THE MUMBLES

THE MUMBLES LIFEBOAT

ALB Shouts 2003

Date	Time	Weather	Crew	Detail of Service
21^stJanuary 2003	12.03 16.30	S Force 3	Martin Double Dave Ford Richie Webborn Rob Tove Chris Jefferies Ben Shepherd	Power Boat Y Scarlet suffering with engine failure 1 ½ miles SE of Station, towed to Swansea Marina.
26^th January 2003	12.39 14.00	SSW Force 4	Ian Firman Gary Tiller Ben Williams James Bolter Richard Jefferies Ben Shepherd Dan Wright Russell Davies	Small Power Vessel lost in fog 5 miles SE of Head.
9^th February 2003	10.44 13.15	N Force 5	Martin Double Gary Tiller Rob Tovey Russell Davies Chris Jefferies Dai Thomas Ben Donald	Yacht La Crevette suffering with engine failure 9 miles East of Station. Towed to Swansea Marina.
24^th March 2003	12.46 15.30	SE Force 2	Martin Double Dave Ford Graham Wright Dan Wright Chris Jefferies Emma Mathias	Fishing Vessel Coralie Dawn with engine failure 3 miles off Mumbles Head.
13^th May 2003	08.44 11.00	W Force 6	Martin Double Gary Tiller Graham Wright Emma Mathias Chris Jefferies Ben Shepherd Kevin Rees	Fishing Vessel Jess A Dan with fouled propeller 5 miles SE of Station. Towed midway Bristol Channel, tow handed to Ilfracombe ALB.
14^th July 2003	20:30 22:24	SW Force 3	Martin Double Gary Tiller Rob Tovey Mathew Williams Ben Shepherd Steve Ace Adam Bere DDI Rob Atkinson DDE Simon Hayes	ALB was tasked while on exercise to a broken down 18ft speedboat “Moon Shadow” lost in the vicinity of the Scar Weather Sand Bank. ALB arrived on scene and relayed the position to Porthcawl Lifeboat the Atlantic 75 “Giles”. tow was passed to Porthcawl lifeboat the ALB return to station.
24^th July 2003	19:50 21:00	SW4	Martin Double Neil Chelley Richie Webborn Russell Davies James Fillery	MoD Bomb Disposal Inflatable boat was tasked to a suspected cylinder in Swansea Bay. The ALB was tasked to monitor situation due to the inflatable suffering with minor engine difficulties. 3 Persons on board.
2^nd August 2003	09:23 11:30	Light Airs	Martin Double Gary Tiller Richie Webborn James Bolter Graham Wright Ben Williams Rob Tovey Richard Jeffries Spencer Parker	ALB launched to a broken down motor boat 3 miles South of Pwll-Du Head. The vessel was located at 10:00hrs and towed to Swansea Marina.
3^rd August 2003	14:00 20:00	Light Airs	Rob Tovey Gary Tiller Richie Webborn Dai Thomas Mathew Williams	While on exercise with the ILB boat boats were requested to attend a 30ft Yacht with reported fire on board at Three Cliffs Bay. The ILB made way to the boat and stood alongside until the ALB took a tow to Swansea Marina.
23rd August 2003	11:40 14:45		Martin Double Gary Tiller Ben Williams James Bolter Richard Jefferies Ben Shepherd Dai Thomas Mathew Williams	Motor Vessel "Felix" reported loss of steering, but was able to continue course by use of port and starboard engines. 40 minutes later Felix reported the loss of its starboard engine. The ALB passed a tow and Felix was taken to Swansea Marina