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All Weather Lifeboat -
January to April 2007
Information displayed is
indicative only
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Incident Date
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30-Apr-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
30-Apr-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
16:03 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
16:33 |
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All Weather Relief |
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2006 Shout
Number |
19 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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Launched in
response to a May Day call from Yacht Patrise identified as being on a
bearing of |
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330
degrees from Berry Head. ALB & ILB both tasked to search the line of the
bearing as |
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quickly as
possible. Subsequently position established as 5 knot marker line off
Livermead. ILB |
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recovered vessel
to Torquay Harbour. ALB stood down. |
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Additional
Notes |
Reason for
May Day thought to be engine failure. |
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Incident Date
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29-Apr-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
29-Apr-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
17:06 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
19:05 |
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All Weather Relief |
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2006 Shout
Number |
18 |
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Coxswain |
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Richard Fowler |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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Having assisted
Salcombe put 'Emma Jane' alongside (previous shout) ALB tasked to check for |
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missing kayaks
outside Salcombe Estuary. |
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Kayaks located
between Prawle Point and Salcombe all OK. ALB headed back to Brixham
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without further
incident. |
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Additional
Notes |
ALB at sea
for 10 hours today - it started as a simple exercise morning. |
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Incident Date
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29-Apr-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
29-Apr-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
09:36 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
17:06 |
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All Weather Relief |
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2006 Shout
Number |
17 |
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Coxswain |
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Richard Fowler |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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On return leg
from the previous shout fishing vessel 'Emma Jane' with 7 people on board
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issued a May Day
due to a fire in her engine room. ALB immediately diverted to her
assistance. |
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Helo RWB also
retasked at 09:46 after dropping casualty at Torbay Hospital. May Day
reduced to |
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Pan Pan when
fire extinguished by crew. Salcombe also launched. 'Emma Jane' returned
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under tow by
Torbay then tow transferred to Salcombe once close in. Both lifeboats
assisted her |
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alongside.
Torbay ALB then retasked - see next shout. |
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Additional
Notes |
Charlet
attached |
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Incident Date
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29-Apr-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
29-Apr-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
08:55 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
09:36 |
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All Weather Relief |
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2006 Shout
Number |
16 |
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Coxswain |
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Richard Fowler |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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Launched to
support medical evacuation of a person suffering heart problems on the day
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angling vessel 'Shandy
III'. Helo RWB also tasked from Portland arriving on scene at 09:20 and
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took the
casualty to Torbay Hospital landing at approx 09:35. ALB released at 0930.
On return |
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Additional
Notes |
On return leg
ALB retasked to a May Day - see next record. |
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Incident Date
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14-Apr-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
15-Apr-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
22:08 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
00:07 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
15 |
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Coxswain |
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John Ashford |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Location of
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Sharkham Point
area |
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Service
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Two or three
reports from people around Brixham and Berry Head Quarry indicated sighting
of |
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white or red
flares. HM Coastguards investigated the initial reports and ALB subsequently
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tasked to search
shore line and out to sea. Nothing found and search terminated at 23:47hrs. |
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Additional
Notes |
One report
suggested a hot air balloon was in the area. |
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Incident Date
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06-Apr-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
06-Apr-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
11:58 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
14:43 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
14 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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The fishing
vessel 'Patricia' was disabled with a flooded engine room. ALB tasked to her
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assistance and
returned her under tow to Brixham. Casualty approximately 12 miles ENE of
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Additional
Notes |
Weather fine
and calm. |
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Incident Date
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01-Apr-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
01-Apr-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
17:39 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
18:55 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
13 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Location of
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South Side
Roundham Head |
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Service
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A member of the
public observed what appeared to be people caught by the rising tide to the
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south of
Roundham Head. Sea conditions were moderate to rough with an Easterly wind
force |
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4/5. HM
Coastguards investigating the report believed there to be two people cut off
and at risk. |
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ALB and Rescue
169 from Chivenor tasked. The location was not visible from the cliff top
only at |
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a distance.
After extensive search by the ALB and R169 and on shore investigation
nothing was |
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found. The
search was stood down at 18:39. |
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Incident Date
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15-Mar-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
15-Mar-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
17:46 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
19:00 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
12 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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Launched to a
16ft fishing boat with two people on board disabled by a fouled propeller
and |
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drifting between
Thatcher Rock and Orestone. Taken in tow and returned to Torquay Harbour. |
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Incident Date
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15-Mar-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
15-Mar-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
11:00 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
15:38 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
11 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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Passenger
fishing vessel 'Delora' from Torquay with seven people on board suffered a
gearbox |
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failure 15 miles
ESE of Start Point. ALB tasked to her assistance and returned her under tow
to |
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Torquay where
she was met and taken into Torquay Marina. |
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Incident Date
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13-Mar-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
13-Mar-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
09:29 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
11:46 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
10 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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ALB launched to
evacuate the skipper of a Brixham day fishing boat who had crushed a finger.
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Crew paramedic
boarded fishing vessel and assisted in transfer to ALB. Boat owner went with
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the ALB and
transferred to the fishing vessel to return her to Brixham. Injured Skipper
landed at |
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Kingswear where
they were met by a waiting ambulance for transfer to Torbay Hospital. |
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Incident Date
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12-Mar-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
12-Mar-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
17:26 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
20:47 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
9 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Service
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The fast fishing
vessel 'Lady Victoria' reported an unoccupied canoe in Lyme Bay (approx 16
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miles East of
Berry Head). Torbay ALB tasked together with Helo Rescue 'VA' to search area
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where canoe
observed. Search patterns developed in failing light - nothing found and
search |
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Additional
Notes |
Weather
conditions were calm for good search conditions. |
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Incident Date
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07-Mar-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
07-Mar-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
21:00 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
22:05 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
8 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Location of
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Paignton Harbour
area |
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Service
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Launched to
assist in a large search for a missing teenager thought to be in the area of
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Paignton
Harbour. ALB searched off shore between Paignton Pier and Goodrington until
search |
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Additional
Notes |
Teenager
located in Paignton by a patrol car. Helicopter Rescue 169 (Chivenor) and HM
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Coastguards
all involved. |
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Incident Date
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18-Feb-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
18-Feb-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
09:36 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
10:59 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
7 |
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Coxswain |
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John Ashford |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Service
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Launched to
assist in the search for a
sinking speed boat (See ILB Shout 3). Casualties
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recovered at the
time of this launch but ALB continued to examine and recover the remains of
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the speed boat.
Fisheries Vessel Drumbeat and her RIB also gave assistance. Hull taken in to
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Torquay Harbour
by the lifeboat. Various belongings collected by Drumbeat. |
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Additional
Notes |
A Successful
Outcome to a potential tragedy |
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Incident Date
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16-Feb-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
16-Feb-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
01:10 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
03:02 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
6 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Location of
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300 yards of the
Breakwater end |
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Service
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A local Brixham
Beam Trawler lost all auxiliary power shortly after leaving harbour. Her
fishing |
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gear was partly
deployed. In view of her proximity to Brixham Breakwater the ALB was tasked
to |
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her assistance.
It took one hour to tow her approx one mile back
to the fish quay! |
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Additional
Notes |
HM Coastguard
shore team met them at the Fish Quay |
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Incident Date
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13-Feb-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
13-Feb-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
15:47 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
17:57 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
5 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Location of
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Berry Head area |
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Service
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Launched to do a
shore line search around Berry Head and the adjacent coastline following
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reports of a
possible missing person. The search area was extended in terrible weather
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conditions until
17:28. Shore teams continued into the early evening with no result. |
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Additional
Notes |
Police, HM
Coastguard teams and helo WB all tasked as personal items located near the
light |
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Incident Date
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13-Feb-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
13-Feb-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
07:07 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
09:00 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
4 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Location of
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Pilot Station |
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Service
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Launched to meet
a 17000 ton general cargo vessel on passage to evacuate an injured
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crewman. The
crewman had suffered a dislocated elbow, He was transferred to the lifeboat
and |
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onwards to
Haldon Pier, Torquay where they were met by an ambulance. The crewman was
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taken to Torbay
Hospital. A&E Department |
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Additional
Notes |
The ship
anchored close to Torbay awaiting the outcome at Torbay Hospital |
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Incident Date
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03-Feb-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
03-Feb-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
16:28 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
17:47 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
3 |
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Coxswain |
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Richard Fowler |
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Mechanic |
Simon James |
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Location of
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50 22N 003 28W |
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Service
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Launched to
asses a French fisherman who had suffered a head injury. Fishing vessel 2
miles |
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south of Berry
Head and making way to Brixham. Crew Paramedic put on board. Decision to
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keep the
casualty onboard the vessel as any transfer could make the situation worse.
Vessel |
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escorted to
Brixham where they were met by Ambulance. Crewman transferred to Torbay
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Incident Date
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03-Feb-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
03-Feb-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
04:45 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
12:51 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
2 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Simon James |
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Service
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Following the
sighting of red flares by ships South of Start Point the HM Coastguard
launched a |
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major search
including all shipping in the area, Helicopter, Torbay and Salcombe
lifeboats. A |
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Life raft was
sighted and four people recovered. Established one was still missing. Life
Jacket |
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spotted by
another vessel. Salcombe located and recovered the body of the missing
yachtsman. |
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Casualties
airlifted to Derriford Hospital where two were identified as suffering from
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Hypothermia.
Torbay lifeboat located the capsized yacht which had apparently lost its
keel. |
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Attempts to
return the hull to Salcombe by Torbay lifeboat under tow were abandoned
following |
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tow rope
breakages as the yacht gradually took on water.. |
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Additional
Notes |
The yacht
apparently capsized almost instantly. One of the crew had to dive under the
upturned |
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Incident Date
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28-Jan-07 |
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Ready for
Service |
28-Jan-07 |
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Launch
Instruct |
12:00 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
12:58 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2006 Shout
Number |
1 |
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Coxswain |
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John Ashford |
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Mechanic |
Matt Tyler |
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Location of
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Sharkham Point |
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Service
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On return from exercise ALB
tasked to assist in locating a missing dog. Dog found on the waters
edge |
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at the bottom of
the cliffs. Y Boat deployed and dog recovered without further incident and
re-united |
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with its owners
Owners very happy!. |
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Additional
Notes |
HM Coastguard
teams also assisted. |
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