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Launch 85. Thirtysecond in 2010 Monday 30 August 2010 Time of crew assemble 18:46 Time ILB in the water 18:54 Time at incident 19:02 Time departed from casualty 19:16 Time ILB recovered 19:20 Time ILB back on service 19:26 Location: Mouth of the River Dart. Sea state: Wind West North West. Wind strength 11-16 knots. River calm. A call was recived from a fisherman on a 12 ft dinghy in Mill Bay Cove at the mouth of the Dart. He was advised to drop his anchor as he had lost his propeller and was close to rocks. The Coastguard was informed and they requested a launch. The boat was towed back to its berth in the Dartmouth Boat Float. |
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Launch 84. Thirtyfirst in 2010 Sunday 29 August 2010 Time of launch request 21:15 Time ILB in the water 21:23 Time commenced search 21:33 Time stood down from search 22:45 Time ILB recovered 22:52 Time ILB back on service 22:59 Location: Start bay. Search area Froward Point to Scabbacombe. Sea state: Wind West North West. Wind strength 11-16 knots. Sea calm. Visibility good. The Coastguard requested that the Dart ILB search the area from the mouth of the Dart to Scabbacombe in the East as they had received several reports of sightings of 2 red flares in the area. The area from Berry Head to Scabbacombe was searched by the Torbay ALB and the cliffs were searched by mobile CG teams. The visability was extremely good and nothing untoward was found. |
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Launch 83. Thirtyth in 2010 Sunday 29 August 2010 Time of launch request 12:40 Time ILB in the water 12:44 Time at incident 12:56 Time departed from incident 13:15 Time departed from casualty Time ILB recovered Time ILB back on service Location: Start bay. One and a half miles South of the Castle Ledge Buoy. Sea state: Wind Northerly. Wind strength 16-26 knots. Sea choppy. A Devon Yawl with two on board was about to retire from a regatta race when they capsized one and a half miles South of the Castle ledge buoy. The Crabber Superb Us and Dart Venturer stood by until they were taken from the water after ten minutes by the race safety Rib. They were then taken to a waiting Ambulance on the Higher Ferry slip by the Inshore Lifeboat as the safety boat had to stay on station. They were both suffering from mild hypothermia. |
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Launch 82. Twentyninth in 2010 Saturday 28 August 2010 Time of launch request 12:42 Time at incident 12:50 Timedeparted from incident 13:00 Time departed from casualty 13:05 Time ILB recovered 13:35 Time ILB back on service 13:50 Location: Dartmouth harbour. Sea state: Wind South West. Wind strength 4-6 knots. River calm. The Dart ILB had just completed a demostration with a SAR Sea King from Royal Naval Air Station at Culdrose when they were tasked to an incident on the berth holders pontoons on the Kingswear side of the river. They took two of the Coastguard team and a West Country Ambulance paramedic to a lady from Bridgewater who had fallen down a hatchway on her motor sailor and injured her leg. She was given Entonox and brought ashore in a basket stretcher to a waiting ambulance. |
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Launch 81. Twentyeighth in 2010 Friday 27 August 2010 Time of launch request 23:43 Time ILB in the water 23:49 Time at incident 23:52 Time search stood down 00:34 Time ILB recovered 00:45 Time ILB back on service 00:58 Location: Dartmouth Harbour. Sea state: Wind North West. Wind strength 1-5 knots. River calm. Requested by Coastguard to check on a yacht to establish whether occupants were on board. They had been reported as missing having not kept an onshore appointment. The river was searched for their tender by the ILB, a Police Launch with an RNLI crewman also on board, the Mobile CG team and the police on shore. The ILB searched the river from the lower ferry to the castle on both sides of the river. The Police reported that they had been in contact with people answering the description of the missing people and that they had come ashore and loaded their inflatable into the back of their car. They were then identified on shore by one of the RNLI crew and the search was stood down. |
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Launch 80. Twentyseventh in 2010 Thursday 26 August 2010 Time of launch request 00:25 Crew assemble Time ILB in the water 00:34 Time collected police oficers 00:45 Time police at incident 00:50 Time departed from casualty 00:57 Time ILB recovered 01:05 Time ILB back on service 01:15 Location: Dartmouth harbour. Sea state: Wind North West. Wind strength 11-16 knots. River slight chop. Requested by Coastguard to take two Police Officers from Dart Haven Marina to a vessel on the river. When the officers had assessed the situation they were taken back to the Town pontoon on the Dartmouth side. |
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Launch 79. Twentysixth in 2010 Tuesday 24 August 2010 Time of launch request 14:25 Time ILB in the water 14:30 Time at incident 14:35 Time departed from incident 14:45 Time departed from casualty 14:50 Time ILB recovered 15:15 Time ILB back on service 15:25 Location: Dart Estuary. Between Blackstone and Castle Ledge Buoy. Sea state: Wind South West Wind strength 22 - 27 knots. Sea choppy. A Bavaria 35ft sailing boat with one man and a 3 year old child on board (both wearing lifejackets & harnesses) had a jib sheet round the propeller and was drifting towards rocks. The anchor had been deployed before a Mayday signal was sent out. A DHNA patrol craft responded to the call and the ILB was at the incident 2 minutes later. The DHNA vessel took the yacht in tow and ILB stood by. The yacht was returned to its mooring in Dartmouth. Crew: Tony Chapman (helm), Kevin John, Haydn Glanvill. |
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Launch 78. Twentyfifth in 2010 Friday 22 August 2010 Time of launch request 20:29 Time ILB in the water 20:36 Time at incident 20:50 Time departed from casualty 21:24 Time ILB recovered 22:00 Time ILB back on service 22:12 Location: Dart Estuary. 7 cables South of the Mewstone. Sea state: Wind West South West Wind strength 11 - 16 knots. Sea choppy. A 22ft yacht with two on board got into difficulties south of the Mewstone. One was seasick and a sheet had caught round the propeller. The fishing boat Aquila responded to their distress call and took them in tow. The coastguard requested that the Dart ILB attend. The lifeboat crew freed the propeller, took over and towed the yacht to the visitors' pontoon in Dartmouth harbour. |
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Launch 77. Twentyfourth in 2010 Tuesday 17 August 2010 Time of launch request 04:58 Time ILB in the water 05:04 Time at incident 05:13 Time left incident 06:00 Time left casualty 06:40 Time ILB recovered 06:45 Time ILB back on service 06:55 Location: Dartmouth harbour. Visitor's pontoon opposite to the Double steps Sea state: River calm. A member of the crew of yacht Marquis had slipped whilst preparing the yacht for departure from Dartmouth and struck his head against a winch. The lifeboat transferred the casualty to an ambulance on the Kingswear Lower Ferry slip and he was taken to Torbay Hospital for observation. The crew of the lifeboat were helmsman Tony Chapman, with Haydn Glanvill and Yorkie Lomas. |
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Launch 76. Twentythird in 2010 Monday 16 August 2010 Time of launch request 00:09 Time ILB in the water 00:15 Time at incident 00:17 Time left incident 00:31 Time ILB recovered 00:34 Time ILB back on service 00:40 Location: Dartmouth harbour. Sea state: Wind North North west. 10 Knots. River calm. A yachtsman on the deep river moorings in Dartmouth harbour reported shortly after midnight that there was a man in the water some 20 metres from his yacht. The RNLI Inshore lifeboat was launched six minutes after the alarm was raised and reached the casualty two minutes later. The casualty had fallen from his yacht tender and when the crew arrived on the scene he was in the water holding onto a tender and being supported there by the original yachtsman who had raised the alarm. He had been in the water for about ten minutes when he was lifted into the lifeboat. As he had no injuries and had declined a medical check he was returned to his vessel on the advice of the Coastguard. |
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Launch 75. Twentysecond in 2010 Saturday 14 August 2010 Time of launch request 17:31 Time ILB in the water 17:40 Time at incident 18:14 Time requested flank support 18:35 Time Salcombe ILB at incident 19:01 Tow handed over to Dart ILB 20:02 Time left casualty 20:25 Time ILB recovered 20:35 Time ILB back on service 20:40 Location: Lannacombe Bay. Sea state: Wind Zero. Sea calm. A 7m Bayliner cabin cruiser with three on board reported that they had engine failure with a broken fan belt whilst off Hallsands in Start Bay. The Coastguard requested that the Dart ILB attend. The flood tide was very strong and had carried the casualty vessel round Start Point until they were off Lannacombe Beach. It was requested that the boat be towed to Dartmouth. The Dart ILB would not have had enough fuel to tow against the tide for that distance and assistance was requested from the flank station at Salcombe. The B class ILB from Salcombe took over the tow at 19:01 and towed the vessel to Dartmouth. In Dartmouth Harbour the Dart ILB took over the tow and berthed the vessel at the Dart Haven Marina. |
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Launch 74. Twentyfirst in 2010 Friday 6 August 2010 Time of launch request 15:57 Time ILB in the water 16:03 Time at incident 16:12 Time search cancelled 16:51 Time ILB recovered Time ILB back on service Location: Dart Estuary. Homestone to Mewstone. Sea state: Wind West South Westerly. 15 -25 Knots. Sea choppy. A 17ft open boat was reported by a Motor Launch on passage from Dartmouth to be drifting in the vicinity of the Homestone buoy in the Dart Estuary. The Coastguard asked the Dart ILB to investigate. The crew found that the engine was in the down position but was cold and no keys or indentification notices were found on the vessel. The CG backtracked the vessel's probable course to Torcross. The ILB carried out a shoreline search along the backtracked route until the RNLI Lifeguards from Slapton located the owner at Torcross. The ILB towed the vessel to the visitor's pontoon in Dartmouth. |
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Launch 73. Twentyth in 2010 Saturday 31 July 2010 Time of launch request 19.04 Time ILB in the water 19:09 Time at incident 19:20 Time departed from incident 20:04 Time ILB recovered 20:21 Time ILB back on service 20:40 Location: Start bay. One and a half miles off Strete Gate. Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 7 - 10 Knots. Sea calm. A member of the public on the beach at Strete Gate reported an object in the water one and a half miles offshore that could possibly be a Kite Surfer. The Coastguard requested that the ILB be launched to investigate. The object turned out to be a large channel coastal observatory buoy streaming instruments. It was brought back ashore to the Mobile Coastguard team at Strete Gate. |
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Launch 72. Nineteenth in 2010 Wednesday 28 July 2010 Time of launch request 20:04 Time ILB in the water 20:09 Time stood down 20:10 Time ILB back on service 20:20 Location: River Dart search at Totnes. River state: Wind North Westerly. 7 - 10 Knots. River calm. The Coastguard requested a search of the Dart at Totnes for a lady who had been reported missing. The lifeboat was requested as she was known to have access to a boat. She returned to the family home and the lifeboat crew were recalled. |
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Launch 71. Eighteenth in 2010 Wednesday 14 July 2010 Time of launch request 19:53 Time ILB in the water 19:58 Time at incident 20:07 Time departed from casualty 20:25 Time ILB recovered 20:40 Time ILB back on service 20:50 Location: Dart Estuary. Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 26 Knots. Sea rough. Swell 2 - 2.5 metres. Brixham Coastguard reported that a Squib keel boat was in trouble off the Mews Stone. The vessel had been engaged in an organised weekly club race. There was a yacht in the vicinity but it was unable to offer assistance due to the proximity of the rocks. The Dart lifeboat was launched and found that the boom of the Squib had snapped in half and the two crew were sailing on their jib. The lifeboat checked that no one had gone into the water and there were no injuries. A tow was declined and the lifeboat was able to escort the casualty to the safety of their mooring on the trots at the Royal Dart Yacht Club at Kingswear. |
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Launch 70. Seventeenth in 2010 Sunday 11 July 2010 Time of launch request 01:57 Time ILB in the water 01:59 Time at incident 02:02 Time departed from incident 02:15 Time ILB recovered 02:20 Time ILB back on service 02:32 Location: Dart Harbour. Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 10-16 Knots. River calm. A 36ft. yacht was seen drifting off Town Quay in Dartmouth Harbour. The Coastguard asked Dart Lifeboat to attend but then stood them down before launch as the skipper of the boat had come on deck and attended to his anchor cable. Ten minutes later the yacht was reported to still be drifting and a further request to launch was made. The crew lifted the yacht's anchor cable and found it to be fouled by wire and debris which had prevented it gaining a purchase. The anchor was cleaned off and reset by the crew. |
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Launch 69. Sixteenth in 2010 Monday 21 June 2010 Time of launch request 14:50 Time ILB in the water 14:55 Time at incident 15:10 Time departed from incident 15:20 Time ILB recovered 15:30 Time ILB back on service 15:36 Location: Warren Cove. Start Bay Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 7 - 16 Knots. A yacht reported that two children in a small rubber dinghy were in difficulty close to the rocks at Warren Cove. They stood off and reported to the Coastguard. Dart Inshore Lifeboat was launched and found out at the scene that all was well and no assistance was required. The dinghy had been launched from the cliff steps and was being observed by five adults ashore. |
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Launch 68. Fifteenth in 2010 Sunday 20 June 2010 Time at incident 16:14 Time departed from incident 16:24 Time ILB recovered 17:00 Time ILB back on service 17:05 Location: Old Mill Creek River Dart Sea state: Wind North Easterly. 11 - 21 Knots. River calm The Inshore Lifeboat was returning from at exercise at Blackness on the river Dart when they saw two small tenders attempting to assist a 27foot yacht with two people on board, stuck in mud at the mouth of Old Mill Creek. The single finned yacht was already beginning to tilt on the ebbing tide and although the engine was functioning she had no propulsion. The ILB reported to the Coastguard at Brixham and towed the yacht into deeper water and back to her mooring in Warfleet. |
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Launch 67. Fourteenth in 2010 Tuesday 15 June 2010 Time of launch request 06:00 Time ILB in the water 06:12 Time at incident 06:50 Time departed from incident 06:56 Time ILB recovered 07:48 Time ILB back on service 07:57 Location: Mew Stone. Dart Estuary Sea state: Wind North Easterly. 11 - 17 Knots A passing yacht reported that there was an open rowing boat drifting off Scabbacombe Head two and a half miles North East of the Dart Estuary, but they were unable to approach it. The Coastguard requested the Inshore Lifeboat to intercept the drifting boat off the Mew Stone and they were directed to it by the Berry Head Mobile Coastguard team on Froward Point. There was no one on board the boat and no identification markings. The boat was taken to the Fish Quay at Kingswear in Dartmouth Harbour. |
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Launch 66. Thirteenth in 2010 Sunday 13 June 2010 Time of launch request 16:22 Time ILB in the water 16:27 Time at incident 16:43 Time departed from incident 16:44 Time ILB recovered 17:28 Time ILB back on service 17:35 Location: Leonard's Cove Start Bay Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 7 - 16 Knots A speedboat with three persons on board had engine trouble near the rocks at Leonard's Cove. On arrival the crew of the ILB found that the speedboat was already under tow by another vessel. The ILB escorted the vessels back to Dartmouth Harbour and gave assistance returning the casualty vessel to a pontoon. The quick response time of five minutes to the launch was because several of the crew had just taken part in a cricket match on Coronation Park in front of the Lifeboat Station. The match had just finished with a win by the Ship in Dock over the Seale Arms and the presentation to the Man of the Match was being made to Tony Chapman when the pagers sounded. Tony dashed off the pitch before the award was made and helmed the Inshore Lifeboat on the launch. |
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Launch 65. Twelfth in 2010 Friday 11 June 2010 Time of launch request 19:25 Time ILB in the water 19:37 Time at incident 19:45 Time departed from incident 19:54 Time ILB recovered 21:00 Time ILB back on service 21:08 Location: Dart Estuary. Sea state: Wind North Westerly. 4 - 10 Knots A small boat with one person on board had broken down by the Mew Stone in the Dart Estuary. The Coastguard helicopter was on exercise in the area and stood by the casualty until the Dart Inshore Lifeboat had attached a tow. The vessel was towed back to its berth on the Kingswear side of the river at Hoodown. |
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Launch 64. Eleventh in 2010 Sunday 30 May 2010 Time of launch request NA Time ILB in the water 13:55 Time departed from incident 13:59 Time ILB recovered 14:03 Time ILB back on service 14:15 Location: Dart Harbour. Sea state: Wind North Westerly. 8 Knots. River calm. The Dart Inshore Lifeboat was about to be recovered after a training exercise when the crew saw a small inflatable dinghy with five people on board that had suffered engine failure right in the path of the Higher Ferry. The ILB gave immedate assistance and towed the vessel to the landing pontoon at Coronation Park. |
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Launch 63. Tenth in 2010 Thursday 27 May 2010 Time of launch request 06:06 Time ILB in the water 06:18 Time departed from incident 08:10 Time ILB recovered 08:15 Time ILB back on service 08:32 Location: Dart Harbour. Sea state: Wind Northerly. 10-16 Knots. River calm. The fishing vessel Zydo picked up a drifting Zodiac dinghy just above the Higher Ferry with no one on board. The Coastguard organised a search of the harbour by the Inshore Lifeboat and the mobile Coastguard teams from Dartmouth and Berry Head. The ILB found the parent vessel to the dinghy near Old Mill Creek and it was established that it had been taken without the owners permission. No one was found and after a two hour search the teams were stood down. |
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Launch 62. Ninth in 2010 Saturday 22 May 2010 Time of launch request 17:12 Time ILB in the water 17:17 Time at incident 17;40 Time departed from incident 18:30 Time ILB recovered 18:50 Time ILB back on service 19:20 Location: River Dart. Sharpham Sea state: Wind North Easterly. 4 Knots. River calm. The Skipper of one of the Dartmouth Riverboats contacted the LOM directly to report a 26ft. motor cruiser with engine failure anchored in the main channel on Sharpham Bend. There were four people on board. Having discussed it with the Coastguard the inshore lifeboat was launched and towed the vessel back to her berth on Noss Marina. |
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Launch 61. Eighth in 2010 Monday 17 May 2010 Time of launch request 20:08 Time ILB in the water 20:11 Time at incident 20:18 Time departed from incident 20:26 Time ILB recovered 20:38 Time ILB back on service 20:46 Location: Search in Dartmouth Harbour and Start Bay to Froward Point. Sea state: Wind North Easterly. 8 Knots. Sea calm. The Coastguard requested a search for a missing 26 year old mountain biker. The Inshore lifeboat was asked to conduct a visual seach of the foreshore and cliffs between the Dartmouth Lower Ferry and Froward Point. The ILB crew pulled into Mill Bay and spoke to the originator of the call, to obtain a fuller description. They had made a quick search of the area to Froward Point and were conducting a slower search of the area on their return when the casualty was located unharmed at the Lower Ferry in Dartmouth. The three minute response time was because 12 members of the lifeboat crew were attending a First Aid course in the Lifeboat Station when the pagers went off. |
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Launch request. Tuesday 4 May 2010 Time of launch request 14:04 Time stood down 14:07 Time ILB in the water. Did not launch Location: South of Mewstone. Start Bay Sea state: Wind North Easterly. 10 Knots. Sea choppy. The National Coastwatch observers at Froward Point had been observing a motor launch drifting south of the Mewstone for 20 minutes without any sign of a crew. They informed the Coastguard who requested the ILB to launch to investigate. Three minutes later the skipper appeared in sight and the launch request was cancelled. |
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Launch 60. Seventh in 2010 Sunday 2 May 2010 Time of launch request 17:26 Time ILB in the water 17:32 Time at incident 17:41 Time departed from incident 17:45 Time ILB recovered 18:03 Time ILB back on service 18:20 Location: River Dart. Search area from Lower Ferry to Steamer Quay Totnes. Sea state: Wind NNE. Force 3-4. River choppy The Coastguard requested a search for two overdue canoeists who had left Steamer Quay at Midday. They were located ashore at Dittisham fit and well. |
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Launch 59. Sixth in 2010 Tuesday 27 April 2010 Time of launch request 13:38 Time ILB in the water 13:47 Time at incident 13:52 Time released from search 15:45 Time ILB recovered 16:10 Time ILB back on service 16:20 Location: River Dart. Initial search from Lower Ferry to Greenway. Extended coastal search Start Bay. Sea state: Wind SE. Force 2-3. River calm. Visibility at sea 500 yards due to sea mist. The Coastguard asked that the Inshore lifeboat join the search for a missing female Brixham resident. The coastal path from Brixham to Dartmouth was searched by the land based mobile Coastguard teams. The RNLI Torbay Inshore lifeboat searched the shoreline from Brixham to Scabbacombe Point and the Dart Inshore lifeboat having searched in the river was tasked to search from Dartmouth North to Scabbacombe. The Police helicopter was also deployed. The lady was located by the Torbay mobile Coastguard team near Scabbacombe Point and escorted to an ambulance. |
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Launch 58. Fifth in 2010 Saturday 27 March 2010 Time of launch request 13:01 Time ILB in the water 13:08 Time at incident 13:31 Time ILB recovered Time ILB back on service Location: Start Bay. 7.5 miles SE of the Dart Estuary Sea state: Wind WSW. Force 4-5. Sea choppy. The skipper of a 47 foot sloop contacted the Costguard to request assistance as he had lost electrical power and was single handed. The boat was reported to be 3.5 miles off Dartmouth and the Dart ILB was launched. The ILB reached the sloop 7.5 miles out and the Torbay ALB was also launched. The ILB returned to harbour to refuel whilst the sloop was escorted back to the Dart by the ALB. The Dart ILB then put a crewman on board and escorted the sloop back to a mooring near the Anchorstone on the Dart. |
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Launch 57. Fourth in 2010 Tuesday 16 March 2010 Time of launch request 18:10 Time ILB in the water 18:14 Time at incident 18:15 Time ILB recovered 18:25 Time ILB back on service 18:35 Location: Dartmouth Harbour River state: Wind North West. 1-3 Knots. Good visibility. River calm but flooding. A telephone call that a man was trying to swim across the River Dart from Kingswear to Dartmouth was received from the Lower Ferry. The weekly crew meeting was taking place in the boathouse. The LOM authorised a launch to provide assistance and the Coastguard was informed. When the lifeboat reached the swimmer he was within 20 metres of the Dartmouth shore and declined asistance. He and his friends also declined to talk to the mobile Coastguard team member who had arived on scene. |
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Launch 56. Third in 2010 Sunday 7 March 2010 Time of launch request 11:20 ILB on exercise when request received. Time at incident 11:55 Time ILB recovered 13:00 Time ILB back on service 13:20 Location: Tinsey Head, near Bee Sands, Start bay Sea state: Wind South South East. 25 Knots. Good visibility. Sea rough with 3 metre swell. The ILB was tasked to the incident as the Salcome ALB was involved with rescuing a windsurfer in Bantham. Two dogs, a Pointer and a Jack Russel, had chased a sheep and all three had gone over the cliff. On the arrival of the ILB all three were found to be dead. The bodies of the dogs were retrieved and, on the instruction of the Coastguard, the sheep was left. The Tamar ALB from Salcome had finished their task and because of the rough conditions, escorted the ILB back to the Dart estuary. |
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Launch request. Friday 5 February 2010 Time of launch request 17:46 Time stood down 17:51 Time ILB in the water Did not launch Location: Dartmouth Harbour River state: Wind Southerly. 3 Knots. River calm. A lady had fallen from a pontoon into the river at the Darthaven Marina. She was recovered by Marina staff before the launch of the ILB and the Coastguard cancelled the launch. The lady was treated by an Ambulance crew and taken to Torbay Hospital. |
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Launch 55. Second in 2010 Thursday 21 January 2010 Time of launch request 21:08 Time ILB in the water 21:12 Time ILB recovered 21:35 Time ILB back on service 21:40 Location: Dartmouth Harbour River state: Wind South South East. 25 Knots. Rain. River calm. A person was seen in the water by the Embankment and reported as a May Day by a yacht berthed by Dartmouth Hospital. The Inshore lifeboat was launched very quickly but the casualty had been recovered by their friends by the time the lifeboat reached the scene. The mobile Coastguard team reported that they had been taken to Dartmouth hospital as a precautionary measure. |
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Launch 54. First in 2010 Saturday 16 January 2010 Time of launch request 09:12 Time ILB in the water 09:19 Time at incident 09:25 Time ILB recovered 10:30 Time ILB back on service 11:00 Location: Dartmouth Harbour & Estuary River state: Westerly. 17 - 28 Knots, gusting 35 Knots. Heavy rain. Heavy 6 foot swell in Harbour mouth. A two man canoe was reported by a member of the public as being upturned near Bayards Cove. It was retrieved by a Dart Harbour Authority launch and the Coastguard tasked the lifeboat to search Warfleet Creek and the Kingswear shore back to the Lower Ferry in case anyone was in it when it capsized. Having completed a mid channel search of the river and found nobody the D class lifeboat was diverted to investigate a partially submerged object, possibly an upturned boat, reported to the Coastguard by the observers at NIC Froward Point. The object was found to be a six foot log in Ladies Cove, inshore of the Western Blackstone. |
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Launch 53. Thirty first in 2009 (There were Twenty Launches in 2008) Sunday 13 December 2009 Time of launch request 20:06 Time ILB in the water 20:11 Time at incident 20:16 Casualty located 21:05 Time ILB recovered 21:30 Time ILB back on service 21;50 Location: Dartmouth Harbour River state: North easterly. 11 - 16 Knots. River calm. A middle aged man fell overboard from a yacht berthed at Darthaven Marina. Those on board threw him a lifebelt and line but he was unable grasp it. The Coastguard requested launch of the Inshore Lifeboat and also sent the Torbay All Weather Lifeboat and the Coastguard helicopter from Portland which was on scene in 20 minutes. Seven additional lifeboat crew also launched in two dories to assist in the search. The casualty was located on the surface by the helicopter just outside the Castles and directed the lifeboat to him. He was lifted into the lifeboat and the paramedic crewmember began immediate CPR. This was continued until the land ambulance crew waiting on the Kingswear Lower ferry slip took over four minutes later. He was transferred to Torbay Hospital. |
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Launch 52. Thirtyth in 2009 Thursday 10 December 2009 Time of launch signal 16:26 Time ILB in the water 16:31 Time at incident 16:41 Time ILB recovered 18:10 Time ILB back on service 18:25 Location: Duncannon reach. River Dart River state: East North east. 6 Knots. River calm. A middle aged lady fell whilst walking alone with her dog along the embankment at Duncannon Reach, injuring her right ankle. The Coastguard tasked the Inshore Lifeboat to pick up two Paramedics from their ambulance at Stoke Gabriel and to land them as near the casualty as possible. As it was low tide the landing place was five minutes walk to the lady. The paramedics worked with the Torbay mobile Coastguard team and the lifeboat crew to immobilise her leg and carry her back on the lifeboat stretcher to the boat. The casualty was transferred on the lifeboat, with a Paramedic, back to the Ambulance and thence to Torbay Hospital. |
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Launch 51 Twenty ninth in 2009. Tuesday 24 November 2009 Time of launch signal 08:15 Time ILB in the water 08:25 Time at incident 08:30 Time ILB recovered 10:40 Time ILB back on service 10:50 Location: Dartmouth Harbour River state: Westerly. 15 - 20 Knots. River flat with drizzle. The Dart Inshore Lifeboat was tasked to search the River Dart between Bayards Cove and Castle Cove, including Warfleet Creek in daylight following the incident earlier in the night. Nothing was found and the ILB was stood down. |
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Launch 49 & 50 Twenty seventh and twenty eighth in 2009. Tuesday 24 November 2009 Time of launch signal 01:30 Time ILB in the water 01:38 Time at incident 01:41 Time ILB recovered 04:54 Time ILB back on service 05:07 Location: Dartmouth Harbour River state: Westerly. 15 - 20 Knots. River flat with drizzle. The Police reported to the Coastguard that a boat with nobody on board had been seen going round in circles between the two Lower Ferry slips. The boat was a 14 ft open boat with an outboard, normally moored in Bayards Cove. The owner was located on shore and all those who should have had access to it have been contacted. The Dart Inshore Lifeboat was tasked to search the River Dart between Bayards Cove and Castle Cove, including Warfleet Creek. They were supplemented by an additional shore boat, also manned by RNLI Lifeboat crew. The All Weather Lifeboat from Torbay was on scene by 02:45 and launched their Y boat as an additional search vessel. The shore and river banks were searched by mobile Coastguard teams from Berry Head and Dartmouth. Rescue Helicopter 169 joined the search at 02:55. The river was swept in both directions by the boats and helicopter and no casualty was found. The Helicopter returned to station at 03:54 and the ALB returned to Torbay at 04:00. Launch 50 The ILB accompanied a boat unconnected to the incident back to it's mooring in Old Mill Creek before returning to the Lifeboat Station. |
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Launch 48 Twenty sixth in 2009 Tuesday 17th November 2009 Time of launch signal 16:20 Time ILB in the water 16:27 Time stood down 16:42 Time ILB recovered 17:02 Time ILB back on service 14:30 Location: Blackpool Sands. Start Bay. Sea state: Wind South West. 17 - 21 Knots. Sea choppy. The Police were called to a man injured on the rocks at Blackpool Sands. The Coastguard asked the ILB to attend. The Police, Coastguards and Ambulance crew were able to reach and assist the casualty from the shore and the lifeboat was stood down. |
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Launch 47. Twenty Fifth in 2009 Sunday 1st November 2009 Time at incident 08:20 Time departed from incident 08:40 Time ILB recovered 08:45 Time ILB back on service 09:00 Location: Dartmouth Harbour River state: South. 17 - 28 Knots. River choppy. After having berthed the catamaran described in Launch 46 the ILB was tasked to retrieve a 12ft fibre glass yacht tender that had broken free in the strong winds. The tender was retrieved to the yacht. |
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Launch 46 Twenty fourth in 2009 Sunday 1st November 2009 Time of launch signal 07:44 Time ILB in the water 07:51 Time at incident 07:54 Time departed from incident 08:15 Time ILB recovered Time ILB back on service Location: Dartmouth Harbour River state: South. 17 - 28 Knots. River choppy. The Coastguard requested that the ILB attend a 26ft catamaran seen to be adrift in the harbour in strong winds. One anchor cable had parted and the other anchor was dragging . The ILB crew established that there was no one on board and towed her to a safe berth alongside the pontoon off the Dartmouth Boat Float. |
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Launch 45 Twenty Third in 2009 Sunday 25th October 2009 Time of launch signal 12:23 Time at incident 12:39 Time ILB recovered Time ILB back on service Location: Stoke Gabriel, River Dart River state: Wind West South West. 16 - 21 Knots. River choppy. The ILB was on exercise in Castle Cove when they were tasked by the Coastguard to attend the Dart Pleasure Cruises vessel Warrior whilst on ferry service betwen Dartmouth and Stoke Gabriel with one Ferryman on board. The Warrior had caught her prop on an anchor chain in Stoke Gabriel creek. The lifeboat crew were able to cut the chain with bolt croppers and then towed the vessel back to her mooring in Dartmouth. |
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Launch 44 Twenty Second in 2009 Sunday 18th October 2009 Time of launch signal 14:40 Time ILB in the water 14:47 Time at incident 14:57 Time departed from the incident 15:15 Time ILB recovered 15:30 Time ILB back on service 15:40 Location: Castle Cove, River Dart estuary. Sea state: Wind 0 knots. Calm A 31 year old lady slipped on the rocks at Castle Cove and hit the back of her head and neck, resulting in a brief period of unconsciousness. She had been placed on a stretcher by the West Country Ambulance crew and the mobile Coastguard team. Due to the proximity of the casualty to the water's edge and the difficulty of carrying her over the rocks the stretcher was placed inside the RNLI beach stretcher and she was evacuated in the ILB. She was landed at the Double Steps and transferred to Torbay Hospital by Ambulance. |
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Launch 43 Twenty First in 2009 Thursday 8th October 2009 Time of launch signal 13:01 Time ILB in the water 13:07 Time at incident 13:23 Time departed from the incident 13:40 Time ILB recovered 14:20 Time ILB back on service 14:35 Location: Foot of cliffs, Little Dartmouth. Start Bay. Sea state: Wind North Easterly. 10 - 14 Knots. Sea choppy. The Coastguard requested that the ILB assist the Dartmouth Mobile Coastguard team in retrieving a Jack Russel Terrier that had fallen in the sea from the cliffs. The dog had managed to wedge himself between the rocks on the shore. He was released by the lifeboat crew and handed over to the Coastguard team who absceiled back up the cliff to return him to his grateful owner. (The story was featured on a local radio station in London and subsequently in the Sun newspaper) |
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Launch 42 Twentieth in 2009 Monday 28th September 2009 Time of launch signal 14:40 Time ILB in the water 14:52 Time at incident 15:05 Time ILB recovered 15:30 Time ILB back on service 15:46 Location: Opposite Sharpham Boathouse, River Dart River state: Wind North Easterly. 10 - 14 Knots. River calm. A member of the public reported to the Coastguard that 2 men and a woman might be in need of assistance in a 10 foot pram dinghy near Sharpham. The Coastguard requested the ILB to investigate. The boat was found beached opposite the Sharpham Boathouse. They were grateful that the lifeboat had come but felt able to return to Totnes unaided. |
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Launch 41 Nineteenth in 2009 Friday 11th September 2009 Time of launch signal 16:50 Time ILB in the water 16:55 Time at incident 17:00 Time ILB recovered 17:50 Time ILB back on service 18:00 Location: Greenway Boathouse, River Dart River state: Wind North Easterly. 10 - 14 Knots. River calm. The Coastguard requested that the ILB transfer a 73 year old lady holidaymaker with a fractured right ankle to an ambulance. She had fallen close to the Greenway Boathouse and Paramedics had strapped her fractured leg and placed her on a stretcher. The lifeboat crew transferred her to the waiting ambulance on Greenway Quay. |
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Launch 40 Eighteenth in 2009 Tuesday 8th September 2009 Time of launch signal 17:50 Time ILB in the water 17:54 Time at incident 18:11 Time ILB recovered 19:05 Time ILB back on service 19:20 Location: Off Slapton Lea, Start Bay Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 10 - 14 Knots. Sea choppy. Visibility poor. The Coastguard requested a launch to the 23 ft motor fishing boat, Milly Moo, which had developed engine failure. There were five people on board, three on holiday and two from Brixham. The boat was drifting towards the shore at the Strete Gate end of the Lea. They managed to hold their position by anchoring when 25ft off shore. The boat was towed back to the Dart Haven Marina in Dartmouth. |
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Launch 39 Seventeenth in 2009 Saturday 29th August 2009 Time of launch signal 00:13 Time ILB in the water 00:21 Time at incident 00:42 Time ILB recovered 01:40 Time ILB back on service 01:47 Location: The Harbour, River Dart River state: Wind Westerly. 12 Knots. River calm. The Ambulance Service and the Police had been called to 2 people on the Res Nova in Dartmouth Harbour. The Coastguard requested that the ILB take 2 Police officers from the low water landing to the boat and then to collect an Ambulanceman and stretcher from the Kingswear landing. The patient was transported on the stretcher back to Kingswear and the Police were returned to Dartmouth. |
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Launch 38 Sixteenth in 2009 Friday 28th August 2009 Dartmouth Regatta Time of launch signal 10:53 Time ILB in the water 10:55 Crew were in the LBS Time at incident 11:04 Time ILB recovered 11:55 Time ILB back on service 12:12 Location: The Mewstone, East of Dart Estuary Sea state: Wind Westerly. Force 4 - 5 Gusting 7. Sea rough. The RN cutter from HMS Victory with 7 on board was sailing in the Dart Estuary when the sea became rough and the Regatta sailing races had just ben cancelled as gusts were reaching 49 Knots. The second sail could not be lowered and they were within 20 feet of the Mewstone, rowing hard when they put out a Pan Pan. The incident was observed by the National Coast Watch station at Froward Point who had already informed the Coastguard and then gave directions to the Coastguard for the Regatta safety boat Patronas who was the first to reach the incident. They towed them clear in a 7 foot swell with 2 foot waves. The ILB escorted them to the Dart Estuary and took over the tow. The cutter was towed to the Town Quay. |
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Launch 37 Fifteenth in 2009 Thursday 27th August 2009 Dartmouth Regatta Time of launch signal 13:28 Time ILB in the water 13:34 Time at incident 13:48 Time ILB recovered 15:25 Time ILB back on service 15:40 Location: Blackpool Sands, Start Bay Sea state: Wind Southwesterly. 15 Knots. Sea moderate. The Coastguard requested that the ILB launch to assist when 4 people were thrown into the sea as they attempted to beach their 16ft speedboad on Blackpool Sands. The RNLI Lifeguards on the beach had assisted them to the shore and the ILB crew righted and recovering the boat before returning it to Dartmouth. |
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Launch request Wednesday 19th August 2009 Time of launch signal 02:00 Time ILB stood down 02:20 The Coastguard requested that the ILB take two Police Officers to a disturbance on the Tall Ship Stavros S Niarchos. The ILB was stood down before she had been launched when it was realised that the vessel was alongside. |
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Launch 36 Fourteenth in 2009 Saturday 15th August 2009 Time of launch signal 03:02 Time ILB in the water 03:09 Time at incident 03:11 Time ILB recovered 03:40 Time ILB back on service 03:44 Location: The Harbour, River Dart River state: Wind Southwesterly. 18 Knots. River calm. The Coastguard requested the ILB to launch when 2 men and a woman were reported in the river opposite the DHNA offices. No one was found in the water but three people were located on shore by other crew members and taken to the mobile Coastguard team. |
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Launch request : Tuesday 11th August 2009 Time of launch signal 01:13 Time ILB stood down 01:20 Location: Between the Castles, Dartmouth estuary The Coastguard requested rhe ILB to launch to a 36ft yacht apparently drifting between the Castles. The yacht was then seen to resume power and motor off and the crew was stood down. |
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Launch 35: Thirteenth in 2009 Monday 10th August 2009 Time of launch signal 12:02 Time ILB in the water 12:12 Time at incident 12:20 Time ILB recovered 13:25 Time ILB back on service 13:40 Location: 1 mile South of Froward Point Sea state: Wind Southwesterly. 18 Knots. Sea choppy. A 28ft sailing yacht had lost power and had no sails on board. They anchored and requested assistance. When the ILB arrived 2 crewmen had been taken off by the vessel Carlina and were being taken to the Town Pontoon in Dartmouth leaving the Skipper on board. The yacht had been taken in tow by Fairmile (previously the Western Lady) but it had not been possible to raise the anchor. Once the tow was within the harbour limits where the sea state was calmer the tow was taken over by a DHNA patrol rib. A crewman from the ILB was put on board and was able to cut the anchor chain and assist the skipper. The ILB liased with the ferries and cleared a berth for the yacht. |
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Launch 34 Saturday 1st August 2009 Time of launch signal 02:32 Time ILB in the water 02:40 Time at incident 03:05 Time ILB recovered 10:31 Time ILB back on service 10:52 Location: Steamer Quay Totnes River state: Wind Southwesterly. 12 Knots. River calm. Drizzle. Poor visibility. The Ambulance service were alerted at 02:25 that there were two young men in the water at Totnes. A third man had raised the alarm. On arrival at Totnes the ILB crew first searched under an upturned pram dinghy close to steamer quay. A casualty was quickly found on a moored yacht opposite the quay wet, cold and suffering from mild hypothermia. He was transferred by the ILB to the quayside. A fullscale search for the missing man was co-ordinated by the Coastguard including thr Mobile Coastguard team from Dartmouth, Police and two fire crews from Totnes and one from Paignton. The ILB searched the river and the moored yachts using searchlights and night vision sights. They were joined by two other boats manned by members of the Dart Lifeboat crew. At 04:40 the search was augmented by a SAR helicopter from Chivenor using thermal imaging equipment. After four hours on the water the initial crew was relieved but they all continued with the search. The ILB then took a dog and his handler from the Dartmoor Search and Rescue team along the boats and quayside. The dog indicated a point on the side of Steamer Quay and Police divers searched the area. Tragically a body was located on the river bed at 09:30 and the ILB crew assisted the Police divers in transfering him to the shore. |
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Launch 33 Sunday 26th July 2009 Time of launch signal 08:54 Time ILB in the water 09:02 Time at incident 09:27 Time ILB recovered 10:30 Time ILB back on service 10:35 Location: Totnes Bridge River state: Wind Southwesterly. 18 Knots. River calm. The Coastguard requested the ILB to launch and investigate an upturned 17ft Canadian two man canoe seen 100 metres downstream of the Totnes road bridge. A paddle was picked up at Longmarsh on the way to the incident. The previous evening the owner and a friend had attempted to paddle across the Dart at Totnes and had capsized. They swam ashore and the canoe had drifted off. The owner was located by the mobile Coastguard team and the ILB took him and the canoe back to its launch site in Totnes. |
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ILB crewman and coastguard examine the boat stranded at Forrest Cove |
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Launch 32 Saturday 25th July 2009 Time of launch signal 10:25 Time ILB in the water 10:30 Time at incident 10:40 Time ILB recovered 12:10 Time ILB back on service 12:20 Location: Forrest Cove, West of Blackpool Sands, Start Bay Sea state: Wind Southwesterly. 16 Knots. Sea choppy. The Coastguard requested a launch to a couple who had swamped and damaged a 16ft Atlantic 500 Angling boat attempting to land at Forrest Cove. The lady was in need of medical assistance. The couple and their dog were transferred in the ILB to Blackpool Sands where they were landed with the assistance of the RNLI Lifeguards on the beach. The lady was treated by the West Country Ambulance Paramedic on the beach. Friends of the owner were trying to recover the boat back to its mooring in Dartmouth. The Paramedic, who is also on the lifeboat crew, the lifeguards and the lifeboat crew had all been involved in a full scale exercise on Blackpool Sands with an identical scenario fifteen days earlier. |
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Launch 31 Monday 20th July 2009 Time of launch signal 20:25 Time ILB in the water 20:31 Time at incident 20:51 Time ILB recovered 21:13 Time ILB back on service 21:22 Location: Upstream search of River Dart River state: Wind Southerly. 18 Knots. River choppy. A relative of two canoeists on holiday raised the alarm when they were overdue. They had left Dartmouth at 11am in a Canadian canoe and not returned by 8pm. The Coastguard asked the ILB to search the river. They were located onshore at Dittisham safe and well. The ILB brought the canoe back to Dartmouth and the mobile Coastguard team brought back the canoeists. |
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Launch 30 Saturday 20th June 2009 Time diverted to second incident 19:35 Time at incident 19:40 Time ILB stood down 20:14 Time ILB back on service 20:30 Location: Off Kingswear Castle, Dart Estuary Sea state: Wind Northerly. 14 Knots. Sea calm. A 23ft yacht on passage from Salcombe had dropped anchor in the Dart estuary off Kingswear castle. Their engine failed to start and they requested assistance reaching a berth in Dartmouth. She was towed to the Town Pontoon where they were met by the mobile Coastguard team. |
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Launch 29 Saturday 20th June 2009 Time of launch signal 18:35 Time ILB in the water 18:40 Time at incident 18:59 Time ILB stood down 19:20 Location: Homestone buoy, Dart Estuary Sea state: Wind Northerly. 14 Knots. Sea calm. The Coastguard requested attendance to a 19ft Dory with 5 on board, that had run out of fuel at the Homestone and had let off flares. The dive-boat Falcon, skippered by Tony Hoile, an ex DLA, reached the boat first and took them in tow. The incident was observed and monitored by the National Coastwatch team at Froward point. The ILB was escorting the tow back to their mooring in Warfleet Creek when they were diverted to their next shout. |
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Launch 28 Friday 8th May 2009 Time of launch signal 04:15 Time ILB in the water 04:24 Time at incident 04:27 Time ILB recovered 05:23 Time ILB back on service 05:45 Location: Noss Marina River Dart Sea state: Wind Southwesterly. 3 Knots. River calm. The Coastguard were alerted by the activation of an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) and requested that the ILB attend. The boat, Skycatcher, was on a pontoon at the Noss Marina and was unattended. The beacon was below decks in a sealed box and there was no visible reason why it should have activated. The information was transferred to a member of the Marina staff who would contact the owner. |
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Launch 27 Monday 13th April 2009 Time of launch signal 16:12 Time ILB in the water 16:17 Time at incident 16:29 Time ILB recovered 18:10 Time ILB back on service 18:27 Location: River Dart above Galmpton Sea state: Wind Southerly. 3 Knots. River calm. A rowing eight from the Dart Rowing Club, Totnes, hit an unknown object in Duncannon Reach, holing the boat in several places and sinking it. Two of the crew swam ashore to raise the alarm whilst the other six crew and the cox stayed with the boat. The Coastguard requested the Dart ILB to launch and also notified the DHNA who attended with two launches. The Cox was rescued by a DHNA launch and the crew were transfered by the ILB to the launches, four at a time, for onward transfer to their club at Totnes. They were all uninjured although very cold. The ILB then towed the rowing skiff, full of water, back to Totnes. |
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Launch 26 Friday 10th April 2009 Time of launch signal 23:05 Time ILB in the water 23:13 Time search commenced 23:13 Time boat found 23:59 Time ILB recovered 00:15 Time ILB back on service 00:27 Location: Search River Dart, Dartmouth to Totnes Sea state: Wind Northwesterly. 3 Knots. River calm. The Police requested a search for an overdue 18ft cabin cruiser reported to have left Galmpton for Totnes at 19:00 and that had not arrived. The Coastguard requested that the ILB search the river. The mobile Coastguard team found the boat moored at Totnes with the crew asleep on board. |
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Launch 25 Thursday 9th April 2009 Time of launch signal 00:28 Time ILB in the water 00:32 Time at incident 00:41 Time left incident 01:45 Time ILB recovered 02:05 Time ILB back on service 02:15 Location: Middleback shoal, River Dart, Stoke Gabriel. Sea state: Wind Southwesterly. 3 Knots. River calm. The Lifeboat was tasked by the Coastguard to attend a 29ft Feeling class yacht which was aground on Middleback shoal and listing to 45 degrees. The yacht had one adult and two young children on board. She had been launched at Totnes and the skipper had decided to lie overnight on a buoy on the Cornworthy side of the river opposite Stoke Gabriel. As the tide fell she grounded on sand and started to list. When the lifeboat arrived the water was up to the gunwales but the children were still asleep! The family were taken in the ILB to Dittisham pontoon where they were met by the mobile Coastguard team and driven to the Lifeboat Station in Dartmouth. A member of the crew offered to put them up for the night but they chose to accept the offer of a lift back to their own transport at Baltic Wharf, Totnes. |
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Launch 24 Wednesday 25th February 2009 Time of launch signal 15:14 Time ILB in the water 15:20 Time at search area 15:20 Time ILB recovered 15:47 Time ILB back on station 15:55 Location: A search of the river, Lower Ferry to Dartmouth Castle. Sea state: Wind Northwesterly. 3 Knots. Sea calm. The Lifeboat was tasked by the Coastguard to join the search for a missing person. The person was found on shore and the lifeboat was stood down. |
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Launch 23 Saturday 21st February 2009 Time of launch signal 13:38 Time ILB in the water 14:10 after police briefing Time ILB recovered 16:13 Time ILB back on station 16:23 Location: Initially a search of the river, Old Mill Creek to Dartmouth Castle. Sea state: Wind Northwesterly. 5 Knots. Sea calm. The Lifeboat was tasked by the Coastguard to join the search for a missing person. When that area had been covered they were tasked to search the river bank from Blackness Rock, Dittisham, back to Dartmouth. The missing person then contacted the Police who were able to narrow the search to the Warfleet area. The ILB was tasked to search Warfleet creek. The missing person was found by one of the mobile Coastguard team on Gallants Bower and referred to Hospital. |
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Launch 22 Friday 18th December 2008 Time of launch signal 19:02 Time ILB in the water 19:08 Time at incident 19:28 Time ILB recovered 21:00 Time ILB back on station 21:30 Location: Redlap cove, West of the Dart estuary. Sea state: Wind Northerly. 12 Knots. Sea moderate. A 7m RIB had become stranded on Redlap Cove during the afternoon. The boatman had decided to wait for the tide to refloat the boat but it became swamped and the Mobile Coast Guard had been called to assist. They were having difficulty keeping the boat off the rocks. The Coast Guard tasked the Dart ILB and the Torbay ALB that was on exercise in the area, to assist. The crew of the ILB took a tow rope from the ALB which was illuminating the scene and attached it to the RIB. The RIB was towed to the Dart estuary by the ALB and the tow was then taken over by the ILB who continued to the Lower ferry slip. The RIB was then able to return to its mooring at the Marina under its own power. |
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Launch 21 Sunday 30th November 2008 Time of launch signal 15:27 Time ILB in the water 15:31 Time at incident 15:39 Time ILB recovered 16:40 Time ILB back on station 17:02 Location: Mill Meadow cove, West of the Dart estuary. Sea state: Wind North east. 20 Knots. Sea moderate. Two 18 year old students were sea kyaking from Redlap Cove to Blackpool Sands when they capsized off Mill Meadow Cove. After 30 - 40 minutes in the water they both reached the shore. One was able to climb the cliff and raise the alarm. The ILB put a crewman ashore who assessed the casualty on the beach as being severely hypothermic and requiring immediate medical attention. The ILB veered to the beach and took the casualty to Blackpool Sands, where he was met by the mobile coastguard team and a paramedic. He was then transferred by ambulance to Derriford Hospital. The ILB returned to the Cove, and brought the aluminium sea kayak back to Dartmouth. |
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Launch 20 Wednesday 12th November 2008 Time of launch signal 09:13 Time ILB in the water 09:19 Time at incident 09:24 Time ILB recovered 10:00 Time ILB back on station 10:26 Location: Sugary Cove, West of the Dart estuary. Sea state: Wind no direction. 0 Knots. Sea flat calm. A member of the public called the DLA to report a "sinking boat in Sugary cove." The Coastguard requested that the ILB investigate. They found the screen and cream fiberglass fairing of an 8 foot speedboat with four fenders attached, floating in Sugary Cove. They searched the shoreline and there was no trace of the occupant. The ILB towed the wreckage back to the Dart Estuary where a Dart Harbour Authority launch took over the tow. |
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Launch 19 Sunday 26th October 2008 Time of launch signal 06:57 Time ILB in the water 07:04 Time at incident 07:12 Time ILB recovered 08:06 Time ILB back on station 08:25 Location: Castle Ledge buoy, Dart estuary. Sea state: Wind Southerly. 18 Knots. Sea moderate. A 38ft yacht was motoring towards the Dart estuary when she broke down and lost all electrical power. The Berlinder of Hove was able to put a tow on the casualty and tow her into the estuary. The ILB then took over the tow and returned the yacht to her berth at Sandquay. |
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Launch 18 Sunday 28th September 2008 Time of launch signal 12:50 Time ILB in the water n.a. Already on exercise, west of the Dart estuary at Landcombe Cove Time at incident 13:10 Time ILB recovered 15:20 Time ILB back on station 16:05 Location: Half a mile off Start Point. Sea state: Wind North East. 5 Knots. Sea calm. Whilst on exercise the ILB heard a "Pan Pan" from the 7.5m motor fishing boat Karrine, with two on board. The engine cooling system had failed and they were without power. The ILB set up a tow but Chris Tracey, the helm, realised that they would not have enough fuel to complete the tow against the tide. The Katlotte, a 8m speedboat, offered assistance and took over the tow whilst the ILB returned to the Dart to refuel. The ILB retook the tow off the Western Blackstone and returned the Karrine to her Kingswear berth. |
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Launch 17 Sunday 21st September 2008 Time of launch signal 12:09 Time ILB in the water n.a. Already on exercise, east of the Dart estuary at Mill Bay Time at incident 12:25 Time casualy landed 13:15 Time ILB recovered 13:25 Time ILB back on station 13:45 Location: Three miles south of Blackpool Sands. Sea state: Wind East North East. 17 Knots. Sea moderate. Whilst on exercise the ILB heard a "Pan Pan" from a 5m dory with six people on board. The lady in the bow of the dory had injured her back as it came down from a high wave. The ILB was already at sea, with a Paramedic crewmember on board, and was tasked by the Coastguard to attend. On arrival the Paramedic was transferred to the dory to assess the injured lady and it was decided that she would be more comfortable in the dory, rather than being transferred to the ILB in a moderate sea in 2m waves. The ILB escorted the dory to the Higher Ferry slip in Dartmouth where an ambulance and the Stoke Fleming mobile Coastguard team was waiting. |
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Launch 16 Sunday 14th September 2008 Time of launch signal 11:07 Time ILB in the water n.a. Already on exercise, East of the Mew Stone Time at incident 11:28 Time ILB recovered 12:10 Time ILB back on station 12:10 Location: Three miles east of Berry Head. Sea state: Wind North East. 5 Knots. Sea calm. Whilst on exercise the ILB heard a "Pan Pan" from a 7.5m fibreglass fishing vessel with an engine fire. The Coast Guard tasked the RNLI Torbay ALB to attend but, as the Dart ILB was already afloat and positioned east of the Mew Stone on exercise, she was also tasked to attend and arrived within a minute of the ALB. The position of the boat was easily located using the inbuilt GPS system on the new IB1 lifeboat. The crewmember put aboard the casualty from the Torbay boat assessed that the fire had gone out and the boat could be safely towed to Brixham. The ILB was stood down. |
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Launch 15 Monday 25th August 2008 Time of launch signal 15:03 Time ILB in the water 15:09 Time at incident 15:25 Stood down Time ILB recovered 15:40 Time ILB back on station 15:49 Location: Off Beesands, West of Dartmouth in Start Bay Sea state: Wind West South West. 25 Knots. Sea rough. Members of the public saw a small sailing vessel with two adults on board requesting assistance off Beesands. They notified the Coastguard who called out the ILB. The ILB was launched but stood down as they passed Redlap Cove, en route to the casualty, as a local fishing boat had rendered assistance and was towing them in. |
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Launch 14 Friday 15th August 2008 Time of launch signal 01:57 Time ILB in the water 02:03 Time at incident 02:25 Time ILB recovered 04:30 Time ILB back on station 04:40 Location: Landcombe Cove, West of Blackpool Sands, 3 miles West of Dart Estuary: Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 5 Knots. Sea calm The Coastguard tasked the Dart ILB, the Torbay RNLI All Weather Lifeboat, mobile Coast guard units from Stoke Fleming and Prawle as well as the Ambulance service to attend an incident at Landscombe Cove. Six teenagers had lit a fire in a cave in the cove when a 2cwt rock fell 12 feet from the roof of the cave onto the group. One youth had serious injuries to his legs and another had soft tissue injuries and a damaged knee. Dart ILB landed their own Paramedic crewmember and then fetched a second Paramedic crewmember from the ALB. In view of the injuries it was decided that evacuation by stretcher in total darkness up the steep hillside was impracticable, as was evacuation on the ILB. A RAF Helicopter from Chivenor made an amazing landing on the narrow beach, illuminated from the sea by the ALB, and airlifted the two to Torbay Hospital. A third, less injured, member of the party was transferred with a paramedic from the Ambulance service by the ILB to Blackpool Sands for assessment in a waiting ambulance. (For the News Release please refer to the News section) |
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Launch 13 Tuesday 12th August 2008 Time of launch signal 19:26 (The ILB was already afloat on a training exercise) Time ILB in the water N.A. Time at incident 19:41 Time ILB recovered 20:41 Time ILB back on station 20:55 Location: Blackpool Sands, 3 miles West of Dart Estuary Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 20 Knots. Sea choppy. The ILB was tasked by the Coastguard to attend an incident where a man was stuck on the cliff at Blackpool Sands. The mobile CG unit was at the cliff top. The ILB was asked to stand by as a CG helicopter winched the man from the cliff to the local carpark. The casualty was then transferred to Hospital by Ambulance with minor injuries. |
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Launch 12 Saturday 2nd August 2008 Time of launch signal 17:42 (Before the teas following the Naming ceremony had finished) Time ILB in the water 17:44 Time at incident 17:53 Time ILB recovered 18:29 Time ILB back on station 18:40 Location: River Dart, Stoke Gabriel River state: Wind South Westerly. 10 Knots. River calm. An elderly infirm lady had been reported to the Police as missing on a walk between Stoke Gabriel and Mill Point. The Coastguard requested the ILB to search the shoreline. She was found unharmed at Mill Pool by the mobile Coastguard unit. |
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Photo by Anna Perry. |
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Launch 11 Saturday 2nd August 2008 Time of launch signal 08:03 Time ILB in the water 08:08 Time at incident 08:21 Time ILB recovered 08:54 Time ILB back on station 09:03 Location: Leonards Cove, 3 miles West of the Dart estuary Sea state: Wind Westerly. 10 Knots. Sea slight to moderate. Coastguard requested the ILB go to Leonard's Cove as witnesses reported seeing an upturned boat with people in the water. On arrival the ILB crew found nothing. They searched down tide and again found nothing. A small fishing boat in the area reported seeing nothing untoward. It is possible that the witnesses interpreted fishing activities as an emergency situation. |
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Launch 9 & 10 Wednesday 23rd July 2008 Time of launch signal 21:00 Time ILB in the water 21:08 Time at incident 21:33 Time left first incident 21:48 Time ILB recovered Time ILB back on station Location: Brutus Bridge Totnes River state: Wind Easterly. 5 Knots. River calm. A man had fallen into the river Dart near Brutus Bridge, Totnes. The Coastguard requested the ILB attend as the Police and Medical team were having problems reaching him. The lifeboat stood by as the man was recovered by the Police just before they arrived. On returning down the Dart the lifeboat was diverted to assist a broken down motor cruiser with the owner on board, which they towed to Tuckenhay in Bow Creek. |
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Squiff Howitt helms D523 on Launch 8 |
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Launch 8 Monday 14th July 2008 Time of launch signal 15:48 Time ILB in the water 15:54 Time at incident 16:01 Time ILB recovered 17:12 Time ILB back on station 17:22 Location: The Mewstone. Dart estuary Sea state: Wind South Westerly. 10 Knots. Sea slight. A small 20 foot motor cruiser was seen to be waving for help whilst some 20 feet from the rocks around the Mewstone. The Riviera Bell raised the alarm but was not able initially to get close enough to give assistance and the Coast Guard requested the ILB to launch. The Dartmouth registered craft with the owner and his two daughters on board, had lost power due to a faulty fuel connection. By the time the ILB was on the scene, some thirteen minutes from the alarm being raised, the craft had been swept along by the tide and by paddling had reached the Riviera Bell. The ILB put a crewman on board and the cruiser was towed back to her berth on the Dart Marina. |
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Launch 7 Thursday 14th May 2008 Time of launch signal 17:56 Time ILB in the water 18:03 Time at incident 18:05 Time ILB recovered 22:52 Time ILB back on station 23:02 Location: Kingswear crabbing quay and River Dart. Sea state: Wind Easterly light. River calm. Light showers.
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Launch 6 Friday 18th April 2008 Time of launch signal 12:00 Time ILB in the water 12:15 Time at incident Time ILB recovered 14:05 Time ILB back on station 14:18 Location: River Dart, Totnes to the estuary Sea state: Wind Easterly. 5 Knots. Calm, Light showers. The Coastguard requested a launch to search the river Dart for an overdue 27 foot Folkboat, "Gibbon" that was reported on the Dart one week ago. Nothing was found. |
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Launch 5 Wednesday 19th March 2008 Time of launch signal 07:38 Time ILB in the water 07:47 Time at incident 08:10 Time ILB recovered 09:05 Time ILB back on station 09:18 Location: Berry rock, South of Home Reach, Totnes Sea state: Wind North Easterly.
2-3 Knots. Calm, Sunny. The Coastguard requested a launch to assist an 18 foot Shetland motor cruiser with two men on board, adrift on Home reach. The battery on the motor cruiser was flat and they had attempted to tow their boat down stream using their tender. The engine on the tender failed, leaving them adrift. The ILB towed them back upstream to Totnes and left them secured to the Rowing Club slipway. |
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Launch 4 Saturday 23rd February 2008 Time of launch signal 08:30 Time ILB in the water 08:43 Time at incident 09:02 Time ILB recovered 09:45 Time ILB back on station 09:50 Location: Kelly's Cove, east of the Mewstone. Sea state: Wind South Westerly.
11-16 Knots. Slight sea, Cloudy. The Coastguard requested a launch to assist the Cliff Rescue Team from Berry Head who were unable to reach an animal in distress. A sheep had retreated into an inaccessible crevice at sea level. Two crew members entered the water and recovered the sheep back into the ILB. The animal was landed back on the shore into the custody of the cliff rescue team. |
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Launch 3 Sunday 17th February 2008 Time of launch signal 16:12 Time ILB in the water 16:20 Time at incident 16:30 Time ILB recovered 17:10 Time ILB back on station 17:28 Location: In the Dart, off Stoke Gabriel. Sea state: Wind E. 10 Knots. River calm. Sunny.
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Launch 2 Tuesday 25thDecember 2007 Time of launch signal 10:35 Time ILB in the water 10:47 Time at incident 10:50 Location: Between the Dartmouth and Kingswear Castles Sea state: Wind Westerly.
7-10 Knots. Slight sea, Overcast. A vessel was reported to be drifting out of the river Dart on the ebb tide. The Coast Guard requested that the ILB launch to ascertain if there were any persons on board. The ILB found that the vessel was a drifting tender with a broken mooring line, a cold engine and there were no persons on board. The area was searched to ensure that there were no casualties in the water and the tender was towed back into the Dart and returned to the parent yacht. |
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Launch 1 Saturday 24th November 2007 Time of launch signal 14:43 Time ILB in the water 14:55 Time at incident 14:58 Location: Near the Castle Ledge buoy in the Dart estuary. Sea state: Wind WNW. 10 Knots. Slight sea, Overcast.
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