Month: April 2017

Redcar RNLI volunteers had routine operations interrupted on Thursday 27 April 2017 when a member of the public alerted them to a young seal which had been found sheltering from North Sea storms on the steps of a seaside apartment block. Trainee RNLI crew member Steve Atkinson was on his way to the lifeboat station for a lifeboat exchange when […]

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Reports of a surfer in difficulties led to the Redcar RNLI lifeboat being tasked to Saltburn on Sunday 23 April 2017. Members of the public telephoned UK Coastguard when a surfer became separated from their surfboard in rough seas near Saltburn pier. The crew of the Atlantic 85 class lifeboat Leicester Challenge III were paged just before 3.40pm. As the […]

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The Redcar RNLI Atlantic 85 class lifeboat Leicester Challenge III was launched on Thursday 20 April 2017 after the two-man crew of a fishing boat sent out a distress call when their fishing boat broke down in the Tees bay approximately 1.5 miles north of the lifeboat station. The lifeboat launched just before 11am and towed the disabled craft to safety […]

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The Redcar RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched on Monday 17 April 2017 after an emergency call was made to Cleveland Police reporting a person in the sea off Redcar. UK Coastguard requested the immediate launch of the lifeboat at 4.18pm and the lifeboat was in the water four minutes later. Guided by police officers on the beach, the volunteer crew […]

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