One of the men involved in an operation to save 20 crew from a cargo ship off the Devon coast says it was the most difficult rescue he has carried out. Mark Criddle, coxswain of the Torbay lifeboat, described how rough seas and gale-force winds made the operation one of their toughest missions.
Green Marine
about 19 years ago
Crew tells of ‘difficult rescue’
One of the men involved in an operation to save 20 crew from a cargo ship off the Devon coast says it was the most difficult rescue he has carried out. Mark Criddle, coxswain of the Torbay lifeboat, described how rough seas and gale-force winds made the operation one of their toughest missions.
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