Search and Rescue

Tynemouth RNLI lifeboats launched to search for missing person

Date: 15/10/2008

Author: Adrian Don, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Office

Reference: Tynemouth 044 2008

Tynemouth RNLI all-weather and inshore lifeboats were launched at 01:55am this morning after Humber Coastguard Rescue Centre received a request from Northumbria Police for assistance in getting a male casualty and police officers off the beach at Frenchman’s Bay, South Tyneside.

Fishing boat washing to shore, with net fouled propeller

Date: 14/10/2008

Author: Steve Tollett, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Office

Reference: Rye Harbour 037 2008

Rye Harbour RNLI relief lifeboat B722 ‘Beatrice Dorothy’ launched on Saturday 11 October 2008 to a small fishing vessel, suffering from a net fouled propeller and being washed towards shore.

Shoreham RNLI search for man

Date: 14/10/2008

Author: Dave Cassan, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

Reference: Shoreham 006 2008

Both Shoreham’s inshore and all-weather lifeboats were launched in the early hours of this (Tuesday) morning to assist Police and Coastguard officers in the search for a man reported to have been seen wading out to sea off a Worthing beach.

Upturned coffee table sparks 999 call

Date: 14/10/2008

Author: Mark Bell, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

Reference: Brighton 015 2008
Brighton boathouse

Earlier this evening, while preparing for a training exercise, RNLI Brighton Lifeboat was paged in response to a 999 call reporting an elderly person in the water East of
Brighton Pier.

Newquay RNLI hunt for punt

Date: 14/10/2008

Author: Tracy Cayton-Smith,Volunteer Lifeboat Press Office

Reference: Newquay 024 2008

Newquay’s RNLI lifeboats launched at 17:0 hrs on Tuesday 14th October 2008 following reports of an empty boat off Watergate beach.

Incoming tide cuts off two at Burry Holmes

Date: 14/10/2008

Author: Hugh Owen, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

Reference: Burry Port 004 2008
Burry Port lifeboat station

At 4:30pm on Tuesday afternoon, 14 October 2008, the volunteers at the RNLI’s lifeboat station at Burry Port launched to the assistance of two young women, from North Gower, cut off at Burry Holmes.

RNLI issues SOS after Manx crews rescue more people than ever

Date: 14/10/2008

Author: Danielle Rush, Divisional Media Relations Manager

Reference: West 074a
Port St. Mary lifeboat

Statistics* released today by the RNLI show that during the first six months of 2008, the charity’s volunteer crews on the Isle of Man have rescued more people than ever before. RNLI crews at Peel, Douglas, Port St Mary, Port Erin and Ramsey rescued 56 people between January and June 2008. This represents the greatest number of people rescued during this period since modern-day records began in 1970.

Wells lifeboat rescues injured fisherman

Date: 13/10/2008

Author: John Mitchell, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

Reference: Wells-next-the-Sea 009 2008

Wells RNLI inshore lifeboat went to the assistance of a local fishing boat after a crew member was injured while working on board at sea.

Six rescued by Conwy RNLI

Date: 13/10/2008

Author: Peter Wright, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

Reference: Conwy 027 2008

Conwy’s inshore lifeboat, Arthur Bate 11, went to the aid of six stranded fishermen last evening.

Lyme Regis RNLI lifeboat crew rescue man as speedboat and jet-ski capsize

Date: 13/10/2008

Author: Richard Horobin, Vvolunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

Reference: Lyme Regis 019 2008

Lyme Regis RNLI lifeboat crew rescued a man from the sea last night (Oct 12) as a speedboat and a jet-ski capsized west of the town’s harbour.