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"Good Shepherd" passing the Nab on way her last "shout" for Bembridge. Many thanks to her for looking after us while ... |
... "Max Aitken III" was away. Here she is off to her first "shout" shortly after returning to station. |
| Bembridge Lifeboat 1998 |
The Relief Lifeboat "Good Shepherd" left Bembridge for another station on Wednesday 25th August 1998 but before she left she gave one more service, on Tuesday evening she went to the assistance of a motor cruiser in distress just south of the Isle of Wight. The "Max Aitken III" wasn't back on station long (Almost exactly 3 hours!!) before she was sent to search for a diver missing in the Solent. She carried out the search along with Portsmouth Lifeboat , Gosport Rescue, The Coastguard Rescue Helicopter "India Juliet" and other rescue craft from the Portsmouth area.
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"Good Shepherd" passing the Nab on way her last "shout" for Bembridge. Many thanks to her for looking after us while ... |
... "Max Aitken III" was away. Here she is off to her first "shout" shortly after returning to station. |
Other events of 1998
On Saturday 22nd August 1998 a sponsored row took place in the newly restored "Queen Victoria" on order to raise funds for her restoration. The boat set out from Bembridge Lifeboat pier shortly before 10:00am BST and the valiant crew of 10 oarsmen, one coxswain and a timekeeper, rowed the boat round the Nab Tower, she was accompanied by the Bembridge Inshore Lifeboat and the diving vessel "Discovery ".
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Preparations are made... |
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...by the crew... |
...supervised by the ILB |
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