Day: 19 August 2016

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Byline: Angle RNLI’s all weather lifeboat was involved in a major search operation on Thursday (August 18), after a swimmer was reported missing off West Angle Bay, near the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway.
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The swimmer had not been seen for over two hours.

The Tamar class lifeboat Mark Mason was launched just before 5pm. At the same time, Milford Haven Coastguard had issued a mayday broadcast. Six vessels responded and were making their way to the scene, along with a rescue helicopter.

A passing yacht had reported seeing a swimmer, matching the description, on a rock waving to a passing kayak. Once on scene, in five minutes, the lifeboat’s Y Boat was deployed and a shoreline search was commenced, working towards West Angle Bay.

One of the responding vessels then reported seeing a person matching the description ashore, so the Y Boat went in to ascertain whether this was the swimmer involved.

After further investigations it was confirmed that this was the swimmer and that no medical attention was needed.

With this information, the Y Boat was recovered and the lifeboat and all other vessels were released at 5.37pm. The lifeboat returned to her station, where she was rehoused at 5.55pm.

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Angle RNLI’s all weather lifeboat, which was launched to search for a missing swimmer on Thursday (August 18).
Photo: Nick Leach

Part of the shoreside search on Thursday (August 18) for the swimmer reported missing off West Angle Bay.
Photo: Angle RNLI.

RNLI media contacts

For more information please telephone Ted Goddard, RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer, Angle, on 01437 763675 or Danielle Rush, Public Relations Manager (Wales & the West) on 07786668829 or 01745585162 or by email: danielle_rush@rnli.org.uk or RNLI Public Relations on 01202336789

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Byline: The Invergordon RNLI lifeboat “Douglas Aikman Smith” launched yesterday afternoon to a report of a Dinghy with 3 persons blown offshore.
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The
volunteer crew of 7 launched the all-weather Trent class Lifeboat at 2.30pm, and
made best speed up the Cromarty Firth making way to Nairn East Beach area.

With
the reports of 2 adults and child in the inflatable dinghy getting blown up to
half a mile offshore the Volunteer crew began preparing the daughter XP Boat to
navigate in and bring the causalities back ashore.

With
update reports coming from Aberdeen Coastguard it was advised that the dinghy had
come to a rest on a Sandbank as the informant on the beach could see one of the
adults standing out with the dinghy.

With
Local Coastguard teams on the ground, it was deemed by them that they could reach
the trio and recover them back to safety.

With
confirmation that all were recovered safely back to the beach and reunited with
family members, Aberdeen Coastguard stood the Lifeboat down at 2:50pm.

Lifeboat spokesman Michael MacDonald said they were “lucky to
come to rest on a sandbank”, adding: “If the wind had picked up it could have been
blown them further out with the tide also on it’s way out and they could have
been put in more danger.

The Lifeboat was back on station, refueled and
made ready for service by 3:30pm