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Newhaven lifeboat called out twice in three daysVolunteers from Newhaven’s RNLI lifeboat station were called out to two vessels, which both suffered engine problems on two different days. The first incident was on Sunday 29 January when the volunteer lifeboat crew were tasked at 12... Kite-surfer rescued thanks to quick-thinking Hunstanton RNLI volunteerHunstanton RNLI lifeboat crew rescued a kite-surfer after the station’s volunteer lifeboat press officer spotted a kite drifting out to sea off Hunstanton at 3.22pm on Wednesday 1 February... Awards for RNLI Shoreham lifeboat crew for mid-Channel collision rescueTwo Shoreham lifeboat crewmen have received awards from the RNLI for their actions during a mid-Channel collision between a yacht and a beam trawler. Steve Smith, who is the new Shoreham lifeboat coxswain, and second mechanic Simon Tugwell have each been presented with framed letters of thanks signed by RNLI Chairman Admiral the Lord Boyce for the rescue last August... New Quay RNLI lifeboat in serach for missing personThe New Quay inshore RNLI lifeboat was called out at 9am on Tuesday (31 January) to assist the Police and Coastguard during a search for a missing person in the Aberaeron area. Conditions were extremely cold as the RNLI lifeboat crew, Ben Billingham, Ceri Knapgate and Tim Harrison, searched the coastline north and south of Aberaeron for over two hours... Three shouts in three days for Fishguard lifeboat crewsBoth of Fishguard RNLI lifeboats were kept busy with three shouts over a three day period between Saturday 28 and Monday 30 January. The first shout resulted in the inshore lifeboat turning out during Saturday afternoon to assist a local fisherman... Swan too many anglers leave distressed duck in need of RNLI rescue in LittlehamptonLittlehampton’s volunteer lifeboat crew responded to a somewhat unusual incident at the weekend when they assisted a swan in distress after fishing equipment became lodged in its throat. The crew of the lifeboat station were out on their usual Sunday morning exercise when they came across the large white swan in distress on the River Arun... Teignmouth RNLI lifeboat crew save 5 when trawler capsizesUpdate Tuesday 31 January, 12pm At about 1.40pm on Monday 30 January many 999 calls were received by HM Coastguard about a local trawler that had capsized on approaching the River Teign estuary mouth, close to the bar... Late night shout for Whitby's inshore lifeboatOn Monday 30 January at 1.55am Humber Coastguard were contacted by North Yorkshire Police to request the immediate launch of RNLI Whitby’s inshore lifeboat OEM Stone III... RNLI Queensferry lifeboat rescues three peopleAt 2.35pm on Saturday 28 January the RNLI Queensferry lifeboat was called out to help three people were trapped on Cramond Island by the fast incoming tide... Walkers saved from incoming tide by Eastbourne RNLIEastbourne RNLI’s inshore lifeboat went to the assistance of two visitors yesterday afternoon (Sun 29 Jan) when they became cut off by the incoming tide whilst walking along the shore beneath the cliffs at Beachy Head The couple had set out earlier from Birling Gap for a bracing work along the shoreline to celebrate a birthday but the afternoon ended in a tense scramble across jagged rocks, waist deep in freezing water for the couple from Richmond. Luckily several other walkers at the top of the cliffs saw the couple’s predicament as they realized their escape from the beach had been cut off by the flooding tide and they alerted the emergency services by dialling 999 on their mobile telephones... Tynemouth lifeboat searches for missing swimmer - who then rescued himself!Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat searches for swimmer - who then rescued himself! A man who had been thought to be attempting to swim the river Tyne in the early hours surprised rescuers by turning up at the lifeboat station. Tynemouth RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched at 2... Horton and Port Eynon launch to fishing boat with engine troubleOn Saturday afternoon (28 January)at around 3.30pm Horton and Port Eynon inshore lifeboat was tasked by Swansea Coastguard to a 24 foot fishing vessel with engine problems off Worms Head Gower... Whitstable RNLI lifeboat assits catarmaranThe two occupants of a catamaran and their craft had to be towed to harbour by the Whitstable RNLI lifeboat on Saturday afternoon after the vessel broke down with engine failure in the vicinity of the Kentish Flats wind farm. The Whitstable lifeboat was launched at 1... Sunderland RNLI rescue adult and 2 children after boat suffers engine failureLifeboat volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Station scrambled into action for the sixth time in 2012 early this afternoon to assist the crew of a motor cruiser, after it suffered engine 1 mile off Sunderland. The rescue mission was launched shortly after 3:30pm when Coastguard Officers based at Humber Coastguard Marine Rescue Coordination Centre received an emergency 999 telephone call from the crew stating that their vessel was drifting after losing power to both engines 1 mile south-east of Roker Pier, Sunderland... Quick-acting crew from St Bees rescue man beached in motorised wheelchair
Quick-thinking volunteer crew from St Bees RNLI lifeboat station rescued a man who's motorised wheelchair became stuck in the sand at midday on Friday 13 January. The incident occured as the crew were getting ready to attend a PR event in which the NMP (Nuclear Management Partners) were presenting a £90,000 donation to be shared between Workington and St Bees lifeboat stations... Yarmouth lifeboat crew snatch lone sailor from freezing seaOn Friday 27 January a lone dinghy sailor was plucked from the sea west of Hurst Castle as he was being swept out through the Needles Channel. The Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat, The Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer) had been called by the coastguard following a radio call from a passing yacht... Aberystwyth RNLI Lifeboat Launches for the 2nd time this week.Aberystwyth RNLI lifeboat diverted from exercise this evening to search for a swimmer in the sea off Aberystwyth main beach. Aberystwyth RNLI Atlantic 85 lifeboat Spirit Of Friendship and its volunteer crew were diverted from their exercise at 20:43 following an immediate request by H M Coastguard to search for a swimmer off Aberystwyth main beach... RNLI RESCUE AWARD FOR LOCAL LIFEBOATMANThe RNLI has announced that a member of the Lowestoft Lifeboat crew is to receive an award for saving a man's life last October. Deputy Second coxswain, Karl Jackson will be given a framed letter of thanks after he jumped into the Lowestoft harbour bridge channel from the town's lifeboat... Aberystwyth RNLI lifeboat searches for three swimmers.Aberystwyth RNLI lifeboat launched on Tuesday (24 January) to search for three swimmers off South Beach. Aberystwyth RNLI Atlantic 85 lifeboat Spirit Of Friendship launched on service at 5... Tenby RNLI's latest launch sparked by social networking postThe two girls trapped on rocks rescued by Tenby RNLI on Sunday (22 January) raised the alarm about their predicament through Facebook. Amazingly, Tenby RNLI volunteer Ross Edwards was online at the time and spotted the message... |
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