CAMARTHEM, October 19, 1987: Crew members of Tenby's 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat crew found themselves afloat several miles from the sea when they were called in by police and coastguards to help with flood relief at Camarthen, following the severe gales and storms of last October. Helmsman Roy Young and Crew Members Clive and Peter Thomas spent all of Monday, October 19, assisting other emergency services. Among their duties that day they towed a fire service inflatable across the flooded River Towi; picked up the local postmaster and helped him to remove several bags full of money from his post office to safety and towed a big fuel tank from the office of a garage, where it was causing damage as it floated in the water.

photograph by courtesy of Ralph Carpenter.