RNLI Rescues news

Two west Cornwall RNLI lifeboat crews assist sea damaged fishing boat

Tamsin Thomas

Volunteer RNLI lifeboat crews from St Ives and Penlee were launched overnight to assist a fishing boat crew after their wheelhouse windows were smashed in by a large sea. The 40-foot Lola K from Rhyl in Wales with two men onboard was escorted to Newlyn with electronics failure...

RNLI Sheerness lifeboats launch

Barry Crayford

RNLI Sheerness Inshore Lifeboat launched at 8.28 pm (8 February) to a 50ft Vessel De Hoop moored in Queenborough Harbour with two occupants and their dog on board...

RNLI Calshot lifeboat rescues pair from blazing boat

Tim Woodcock

Calshot’s Tyne class lifeboat Alexander Coutanche was called today to rescue two people from a liferaft after their brand new motor boat caught fire off Calshot Spit.
The crew had just taken delivery of the brand new 38ft Meridian motorboat and were on their way home to Rye in Sussex...

St Peter Port RNLI retrieve yacht crippled by an engine room fire

Tamsin Thomas

The volunteer crew of the St Peter Port RNLI lifeboat have recovered a French yacht after its crew abandoned ship following a fire in the engine room. The Anita Bomba was towed back into harbour after a local inter-island ferry rescued the people who had been onboard...

Porthdinllaen RNLI lifeboat launched for a third time in search for missing pensioner

Danielle Rush

RNLI volunteers from Porthdinllaen have just returned to station after being requested to resume searching for a 68-year-old woman, reported missing to North Wales Police. The Porthdinllaen all-weather lifeboat was launched at 1...

St Davids lifeboat launches to surfer

Jim Phillips

On Saturday 6 February at 10.20am both St Davids’ RNLI all-weather and inshore lifeboats, under the command of coxswain David John Helmsman Neil Thomas respectively, launched following reports of a surfer in difficulties off Newgale Beach...

Porthdinllaen RNLI lifeboat in search for missing pensioner

Danielle Rush

RNLI volunteers from Porthdinllaen were called out twice on Saturday (6 February) to help search for a 68-year-old woman, who had been reported missing to North Wales Police. The first call-out came at 12...

Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat crew launch to lone angler in sinking vessel

Richard Heming

The volunteer lifeboat crew of Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat station launched yesterday afternoon following reports of a sea angler whose vessel was sinking.
The drama unfolded when the man’s 25-foot fishing vessel, ‘Sea Quest’, sank in deep water two miles off St...

North Berwick RNLI rescue two after canoe capsize

Rachel Martin

North Berwick RNLI lifeboat launched at 3.17pm on Saturday (6 February) to help a canoeist and another man in trouble in Milsey Bay...

Redcar RNLI launch in fog to broken down craft

Dave Cocks

The Redcar RNLI lifeboat was launched today (Saturday 6 February 2010) after a fishing boat broke down in fog off Saltburn.
The call for assistance came after the fishing boat suffered a fuel problem, causing the engine to fail...