Air Sea Rescue Launch

[Lincoln 7]

I have a friend who lives and works on the Solent, Plymouth.
He states there is, up the Hamble, an ASR Launch, that is in a good state of repair.
The number, he has stated is .....101...Thats all he can tell me, anyone live down there can shed any light as to whether there is indeed, this vessel moored up there, and if so, any idea as to it's history.
Not being of any interest to him, he has not delved any further into the vessel, anyone any ideas please?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

[Dr Strangelove]

Portsmouth, not Plymouth I should think

[Lincoln 7]

Well, Dr Strangelove, I can only go one what he told me, he lives and works ferrying large boats for those who berth in the Solent so you could be right I dropped a clanger, he lives in Southampton.NOT Plymouth.
Thanks for putting the grey matter in place
Jim.
Lincoln .7

[Newforest]

Hopefully your friend has the wrong number and it should be 102. This should now be in Portsmouth round the corner from Hamble.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/...t_in_history_/

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4997...rom_scrapheap/

[Lincoln 7]

Hi Newforest.Many thanks for putting the "News" you had obtained, on here. I think she is a marvelous piece of history, and when I read the first newspaper article felt, gutted!!
I then read the 2nd one, and felt elated, that the old girl had been saved. I have only been one one of those boats, and she had 3 Thornycroft engines, and boy, could she move.

Its right what Moggy said on another Post of mine, re Lightship 72, again, yet another vessel again "D" day landings, Normandy, a great piece of History,BUT, where is she?. no one knows!! but as he stated, everyone wants to save the "Last 15 or so.....aircraft" but when it comes to ships or boats, no one wants to know. FFS we are a Nation of Sea Farers, we should go all out, and save these ships and little boats, that saved us, many times, in many cases.We waste enough of OUR taxes on shed loads of things we DON'T need.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

[Moggy C]

The exciting part appears to be that they will be selling rides. Now that is an experience to equal Just Jane. I'll be in the queue.

Moggy

[spitfireman]

Blimey....blast from the past.

I was once picked up by one of its sisters D92 after a night wet winching sortie with a Sea King went badly wrong. (winter 1980) Even remember the bloke who dragged me out the sea ('Tug' Wilson) Was given a coffee and a peanut butter sarnie and dropped off Alnmouth harbour. The S/K winchman had accidently 'noosed' the winch cable around his wrist when lifting out the sea and was rushed to hospital, leaving me two miles off the coast. I knew the ASR was in the area as we were due to do some deck winching but did not know how close. I could see the coast (lights) in the distance and (in a single man dingy) I rolled onto my belly and struck out for the shore. After about 30 minutes (and making a bit of progress), D92 had manouvred quietly between me and the shore and (without seeing) I simply swam right up to it!

Happy days

Baz

[ppp]

So the only options were giving him £580,000 or he destroys the boat?

[dakota2]

John.leech146@talktalk.net

I have a friend who lives and works on the Solent, Plymouth.
He states there is, up the Hamble, an ASR Launch, that is in a good state of repair.
The number, he has stated is .....101...Thats all he can tell me, anyone live down there can shed any light as to whether there is indeed, this vessel moored up there, and if so, any idea as to it's history.
Not being of any interest to him, he has not delved any further into the vessel, anyone any ideas please?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

Further details of this boat can possibly be obtained from John.leech146@talktalk.net who is connected with the Aicraft & ASR museum in Suffolk
they have a lot of info on these boats

dakota

[~Alan~]

An old customer of mine used to tell me some stories of when he was
on an RAF ASR launch during WWII.

He spent a lot of his time out in the North sea, waiting to pick up downed
aircrew. Very sad at times listening to aircrew who were going down with
their aircraft, asking him to pass messages to loved ones.

[Lincoln 7]

An old customer of mine used to tell me some stories of when he was
on an RAF ASR launch during WWII.

He spent a lot of his time out in the North sea, waiting to pick up downed
aircrew. Very sad at times listening to aircrew who were going down with
their aircraft, asking him to pass messages to loved ones.

Hi Alan. Having fished out of most Ports on the East Coast from Scotland including the centre of the shipping chanel out of the Solent, mainly in 32 ft long fishing boats. It gets cold, windy,and sometimes bl***y rough, but at least we could go into the wheelhouse to warm up, and have a cuppa. I can just imagine our lads who were shot down, floating in just a lifejacket, sometimes for hrs, waiting to be picked up by the ASR lads, who never seemed to get the recognition they deserved in playing a most significant part in the War.
Didnt the Germans have BOUYS, (Shelters) in the sea where downed pilots could wait to be rescued, that had a radio in them, to send a message to get themselves picked up?.

Jim.
Lincoln .7

[Scott Marlee]

im sure i watched a film about that not long back Jim, is that why you ask? ingenious idea if they did

[bazv]

Yes the Luftwaffe did have rescue bouys.
In the old B/W movie 'For those in peril'...there is a lovely scene in which a Walrus takes off from Shoreham...does a 180 and a low flyby
It is a usual type of wartime film but does have some nice scenes with the rescue boats/crews and naval gunboats.
Stars David Farrar

rgds baz

[Lincoln 7]

im sure i watched a film about that not long back Jim, is that why you ask? ingenious idea if they did

Hi Scott. I have an interest in the ASR and their boats, I MAY be wrong, but myself and Forum member L Garey both went out on one, boy, could they shift
Jim.
Lincoln .7

[Lincoln 7]

John.leech146@talktalk.net

Further details of this boat can possibly be obtained from John.leech146@talktalk.net who is connected with the Aicraft & ASR museum in Suffolk

Thanks for this information dacota2. I will certainly follow this up, and get back to you

Jim.

Lincoln .7