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Inshore Lifeboat -
September to December 2005
Information
displayed is indicative only
 Seasons
Greetings
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Incident Date |
31-Dec-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
31-Dec-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
11:34 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
11:45 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
81 |
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Location of
Casualty |
North of
Fishcombe Cove |
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Service
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Launched to a
report of a windsurfer in difficulty. Shortly after launch the windsurfer
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self recovered.
ILB returned to station |
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Additional
Notes |
All Crew at
Boathouse attending a reception for the retiring Coxswain hence rapid
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Incident Date |
29-Dec-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
29-Dec-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
11:03 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
11:07 |
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ILB Assembly Only |
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2005 Shout
Number |
4 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Torre Abbey
Sands |
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Service
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Assembly only -
person entered sea at Torre Abbey Sands in
suspicious |
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circumstances.
Recovered by others and taken to Torbay Hospital. Launch stood |
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Incident Date |
27-Dec-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
27-Dec-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
01:09 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
01:40 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
80 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Torquay Outer
Harbour |
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Service
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Launched to
assist in recovery of person in the water at Torquay Outer Harbour.
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Person recovered
by others and taken to Torbay Hospital. ILB stood down at 01:25 |
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Additional
Notes |
A Cold North
Easterly blowing at the time. |
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Incident Date |
22-Dec-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
22-Dec-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
01:24 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
01:45 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
79 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Torquay Inner
Harbour |
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Service
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Following a
report of a person threatening to jump into Torquay Inner Harbour the ILB
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came to standby.
Individual did jump and ILB Launched however a Club Bouncer and |
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Police recovered
the person and ILB stood down. |
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Additional
Notes |
The Sill/tide
Position meant the ILB could not enter the Inner Harbour but the Crew
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can be quite
inventive in tricky situations! |
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Incident Date |
16-Dec-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
16-Dec-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
11:38 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
11:45 |
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ILB Assembly Only |
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2005 Shout
Number |
3 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Livermead |
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Service
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Launch requested
to person apparently cut off by the tide somewhere between |
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Preston and
Torquay. Person self recovered and launch stood down. |
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Incident Date |
26-Nov-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
26-Nov-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
17:57 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
19:57 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
78 |
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Location of
Casualty |
River Dart |
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Service
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Launched
together with the AWB to search for a red tender with two teenagers on
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board within the
River Dart between Stoke Gabriel and Dartmouth. Youths seen |
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running on shore
and met by Police and Coastguards. |
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Additional
Notes |
AWB Y Boat,
Chivenor Helo 169, Police and three Coastguard teams deployed. |
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Incident Date |
26-Oct-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
26-Oct-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
16:48 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
18:16 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
77 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Thatcher Rock/Orestone |
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Service
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Observation from
shore suggested some kite surfers were in difficulty. HM |
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Coastguard team
and the ILB tasked to investigate.. After a thorough search no one in
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difficulty could
be located. Search stood down at 17:43 |
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Incident Date |
23-Oct-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
23-Oct-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
10:45 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
11:20 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
76 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Breakwater beach
and shore line |
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Service
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A member of the
public came to the Boat House and reported what appeared to be a
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diver in
trouble. ILB launched to investigate and found a diver and buddy had become
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separated. ILB
crew located both and returned them to Breakwater Beach - all OK |
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Additional
Notes |
A very
popular training area! |
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Incident Date |
17-Oct-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
17-Oct-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
14:51 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
17:15 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
75 |
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Location of
Casualty |
0.75 mile NE of
Hopes Nose |
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Service
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Launched to a
7.5 metre RIB with engine failure. Initial report via mobile phone
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identified
position near Thatcher Rock. ILB tasked and located RIB about threequarters
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of a mile NE of
Hopes Nose. Taken in tow to Torquay Harbour |
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Additional
Notes |
Mobile phone
used making position fixing difficult. |
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Incident Date |
12-Oct-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
12-Oct-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
14:55 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
16:15 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
74 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Bearing of
broadcast identified |
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Service
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Launched to a
report of an apparent 14ft Fletcher speedboat 'Sonar' apparently out of
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fuel. No
Speedboat found. Message received that boat under tow by fishing vessel.
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No evidence of
this found anywhere in Torbay. False alarm assumed. Stood down at
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Additional
Notes |
The Rain came
down! |
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Incident Date |
05-Oct-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
05-Oct-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
19:32 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
20:20 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
73 |
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Location of
Casualty |
St Marys Bay to
Berry Head |
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Service
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The NEW ILB
D-651 launched on exercise but was immediately tasked to two yachts
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'Topsy Turvey'
and 'Shifting Sands' following a 999 call to the Coastguard. The ILB
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located them and
the reason for the emergency call was unclear. Yachts met by |
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Coastguards who
are investigating incident. |
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Additional
Notes |
The first
shout for the 'John William Hirst' |
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04-Oct-2005
D-651 'John William Hirst' on station
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Incident Date |
02-Oct-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
02-Oct-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
19:06 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
19:41 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
72 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Torquay Inner
Harbour |
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Service
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Following a
report of a person in difficulty in the water at Torquay Inner Harbour the
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ILB and shore
teams were tasked. The shore team immediately requested police and
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ambulance
support. Person taken into custody as the ILB arrived on scene. |
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Incident Date |
28-Sep-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
28-Sep-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
15:22 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
16:27 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
71 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Off Preston
Beach |
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Service
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Launched to a
wind surfer in difficulty approximately a quarter of a mile off shore. ILB
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recovered him
and returned him to Preston Beach - cold and tired. |
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Additional
Notes |
Very heavy
squalls hit the bay for two hours - very unpleasant afloat! |
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Incident Date |
24-Sep-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
24-Sep-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
14:14 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
15:00 |
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ILB + Boarding Boat |
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2005 Shout
Number |
70 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Breakwater Beach |
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Service
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Launched
following a report of a missing diver in the vicinity of Breakwater Beach,
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Brixham. Pan Pan
issued and others joined search. ILB spotted bubbles and dropped
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two other divers
at the spot. Missing diver located and surfaced all OK. |
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Additional
Notes |
Coastguard,
Oscar4 and Fly By together with boarding boat all joined the search
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which ended
satisfactorily. |
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Incident Date |
22-Sep-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
22-Sep-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
00:52 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
01:42 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
69 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Princess Pier,
Torquay |
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Service
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Launched
following a request from the Police who were negotiating with a potentially
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suicidal male at
Princess Pier, Torquay. Resolved as the ILB arrived on scene. ILB
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Incident Date |
08-Sep-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
08-Sep-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
19:32 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
20:00 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
68 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Roundham |
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Service
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Launched to a
report of two teenage girls cut off by the rising tide at Roundham Head. |
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ILB and shore
team investigated but girls had made it safely to Paignton Harbour. ILB
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returned to
exercise with ALB. |
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Incident Date |
03-Sep-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
03-Sep-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
15:14 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
15:55 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
67 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Holicombe |
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Service
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Launched to
report of two children in difficulty in the sea at Holicombe Beach. The
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children were
recovered safely by people on the beach as the ILB arrived. ILB |
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Incident Date |
02-Sep-05 |
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Ready for
Service Date |
02-Sep-05 |
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Launch
Instruct |
18:33 |
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Ready for
Service Time |
20:47 |
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Inshore Life Boat (ILB) |
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2005 Shout
Number |
66 |
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Location of
Casualty |
Scabbacombe |
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Service
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Following an
unsuccessful Pan Pan broadcast the ILB was launched to a broken down
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motor cruiser
0.7 miles off Scabbacombe.. Motor cruiser towed to Torquay Harbour |
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Additional
Notes |
A very fine
September evening |
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