flyingjunior
Well-Known Member
Does anybody rember about the Isles of Scilly lifeboat shout in October(apart from scillypete) for which the skipper and three of the crew were honoured with bronze medals this May
I have had the tale told to me many a time due to being friends with the lifeboat crew what they didnt tell me was this (fifth paragrapth down)!!
RNLI
Three Scillonian Lifeboatmen received RNLI bravery awards on Thursday.
The Bronze Medal for Gallantry was awarded to coxswain Andy Howells, and crew members Philip Roberts and Mark Bromham of the St. Mary's Lifeboat.
They saved a severely injured yacht thief last October in fading light with 50 mile-an-hour winds and 10m high seas. The awards were presented by the President Mary McAleese of Ireland at a special ceremony in London.
The rescue culminated as a result of an interesting series of events which had begun at Crosshaven, County Cork, a few days earlier.
On October 25 Lawrence McMillan a 53 year old Scotsman, had asked to view at yacht which was being offered for sale by its owner. McMillan was handed the keys to inspect the PROVIDENCE. The €83,000 yacht subsequently disappeared only to reappear off the Isles of Scilly in distress four days later.
On the same day that the lifeboatmen were being honoured by the President for their daring rescue, Lawrence McMillan was sentenced at 14 months imprisonment at Tralee Circuit Court in County Kerry.
News reports suggest that Mc.Millan had an "colourful" past and the tricking of the yacht's owner was one of a number of criminal acts.
Following the rescue the PROVIDENCE was recovered and taken to Newlyn, Cornwall for repairs.
taken from http://www.merseyshipping.co.uk/news/2004/05_2004/052004.htm
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I have had the tale told to me many a time due to being friends with the lifeboat crew what they didnt tell me was this (fifth paragrapth down)!!
RNLI
Three Scillonian Lifeboatmen received RNLI bravery awards on Thursday.
The Bronze Medal for Gallantry was awarded to coxswain Andy Howells, and crew members Philip Roberts and Mark Bromham of the St. Mary's Lifeboat.
They saved a severely injured yacht thief last October in fading light with 50 mile-an-hour winds and 10m high seas. The awards were presented by the President Mary McAleese of Ireland at a special ceremony in London.
The rescue culminated as a result of an interesting series of events which had begun at Crosshaven, County Cork, a few days earlier.
On October 25 Lawrence McMillan a 53 year old Scotsman, had asked to view at yacht which was being offered for sale by its owner. McMillan was handed the keys to inspect the PROVIDENCE. The €83,000 yacht subsequently disappeared only to reappear off the Isles of Scilly in distress four days later.
On the same day that the lifeboatmen were being honoured by the President for their daring rescue, Lawrence McMillan was sentenced at 14 months imprisonment at Tralee Circuit Court in County Kerry.
News reports suggest that Mc.Millan had an "colourful" past and the tricking of the yacht's owner was one of a number of criminal acts.
Following the rescue the PROVIDENCE was recovered and taken to Newlyn, Cornwall for repairs.
taken from http://www.merseyshipping.co.uk/news/2004/05_2004/052004.htm
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