Notice Board - Port Victoria Division
New Marine Safety SA Live Webcams
Port Victoria Boat Ramp Live Camera
Port Victoria Algal Bloom Live Camera
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Forty years ago, in May 1986, the Yorke Peninsula welcomed its first full-time rescue vessel — Patrol 5.
On 25 May 1986, Sue Mumford purchased Patrol 5, a second-hand 6.8-metre Voyager powered by a 250-horsepower stern-drive engine. The vessel was placed on loan to the Coastal Patrol for use in rescue and training operations.
In 1987, the Yorke Peninsula Coastal Patrol was awarded the NSW Water Police Trophy for the Most Improved Rescue Vessel — the first time the award had ever been presented to an organisation outside New South Wales.
The Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol in South Australia began in 1984, when Captain Frank Johns approached Charles Cornish and David Mumford to develop the Constitution for South Australia. That same year, David Mumford established the Coastal Patrol at Port Victoria.
Today, the Coastal Patrol continues to serve the community through both the Point Turton and Port Victoria divisions.
Forty years on, the first rescue remembered, article from Yorke Peninsula Country Times dated 26/5/26
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