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All Weather Lifeboat - January to April
2008
Information displayed is
indicative only
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Incident Date
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24-Apr-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
24-Apr-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
11:07 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
13:10 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
10 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Mat Tyler |
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Location of
Casualty |
Vicinity of
Meadfoot Beach |
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Service
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Launched to the
fishing vessel 'Jacqueline Ann' with an injured fisherman onboard who
required |
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medical
attention. ALB paramedics stabilised him whilst they made way to Torquay
Harbour for |
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onward
transmission by ambulance to Torbay Hospital. |
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Incident Date
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11-Apr-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
11-Apr-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
10:06 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
10:55 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
9 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Mat Tyler |
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Location of
Casualty |
Outside Brixham
Harbour |
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Service
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Launched to the
yacht 'Charlie Bravo' suffering an engine failure and overwhelmed by a hail
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storm and squall
just outside Brixham Harbour. Yacht returned under tow to the station. |
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Incident Date
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24-Mar-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
24-Mar-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
14:22 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
15:10 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
8 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Mat Tyler |
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Location of
Casualty |
Fishcombe Point,
Brixham |
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Service
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Both lifeboats
tasked to the 30ft yacht Dauphine with four people on board following a May
Day |
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call. The yacht
apparently came into contact with rocks and lost all power at Fishcombe
Point. |
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With the
Northerly wind she was in danger of grounding. Passenger vessel Brixham
Belle III |
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established a
tow and held the yacht off pending arrival of the lifeboats. Yacht checked
for hull |
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damage and water
ingress before being towed to her mooring in Brixham Marina. No injuries
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Incident Date
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19-Mar-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
19-Mar-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
18:03 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
18:29 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
7 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Location of
Casualty |
St Marys to
Hopes Nose |
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Service
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Launched
following a Police request to search for a missing person on a beach
surrounded by |
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cliffs -
somewhere between St Mary's Bay and Hopes Nose. |
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Person located
at the Grovenor Hotel, Torquay at 18:17 - Search terminated. |
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Incident Date
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09-Mar-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
09-Mar-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
20:39 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
22:56 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
6 |
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Coxswain |
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Richard Fowler |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Location of
Casualty |
50 30N 003 25W -
3 miles NE of Hopes Nose |
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Service
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Launched to a
report of Red Flare(s) in the general area of the location given - on a line
between |
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Berry Head and
Budleigh Salterton. Torbay searching from Berry Head, Exmouth running from
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Budleigh
Salerton. Nothing found - search terminated. |
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Incident Date
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08-Mar-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
09-Mar-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
22:50 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
02:15 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
5 |
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Coxswain |
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Richard Fowler |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Location of
Casualty |
Berry Head |
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Service
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Launched in
support of a Police operation to locate a suicidal female reported in the
vicinity of |
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Berry Head. Lady
located in a very dangerous position. Following a long and successful
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negotiation the
lady was recovered to Police custody with the assistance of HM Coastguard
cliff |
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Additional
Notes |
ALB stood by
for the duration of the negotiation which was on a cliff edge. |
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Incident Date
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03-Mar-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
03-Mar-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
00:28 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
02:53 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
4 |
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Coxswain |
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Roger Good |
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Mechanic |
Mat Tyler |
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Location of
Casualty |
Meadfoot |
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Service
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Launched in
support of Police and Coastguard negotiating with a suicidal lady on the
cliffs at |
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Meadfoot. ALB
tasked to provide searchlight if required. |
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Additional
Notes |
Successful
negotiation with the lady who was recovered by the shore team at 02:35 |
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Incident Date
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18-Feb-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
18-Feb-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
13:27 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
15:20 |
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All Weather Relief |
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2008 Shout
Number |
3 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Nigel Coulton |
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Location of
Casualty |
500 26.51N 003
28.55W |
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Service
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Launched to the
day fishing vessel 'Lisa K' taking water into the engine space - two persons
on |
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board. Fishing
vessel 'Atlantis II' stood by until lifeboat arrived. All electrical power
lost. Two |
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Lifeboat crew
transferred - engine room pumped out and vessel returned under tow to
Brixham. |
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Additional
Notes |
Approx one
mile SSE of the Orestone
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Incident Date
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13-Jan-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
14-Jan-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
19:33 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
03:00 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
2 |
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Coxswain |
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Mark Criddle |
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Mechanic |
Mat Tyler |
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Service
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A 'Pan Pan' was
issued for the vessel 'Ice Prince' with twenty persons on board and
suffering a |
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severe shift of
her cargo. The resulting 25 degree list to port in heavy sea conditions put
the |
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ship at risk.
Salcombe and Torbay lifeboats and Warship Cumberland tasked together with
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cargo ships on
passage nearby and Helo IJ from Portland. The list increased to forty
degrees. |
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Twelve,
including a crew man with a broken leg were air lifted to Portland. The
remaining eight |
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crew were
evacuated in extremely difficult conditions by Torbay Lifeboat and returned
to |
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Brixham. The
vessel was left for a French Tug to resolve what should be done. |
Click here to visit a
Link to Sky News
See separate page under photographs
'Ice Prince'
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Incident Date
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10-Jan-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
10-Jan-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
02:14 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
02:20 |
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AWB Assembly Only |
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2008 Shout
Number |
1 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Roundham/Goodrington |
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Service
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Assembly only -
preparing to launch to join a search for a missing woman in the Goodrington
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area. Located by
Police at Paignton Harbour before launch. Launch stood down |
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Incident Date
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01-Jan-08 |
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Ready for
Service |
01-Jan-08 |
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Launch
Instruct |
09:28 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
11:46 |
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All Weather Boat (AWB) |
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2008 Shout
Number |
1 |
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Coxswain |
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Richard Fowler |
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Mechanic |
Mat Tyler |
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Service
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Both lifeboats
launched on a missing person search following discovery of clothes and a
note |
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on Torre Abbey
Sands. Extensive search of all coastline between Hopes Nose and |
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Roundham
Headland. Person eventually returned home - search terminated 11:08 |
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Additional
Notes |
HM Coastguard
teams and Helo "IJ" together with both lifeboats searched area |
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