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All Weather
Lifeboat - January to April 2005
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Incident Date
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19-Apr-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
19-Apr-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
03:12 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
04:06 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
9 |
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Coxswain |
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David Hurford |
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Mechanic |
Mark Criddle |
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Location of
Casualty |
Tor Abbey,
Torquay |
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Service
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Launched to
escort the ILB across Torbay in SE F5 and rain. See ILB shout 11 for detail. |
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Incident Date
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06-Apr-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
06-Apr-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
15:12 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
15:51 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
8 |
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Coxswain |
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David Hurford |
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Mechanic |
Mark Criddle |
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Location of
Casualty |
Eastern Blackstone towards
River Dart entrance |
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Service
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Launched to the
assistance of a passenger fishing vessel broken down with
five passengers
on |
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board. A short
while into the launch the vessel managed to make way into the safety of the
River Dart |
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- ALB stood down
at 15:32 |
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Additional
Notes |
Wind SW Force
5/6 |
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Incident Date
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25-Mar-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
25-Mar-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
14:11 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
15:20 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
7 |
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Coxswain |
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David Hurford |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Location of
Casualty |
St Marys Bay |
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Service
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The vessel
'MissPrint'
anchored somewhere off the coastline thought to be in the vicinity of the
Cod |
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Rocks as fog
descended and they became disoriented. Located by radar at 14:33hrs and
taken in |
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Additional
Notes |
A hazy
morning turned rapidly to fog shortly after lunchtime - visibility at sea
level 20 metres |
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Incident Date
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20-Mar-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
20-Mar-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
14:09 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
16:39 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
6 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Simon James |
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Location of
Casualty |
River Dart
Entrance |
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Service
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Report of three
young people aground in the entrance to the River Dart between Kingswear
Castle |
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and One Gun
Point. Initial reports indicate the boat is holed but occupants safe ashore
the only |
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access to them
being by water. |
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Additional
Notes |
Recovered by
'Y' Boat and transferred to Dart Harbour staff |
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Incident Date
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25-Feb-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
25-Feb-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
16:02 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
16:40 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
5 |
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Coxswain |
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David Hurford |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Location of
Casualty |
Rocks at Eastern
end of Meadfoot Beach |
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Service
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Launched
following a request from Devon & Cornwall Constabulary to recover an
apparent body on |
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rocks near the
Kilmorie Flats, Torquay. ILB launched for the task with AWB in escort role.
Shortly |
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after launch the
object was identified as a large lump of fishing net. AWB and ILB released
and |
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Additional
Notes |
With fairly
strong easterly winds the AWB was tasked in an escort role to the ILB. |
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Incident Date
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13-Feb-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
13-Feb-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
11:45 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
14:54 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
4 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Location of
Casualty |
River Dart
Higher Car Ferry |
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Service
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During extremely
severe NW squalls the floating bridge Higher Ferry at Dartmouth broke free
from |
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her guiding
cables and drifted down the River Dart. She had almost a full load of cars
with some 42 |
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passengers.
Local craft and Torbay lifeboat all tasked. The ferry, with assistance from
the Harbour |
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authority,
managed to pick up a buoy amongst the moorings on the Kingswear side of the
river |
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preventing
further drift. The lifeboat stood by and transferred approximately half of
the passengers to |
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shore. Work is
in hand to recover the cars aboard using the tug operated lower car ferry. |
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Additional
Notes |
All
passengers taken to the Dart Marina Hotel whilst their cars are recovered. |
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Incident Date
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03-Feb-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
03-Feb-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
18:01 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
22:55 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
3 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Location of
Casualty |
2 miles East of
Berry Head |
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Service
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The oil tanker
'Overseas Josefa Camejo' reported an incident requiring medical assistance.
AWB launched |
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with Paramedics
aboard. Subsequently AWB involved with Helo 169 in search for a possible man
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Incident Date
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29-Jan-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
29-Jan-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
06:25 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
07:45 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
2 |
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Coxswain |
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David Hurford |
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Mechanic |
Mark Criddle |
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Location of
Casualty |
Possibly River
Dart/Mewstone. |
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Service
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Report received
from a member of the public by HM Coastguard of two red flares observed near
the River |
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Dart entrance.
AWB and Coastguard shore teams tasked. Third red flare reported. No vessel
located |
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anywhere near
the River Dart or Mewstone. Lifeboat stood down when source identified. |
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Additional
Notes |
Shore teams
located a large tractor and trailer combination with very powerful rear red
lights working in |
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fields
consistent with the sighting |
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Incident Date
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16-Jan-05 |
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Ready for
Service |
16-Jan-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
13:27 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
15:55 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
1 |
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Coxswain |
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John Ashford |
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Mechanic |
Simon James |
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Location of
Casualty |
Approx 6 miles
ENE of Berry Head |
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Service
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Launched to an
angling boat with twelve passengers on board that had suffered complete
engine failure. |
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Vessel taken in
tow and returned to Torquay Harbour. |
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