvo car Mrs T. Davies, Deganwy, committee of management) Burry Port - Crew member H. Owen, Gwynedd. KBE: Sir Peter Crill shore helper T.T. Griffiths £1,000 Mrs R. Steggle, Basingstoke, Bailiff of Jersey (patron of Jersey Clogher Head - Coxswain F. Sharkey, Hants. lifeboats) tractor driver P. Flynn £500 V. Farrant, Ryde, Isle of Wight. MBE: Jack Abbott Cromer - Crew member P.J. Smith £250 Mrs B.J. Wilkes, Bristol. RAF Warrant Officer (deputy launching Eastbourne - Deputy head launcher F. £100 Mrs A.D. Hobson, Calverton, authority at Trearddur Bay lifeboat Wakefield Notts; Mrs E. Tupman, Edinburgh; Mr station) Islay - Crew member J. MacTaggart & Mrs G.F. Spray, Cirencester, Glos; MBE: Captain David Poison Llandudno - Shore helper I.J. McNeil Mrs B. Shaw, Chorley, Lanes; A. Pole, Harbour Master at Lerwick (chairman Rhyl - Crew member G. Williams, Leicester. and deputy launching authority, shore helper J. Dyson £50 S. Pickering, Welwyn Garden City, Lerwick lifeboat station) Scarborough - Emergency mechanic P. Herts; Mr & Mrs J. Mitchell, Chelten- MBE: William Rogerson Harrington, shore helper J. Pearson ham, Glos; Miss C.R. Hoskins, Officer in charge, British Transport The Lizard - Coxswain P.H. Burgess, Dagenham, Essex; J.D. Blyth, Lincoln; Police, Bangor (husband of secretary of crew member M.R. Legge Miss G.M. Dickinson, Baling. Holyhead ladies' guild) Quiet help from Plymouth fisherman On Station The following lifeboats have taken up When Sam Webber died in Plymouth, their lives they recorded every penny station and relief fleet duties: aged 94, he had rarely left the city other they ever spent. ALL-WEATHER than by water. Having gained his first Not that they did not enjoy life. Torbay - Arun 52-19 (ON 1076) Marie boatman's licence in 1914 at the early Playing cards, laughing with friends Winstone on 3 February 1995. Tempo- age of 16 he spent his working life and and giving away most of the fish he rary station duty. all his spare time on or near the water. caught gave Sam real pleasure. But he INSHORE For many years an inshore fisher- also had a secret. All their scrimping Relief - D465 Palmer Bayer on 24 June man, he was never happier than and saving had a purpose. Having 1994. putting out from Plymouth Sound or known much poverty in his youth he Poole - B548 on 28 November 1994. the Yealm in an open boat to go was determined to leave a legacy which Temporary station duty. crabbing or hand-lining. He never lost would be well used. The Mumbles - D463 Nellie Grace his respect of the sea or his delight at He chose the RNLI. He never told Hughes on 29 November 1994. landing a fish. anyone, but he would have taken Relief - D474 G C H Fox on 6 December Both he and his wife lived very proper pride that other RNLI support- 1994. frugally. They built their own bunga- ers now know that a humble Plymouth West Kirby - D473 Thomas Jefferson on low by Stonehouse Creek and the fisherman contributed £300,000 and he 21 December 1994. furniture they put in on day one was would especially have enjoyed the Hayling Island - B526 on 11 January never renewed. Even the rarely- surprise caused to his many acquaint- 1995. 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