1985

Date Casualty Name Service performed Saved Landed Lifeboat/ON Comments
01 Feb 1985 Pleasure Liberator NSR 1025 Fuel blockage, repaired and retirned to port unaided.
10 Feb 1985 Airplane Cessna 172 Search 1025 Crashed 13 miles N of Alderney. 1 soul lost.
17 Feb 1985 Assistance Sark Medivac 1 1025 Bad weather prevented use of Flying Christine.
08 Apr 1985 Yacht Belem Towed 1025 Flares reporte East of Sark. In difficulties.
15 Apr 1985 Diver Search 1025 Diver reported missing. Gabrielle Rock. Nothing found.
30 Apr 1985 Fishing Askara (Azkara?) Towed 1025 Broke down 11 miles from Casquets.
04 May 1985 Yacht Kuanyen Towed 5 1025 Taking in water. Towed to St. Peter Port.
26 May 1985 Unknown Unknown Search 1025 Flares sighted, South Coast of Guernsey. Nothing found.
28 May 1985 Fishing Seabelle Towed 1025 Broken down 6 miles North of Roches Douvres
29 May 1985 Yacht Gallopin Towed 1025 Broken Rudder
27 Jun 1985 Commercial Star Capricorn NSR 1025 Hydrofoil, – struck whale? Towed by Abeille Languedoc.
10 Jul 1985 Pleasure Happy Hooker Stood By 1025 Assisted by others.
14 Jul 1985 Fishing Fleur de L’Ocean Search 1025 Sank in Alderney race. 2 saved, 2 souls lost.
22 Jul 1985 Assistance Sark Medivac 1 1025 Bad weather prevented use of Flying Christine.
09 Aug 1985 Unknown Unknown Search 1025 Child’s voice ‘Mayday’. Nothing found.
11 Aug 1985 Yacht Matam II Rescue 3 1025 In rock gully on South Coast. Bronze Medal Service
20 Aug 1985 Yacht Antigaspi Towed 3 1025 Red Flares sighed. Rudder broken. Towed to St. Peter Port.
18 Oct 1985 Pleasure Unknown NSR 1025 Speedboat ‘cries for help’ assisted by others.
15 Oct 1985 Assistance Herm Assistance 1 1025 Cliff fall. Transferred patient to St. Peter Port.
12 Nov 1985 Assistance Sark Assistance 1 1025 Transferred patient to St. Peter Port.
19 Nov 1985 Assistance Sark Assistance 1 1071 Bad weather prevented use of Flying Christine.
23 Nov 1985 Fishing Azkara Stood by 1107 Taking in water. Stood by whilst situation resolved. ‘RNLB City of Belfast’ en route to Guernsey.
23 Nov 1985 Fishing Our Matthew Towed 1107 After leaving ‘Azkara’ ‘City of Belfast’ went to assist vessel with steering difficulties.
25 Dec 1985 Assistance Sark Assistance 1 1071 Transferred patient with broken arm to St. Peter Port.