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Salcombe RNLI responds to dogs at sea and saves surfer's lifeAt 11.48am on Sunday March 7, Salcombe lifeboat had just been refuelled after exercise and was ready for service... Cullercoats lifeboat searches for boat with engine failureCullercoats lifeboat launched at 1pm on Sunday (7 March 2010) to search for the boat Melanie Jane, which had requested assistance following engine failure. The crew (Tom Carr, Grahame Wood, Ross Dunn and Simon Crowe) launched the Cullercoats lifeboat, Hylton Burdon, to go to the aid of the stricken vessel... RNLI Pwllheli assist fishing vesselA fishing vessel was towed to Pwllheli harbour by the town’s all weather RNLI lifeboat on Saturday afternoon after its engine overheated. The RNLI lifeboat, Lilly and Vincent Anthony, was launched soon after midday to assist the 15 metre Brixham registered scalloper Bon Accord, which had broken down four miles south of Pwllheli’s Gimblet Rock... Poppy thanks RNLI Newhaven lifeboat crewPoppy the springer spaniel, who recently survived a fall from the cliffs east of Newhaven, returned to RNLI Newhaven with her owners and family to say thank you. Kelly Ixer and Ben Markwick, with baby Henry, returned to the RNLI lifeboat station at Newhaven yesterday to say thank you to the lifeboat crew that responded to the emergency call made after their Springer spaniel “Poppy” chased a seagull over the cliffs recently... Largs RNLI assist grounded power boatLargs RNLI lifeboat launched at 4.34pm yesterday (Sunday 7 March) to help a large power boat which had run aground on Brigurd Spit, four miles south of the Lifeboat Station... Listing dredger escorted to safety by Angle RNLI lifeboatA 65-metre Dutch dredger, which was taking in water off the South Pembrokeshire coast, was escorted to safety on Friday night (5 March) by Angle's RNLI all-weather lifeboat. The Tamar class RNLI lifeboat, Mark Mason, was launched just before 5... Sunderland RNLI rescue two men after fishing boat suffers mechanical failureLifeboat volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station were called into action shortly before 12:45pm this afternoon [Friday, March 05th] to assist the crew of a 21 foot fishing vessel that had suffered mechanical failure. The rescue mission was launched after Coastguard Officers at Humber Coastguard received an emergency ‘999’ telephone call from the crew onboard the fishing vessel, reporting that they had lost all power but were not in immediate danger as they had deployed their anchor... Appledore's new lifeboat can't wait to helpAlthough Appledore’s new lifeboat is not yet fully commissioned and is still undergoing sea trials and crew training on the south coast, she cannot wait to do the job she was designed and built for. She has already carried out her first sea rescue... Commercial workboat entering Barrow begins to take on waterThe 20 metre long vessel, ‘Celtic Challenger’ was entering Barrows entrance channel about 4.5 miles SW of the station, when the skipper discovered that water was leaking into the vessels bilges from an unknown source... RNLI New Quay aids injured scallop trawler crew memberThe all-weather lifeboat at RNLI New Quay was launched on Wednesday afternoon to the assistance of a badly injured crew member of the scallop trawler Lerina positioned nine miles south west of the town. The man, who had suffered serious head and neck injuries while attempting to operate lifting gear, was attended by two of the lifeboat crew who boarded the trawler to administer first aid before he was airlifted by an RAF Valley Sea King helicopter to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor... Salcombe RNLI responds to dogs at sea and saves surfer's lifeAt 11.48am on Sunday March 7, Salcombe lifeboat had just been refuelled after exercise and was ready for service... RNLI launch charity appeal for new Looe inshore lifeboatThe RNLI is today (Monday 8 March 2010) launching a £31,000 appeal to pay for a new D class inshore lifeboat for Looe. The new lifeboat, which is due to arrive at the station in the Autumn, will be named in memory of 19 year old local man Ollie Naismith who died in a tragic car accident last December... Big Sick, Little Sick - RNLI Bude crew members take part in new first aid training courseFourteen crew members of RNLI Bude lifeboat station have recently undertaken the RNLI’s new First Aid course. The course was developed by one of the charity's Sea Survival and First Aid Trainers at RNLI Headquarters, Poole... Generous donations help Lizard's appeal for a new lifeboatThe appeal for the new Lizard lifeboat received another generous donation on Thursday 4 March when Coxswain Phil Burgess accepted a cheque for £750 from the Cornwall Masonic Benevolent Fund. The cheque was presented by the Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall, Peter George... Appledore RNLI in mourningIt is with great sadness that Appledore RNLI reports the death of Evelyn Paley and lowers its flag to half mast in respect. Mrs Evelyn Paley was the benefactor of the Douglas Paley, Appledore’s B class Atlantic 75 inshore lifeboat, donated to the RNLI in memory of her husband Air Commodore Douglas Charles Paley... Appledore's new lifeboat can't wait to helpAlthough Appledore’s new lifeboat is not yet fully commissioned and is still undergoing sea trials and crew training on the south coast, she cannot wait to do the job she was designed and built for. She has already carried out her first sea rescue... Riverdance captain and merchant navy cadets to run Bath Half Marathon for the RNLIThe captain of the Riverdance ferry, which ran aground off the Lancashire coast two years ago, is part of a seven-strong team running Sunday’s Bath Half Marathon to raise funds for the RNLI, whose volunteer crews were on hand to assist in the rescue operation. Captain Jim Smith was Master onboard Riverdance at the time and remembers all too well the treacherous conditions the volunteer RNLI crews endured for hours to help him and his crew... RNLI lifeguard returns from charity experience in Sierra LeoneRobin Howell, an RNLI lifeguard from Perranporth in Cornwall, spent a week in February teaching pupils at a school in Sierra Leone as part of a voluntary charity scheme. Alongside the rewarding teaching experience, during the first two days he also found himself using his lifeguard knowledge to ensure bathers were safe at the local beach... Early morning search by Fowey lifeboatsAt 07.18 this morning, the volunteer crew at Fowey RNLI lifeboat station were called out to search for two missing people... Busy Weekend for Plymouth RNLIRNLI Plymouth and its volunteer crews have been busy with two separate rescues this weekend. The first involved the rescue of a broken down jet ski on Plymouth Sound on Saturday and this was followed by a serious incident involving a French fishing boat on Sunday afternoon...  |
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