Saving lives at sea since 1802
The Redcar RNLI lifeboat was called into action early on 31 December 2016 when a fishing boat suffered mechanical failure three miles north east of Redcar. The two-man crew of the fishing boat alerted UK Coastguard just after midnight on 31 December when their craft suffered gearbox failure while they were preparing to bring ashore fishing gear ahead of predicted […]
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Here are our images from the 2016 Boxing Day Dip. Can you spot yourself? All rights reserved. Please contact this website before using these images. [ngg_images source=”galleries” display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
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The Redcar RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched on 24 December 2016 to recover from the sea kitesurfing equipment which had become detached from the kitesurfer. Several calls were made to UK Coastguard reporting that a kite could be seen blowing across the surface of the sea off Redcar, but there was no sight of the surfer himself. As Redcar Coastguard Rescue […]
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The 25th December marks the 181st anniversary of the loss of a Redcar RNLI volunteer at sea. William Guy died aged 41 when he was lost overboard on Christmas Day, 1836, while on Redcar’s lifeboat the Zetland, which is today the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. Mr Guy was attempting to to rescue the crew of the stricken […]
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It was a sad occasion today as the crew of the Redcar RNLI lifeboat station said “farewell” to Stan Layton, a boathouse attendant at Redcar for many years, who passed away on 2 December 2016. Stan was a popular face at the lifeboat station in the 1990s and 2000s and was always there for the crew with a fresh brew […]
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As we have done for the last few years, we’ve pulled together some of our favourite images taken at Redcar RNLI over the past 12 months. Hope you enjoy them.
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