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
Jersey is shaken by an earthquake
- After several days of particularly rough seas, residents across Jersey reported minor earth tremors lasting around half an hour.
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Jersey’s Victoria College opens for the first time
- Named in honour of Queen Victoria to commemorate her 1846 visit to Jersey, work on Victoria College was completed with its opening in 1852
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Jersey man gives evidence at Belsen concentration camp trial
- Harold le Druillenec was the only British survivor of the Belsen camp, where he was sent towards the end of the Second World War.
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Local priests campaign to declare a man insane
- Local priests campaigned for a Jersey man to be declared insane so that he would not be executed for killing his wife.
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