New lifeboat launched by Duchess of Edinburgh, named Queen Victoria to mark Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee.
James Arnold was killed when his cart used for collecting seaweed was thrown over by a rope used in launching the lifeboat; the horse was also killed.
The Brooke lifeboat was launched on 9 March on service to the ship Sirenia but was thrown back on the beach. The second coxswain and another man were washed overboard and lost. Word reached Bembridge and Coxswain Attrill of the Bembridge lifeboat set off on foot and walked to Brooke, some 15 miles, in heavy leather sea boots and offered himself as a volunteer to replace the man who had been killed. The lifeboat was again launched and rescued the crew of the ship.