18th September 1973
Jersey lifeboat crew rescues stricken yacht
Jersey’s coastline is laced with treacherous rocks, which have caused many yachts to get into trouble over the years. In 1973, it was the turn of Bacchus, and its crew of six, who called on the lifeboat when rocks punched a hole in the side of their craft off La Sambue Rock, directly south east of Elizabeth Castle.
So dangerous was the rescue that the Coxwain, Michael Berry, was awarded a silver medal, and the RNLI inscribed its thanks to the rest of the crew on vellum.
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Other events that occured in September
Composer Gerald Le Feuvre is born
- Le Fevure was born in Jersey and educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He founded the Kings Chamber Orchestra.
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Soldier is killed picking flowers from a train
- A soldier was killed on the Jersey Railway when he attempted to pick line-side flowers from a moving train.
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Jersey lifeboat crew rescues stricken yacht
- Jersey's lifeboat crew received awards for a brave rescue of the six-member crew of the Bacchus in September 1973.
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Journalist George William de Carteret dies
- George William de Carteret was both secretary of the Jersey Farmers’ Union, and a prolific journalist, writing in the Norman language.
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