RNLI Rescues news

Conwy RNLI rescues woman and dog from stranded yacht

Peter Carradus

Conwy RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched today (3 July) at 11.38am to a stranded yacht on Conwy Bar...

Newquay RNLI help cliff fall casualty

Tracy Cayton-Smith

Newquay’s RNLI lifeboats launched at 11:55 hrs on Tuesday 30th June 2009 to assist with the rescue of a casualty who had fallen over a cliff.
Falmouth coastguards received a 999 call from a member of the public who had spotted someone on rocks at he bottom of a cliff in the Gazzle...

RNLI lifeguards and lifeboat volunteers launched to kayakers in difficulty off Godrevy

Derek Hall

RNLI lifeguards and the St Ives RNLI inshore lifeboat Colin Bramley Parker were scrambled today (Friday 3rd July 2009) following reports that four people had got into difficulties while kayaking in the sound off Godrevy Lighthouse. Working as a team, the RNLI lifesavers were able to bring the party safely ashore...

Sunderland RNLI assist with coastal search for missing man

Paul Nicholson

Lifeboat volunteers based at Sunderland Royal National Lifeboat Institution [RNLI] Lifeboat Station were called into this afternoon [2nd July] to assist with a large scale coastal search operation for a missing man.
A major shore based search operation was started just before three o’clock this afternoon by Police and Coastguard Rescue Teams after a member of the public contacted Northumbria Police concerned about the welfare of a man who appeared distressed on the cliff tops near Souter Lighthouse...

Round the clock rescues for Mumbles RNLI volunteers

Danielle Rush

The inshore RNLI lifeboat at the Mumbles has been called out six times in the last 24 hours. The first call out came in the early hours of yesterday morning (1 July) and the volunteer crew were still in action at 1...

Burnham-on-Sea RNLI Lifeboat tasked to investigate persons walking on the mud at low water

Mike Lang

This evening, whilst undergoing regular training, the crew of Staines Whitfield were tasked by Swansea Coastguard control (2045 hrs) to investigate a report of three persons walking on the mud, at low water, adjacent to Burnham’s well-known beach lighthouse.
The lifeboat volunteer crew diverted, but by the time they arrived at the location, the persons had left the mud by themselves...

Thurso Lifeboat called to the aid of rigid inflatable

Karen Munro

Thurso RNLI Lifeboat “The Taylors” was called out just before 3.30pm on Wednesday the 1st of July to go to the aid of a broken down rigid inflatable in the Kyle of Tongue area...

A very busy weekend for Falmouth RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews

Gerry Gearon

This last weekend has kept the Falmouth volunteer lifeboat crew very active with little time for themselves. The first callout was an early morning one in response to a 999 call to the coastguard, reporting one or more persons in the water in Falmouth Harbour near Flushing, followed by another late Saturday afternoon to go to the aid of two youngsters in difficulty in an inflatable...

RNLI lifeboat launches to two persons in the water in trouble near Three Cliffs Gower

Richard Davies

The Horton & Port Eynon inshore lifeboat was launched this afternoon to the report of two persons in trouble in the water near Three Cliffs Bay Gower.
Rescue helicopter 169 from Chivenor Devon as well as Coastguards from Rhossilli and Oxwich were all mobilised...

Shoreham's inshore lifeboat recovers two youths on jet-bike

Dave Cassan

Shoreham’s inshore lifeboat crew were called on once again early Tuesday evening, this time in response to 999 calls from members of the public, concerned over a blue and white jet-bike, with two people on board, adrift off Southwick.
The lifeboats crew quickly located the bike, with its two teenage occupants, wallowing in slight seas, around 300 metres south of the grain silos, Southwick, the craft suffering from fuel problems...