RNLI Fishing safety news

Practise makes perfect as The Lizard RNLI lifeboat is called out after helicopter exercise

Clare Julier

A routine exercise on the evening of 10 June between The Lizard RNLI lifeboat and 771 Search and Rescue Squadron from Culdrose turned into reality this morning (Thursday 11 June) as both units were called to the aid of the stricken Falmouth registered fishing vessel Harvester with three crew aboard, which had reported an engine room fire. The vessel was powerless and without radio communication...

RNLI Poole Lifeboat launched at midnight in atrocious weather to a report of a man screaming

Anne-Marie Clark

Just before midnight the Poole inshore lifeboat (ILB) was tasked by Portland coastguard to a report of a man in the water near the fuel barge.
When they arrived on scene they found the man had scrambled back on to the barge, worse for wear...

St Helier RNLI lifeboats search for missing fisherman

Jonathan Lee

Both St Helier RNLI lifeboats were called out just after 05:30am this morning to search for a suspected missing fisherman near Corbiere.
The Inshore lifeboat “David Page” and the all-weather lifeboat “Alexander Coutanche”, as well as the Fire Service inshore rescue craft, were involved in the two and a half hour search sparked by a fishing rod found on rocks near Corbiere lighthouse...

Sunderland RNLI assist fishing boat suffering mechanical failure

Paul Nicholson

Volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station scrambled called into action shortly before half past eight this evening [Friday, May 22nd] to assist the crew of a 7 metre fishing boat which suffered mechanical failure during a fishing trip from Seaham Harbour.
After receiving a ‘999’ telephone call from the skipper of the vessel Coastguard Officers based at Humber Coastguard Marine Rescue Coordination Centre immediately contacted the Operations Manager at Sunderland RNLI to request the launch of their Atlantic 85 Inshore lifeboat “Wolseley”...

RNLI respond to fishing boat stranded powerless 17 miles south of The Lizard

Clare Julier

The Lizard Lifeboat launched this evening Wednesday 20 May) at 7.13pm to the aid of the Fowey registered fishing vessel Red Vixen...

Microsoft UK to receive Supplier Award from lifesaving charity

Julia Sylvester

Microsoft UK will be presented with the special accolade by HRH The Duke of Kent, at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) annual presentation of awards today (14 May) at the Barbican Centre, London.
The award comes as a result of Microsoft UK working with the RNLI to make a technology donation to the value of £5M, over a three-year period...

Fishing boat with fouled propeller

Lee Jackson

Staithes and Whitby RNLI lifeboats were launched on Monday morning after a Whitby fishing boat got its propeller and rudder fouled in a rope off Kettleness near Runswick Bay.
The skipper of ‘Deep Harmony’ called Humber Coastguard to report that the 30 foot boat was unable to use its propeller after picking up a rope in it...

Sunderland RNLI assist fishing boat suffering mechanical failure

Paul Nicholson

Lifeboat volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station were called into action shortly before six o’clock this evening [Sunday, May 10th] to assist the crew of a 9 metre fishing boat which had suffered mechanical failure while making its way back to Sunderland after a day’s fishing.
Coastguard Officers based at Humber Coastguard Marine Rescue Coordination Centre were made aware of the crews difficulties when they received an emergency telephone call...

Two fishermen rescued by Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat

Adrian Don

Two fishermen were rescued today by Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat when their boat suffered engine failure one and a half miles east of the Tyne piers.
At 1...

Fishing trawler rescued by Moelfre RNLI lifeboat

Dave Massey

The Moelfre RNLI lifeboat launched on Wednesday morning (8 April) at 0620 to a 50ft fishing trawler off Traeth Buchan. The vessel, with two crew on board, had been fishing in Moelfre Bay when the boat drifted onto hazardous rocks in a choppy sea and force 5 winds...