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28th November 2019Summary
Swanage’s inshore lifeboat (ILB) was requested to launch this afternoon following a report from a member of the public. The first informant had contacted the UK Coastguard saying that they could see what they thought was someone stuck at the Northern end of Swanage Bay. They appeared to waving and flashing a light too. As the lifeboat crew were assembling at the lifeboat station a feint white light could be seen at the far end of Swanage Bay, the Coxswain was confident that this was the mast head light of a yacht that had moored at the Northern end of the bay earlier in the day. It was also low tide making it unlikely that someone would be cut off by the tide. However it was decided to launch the ILB anyway as a precaution. The boat was launched and did a sweep of the far end of the bay, with nothing but the yacht visible the UK Coastguard was updated and they were happy that it was a false alarm with good intent. The lifeboat was then released to return to station. If you do see someone in trouble or something that doesn’t seem right at sea we encourage you to call the Coastguard on ‘999’. We’d much rather turn out for a false alarm than not at all.
Weather
- Visibility:Good
- Wind:W-2
- Weather:Overcast
- Sea state:Slight
Details
- Boat(s):D Class
- Launch time:16:52
- Recovery time:17:14
- Casualty:Rambler/Walker
- Location:Northern end of Swanage Beach
Crew
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ILB Crew:
(Helm) Darren Tomes
Phil Palmer
Andy Redout
ILB Shore Crew:
(Head Launcher)
Paul Bedford
Gary Buglass
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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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