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A pilot boat on duty east of Old Harry reported sighting what appeared to be an orange handheld flare in the vicinity of Ballard. This report was passed to the UK Coastguard, who in turn requested Swanage Coastguard volunteers and the Swanage lifeboat carry out a search of the area. The all-weather lifeboat (ALB) launched and made for Ballard Point to begin a search. Realising that visibility was exceptionally clear and distances could be misjudged, the inshore lifeboat (ILB) was requested to join the search, starting at the southern end of Swanage Bay. The ALB continued searching from Old Harry
Read more ...We currently have 30 sea going and 4 shore based volunteers. Here's a random selection, click the button below to see them all.
Position :
ILB Senior Helmsman & ALB crew
Date Joined :
January 2008
Position :
Lifeboat Operations Manager
Date Joined :
July 2020
Position :
ALB & ILB Crew
Date Joined :
July 2014
Position :
ALB Crew/Navigator
Date Joined :
March 1999
Position :
ALB & ILB Crew
Date Joined :
September 2017
Position :
Shore crew
Date Joined :
April 2018
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Swanage Lifeboat Station is one of over 230 RNLI lifeboat stations around the coast of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The RNLI is a charity and relies on voluntary contributions from the public to keep its lifeboats at sea. At Swanage we have two lifeboats, an All Weather ‘Shannon’ class lifeboat and a ‘D-Class’ inshore lifeboat. We have a volunteer crew comprising 30 sea going crew and four shore crew who launch and recover the boats.
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