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Rescues during 2009
Note - not all the tasks carried out by the Redcar Lifeboats station are rescues at sea. Entries in this list without an incident number are "good samaritan services" carried out to help others in difficulty.


Incident Date Boat Details
70 16:18hrs
27 November2009
B773 Placed on standby with hartlepool lifeboat while chemical tanker resolved anchor winch problems in strong gales. Click here for map.
69 16:18hrs
27 November2009
B777 Yacht with 1 person on board, aground off Redcar. Refloated as lifeboat arrived. navigation advice given. Click here for map.
  17:00hrs
19 November 2009
  Flood rescue team from Redcar tasked to Cumbria after severe flooding.
67 & 68 13:40hrs
12 November2009
B777 & D677 Stood-by during incident at Huncliff. Click here for map.
66 03:18hrs
8 November2009
B777 Search for mising person involving Redcar lifeboat, coastguard rescue teams, police and RAF helicopters. Click here for map.
65 09:35hrs
7 November2009
B777 Small fishing boat with engine failure. Stood by while auxillary engine got ready and tested. Click here for map.
64 14:26hrs
2 November2009
B777 Kitesurfer in difficulties. Returned to shore as lifeboat arrived. Click here for map.
62 & 63 16:41hrs
31 October 2009
B777 & D645 Person cut off by the tide at Huntcliff. Walked to safety by coastguards before lifeboats arrived. Click here for map. Click here for news release. Click here for BBC report. Click here for media report. Click here for media report.
60 & 61 17:31hrs
22 September 2009
B777 & D677 Swimmer in difficulties at Marske. Returned safely to shore before lifeboats launched.
59 08:34hrs
17 September 2009
B777 Broken down fishing boat, towed to safety at Redcar. Click here for map.
  12:00hrs
13 September 2009
  First aid given to woman after fall near lifeboat station. Oxygen administered until paramedics arrived.
  11:10hrs
12 September 2009
  Bogged-down fishing boat tractor pulled clear by lifeboat launching tractor.
58 19:38hrs
2 September 2009
D602 Small boat reported to be in difficulties. False alarm with good intent. Click here for map.
57 16:54hrs
27 August 2009
B777 Rigid inflatable with 2 pob broken down off Redcar. Towed back to shore. Click here for map.
56 18:09hrs
23 August 2009
D602 Injured PWC rider. Lifeboat not required but crew requested on scene to provide smoke flare to mark location for air ambulance and to assist with casualty handling. Click here for map. Click here for news release.
55 17:25hrs
19 August 2009
D602 Launched to investigate toy inflatable dinghy blown out to sea. Owners found safe ashore. Click here for map.
54 17:19hrs
19 August 2009
B777 Two persons blown out to sea in toy inflatable. Rescued and returned to lifeboat station before being taken to hospital for treatment. Click here for map. Click here for news release. Click here for follow-up media story. Click here for BBC radio reports.
52 & 53 16:30hrs
19 August 2009
B777 & D602 Kite surfer blown out to sea. Man returned to shore unaided. Kite recovered and returned to owner. Click here for map.
50 & 51 09:24hrs
17 August 2009
B777 & D602 Search for missing person. Nothing found after search by lifeboats from Redcar and Hartlepool, together with coastguard search units and police helicopter. Click here for press report.
48 & 49 13:50hrs
16 August 2009
B777 & D602 Report of kayakers in difficulties. Nothing found after thorough search - false alarm with good intent.
47 13:58hrs
15 August 2009
B777 Fishing boat with engine trouble. Escorted into River Tees. Click here for map. Click here for press release.
45 & 46 21:12hrs
11 August 2009
B777 & D602 Diver reported overdue in Tees Bay. Located and rescued by Hartlepool lifeboat after seach by two RNLI lifeboats from Redcar and two from Hartlepool. Click here for map. Click here for press release.
43 & 44 19:33hrs
24 July 2009
B777 & D602 Kite surfing equipment found drifting out to sea. Nothing found after search by lifeboats from Redcar and Hartlepool. Further enquiries revealed kite had been lost from shore earlier in the day. Click here for map. Click here for news report. Click here for BBC radio news report. Click here for followup story.
41 & 42 12:33hrs
23 July 2009
B777 & D602 Man with dislocated fracture to ankle, at South Gare. Assisted paramedics. Man airlifted by RAF Sea King helicopter to hospital. Click here for map. Click here for press report.
40 17:08hrs
18 July 2009
B777 Report of vessel in difficulties. Two tree trunks left to their own devices! Click here for map.
39 06:58hrs
15 July 2009
B777 Fishing boat with 6 people on board, disabled after engine fire. Towed towards hartlepool then Hartlepool ALB took over tow. Click here for map. Click here for press report.
38 08:38hrs
13 July 2009
B777 Fishing boat with 4 persons on board, broken down in River Tees channel. Towed to safety at Paddy's Hole. Click here for map.
  12:20hrs
11 Jul 2009
  Gave first aid to woman with facial injuries after a fall. Taken to hospital by crewmember.
37 14:02hrs
10 July 2009
D602 Youths in inflatable dinghy drifting towards rocks. Returned to shore unaided before lifeboat launched.
35 & 36 13:55hrs
27 June 2009
B777 & D602 Small boat with 5 persons on board, broken down and drifting into rocks in poor visibility. Boat towed to safety at Redcar. Click here for map. Click here for press report. Click here for BBC report. Click here for further press report.
33 & 34 22:24hrs
21 June 2009
B777 & D602 Person walked into the sea. Detained by police. Click here for map.
32 12:25hrs
21 June 2009
B777 Fishing boat with 3 pob, broken down at Skinningrove. Towed to safety at Saltburn. Click here for map. Click here for press report.
31 15:08hrs
15 June 2009
B777 Fishing boat with 3 pob, stranded near Saltscar Buoy with fouled prpeller. Towed to safety in River Tees and then assisted in clearing rope from propeller. Click here for map.
30 17:14hrs
2 June 2009
B777 Launched to investigate speed boat seen running aground on rocks off Redcar. Refloated without assistance.
29 10:54hrs
30 May 2009
B777 Fishing boat with 2 persons on board, broken down north of Skinningrove. Towed to Hartlepool marina.Click here for map.
27 & 28 07:39hrs
27 May 2009
B777 & D677 Air and sea search for teenage girl reported to have walked into the sea. Lifeboats from Redcar and Hartlepool, police and RAF helicopters and coastguard officers involved. Click here for map. Click here for BBC radio report. Click here for press report. Click here for BBC report. Click here for BBC TV report. Click here for updates. Additional update.
25 & 26 16:01hrs
25 May 2009
B777 & D677 Reports of persons cut off by the tide at Saltburn. Nothing found after area search. Believed to have been a false alarm with good intent. Click here for map. Click here for press report. Click here for further press report.
24 13:04hrs
22 may2009
B777 Broken down fishing boat with 1 person on board. Towed from Saltburn to River Tees. Click here for map.
22 & 23 17:16hrs
07 May 2009
B777 & D677 Search resumed for missing person. Search area extended to between South Gare and Huntcliff. Lifeboat diverted to base of Huntcliff to give advice to 2 walkers trapped by tide but not in danger.
20 & 21 03:49hrs
07 May 2009
B777 & D677 Search for missing person. Searched from Coatham Bay to Marske, nothing found. Click here for map. Click here for press report.
19 08:48hrs
26 Apr 2009
B777 Launch to fishing boat with 2 pob taking in water north of the lifeboat station. Salvage pump used to clear boat of water and towed to River Tees.Click here for map. Click here for image. Click here for BBC report.
17 & 18 16:20hrs
25 Apr 2009
B777 & D677 Report of kitesurfer in difficulties in Coatham Bay. Kite found and seach started for missing person, involving Redcar lifeboats and police helicopter. Search abandoned after person found safe on shore. Click here for map. Click here for press report.
16 17:58hrs
12 Apr 2009
B777 Report of boat capsized near Tees transported bridge. Unmanned boat found and righted before being landed ashore. Click here for map. Click here for press report.
  11:30hrs
12 Apr 2009
  Assisted crew of fishing boat bogged down on beach near lifeboat station.
14 & 15 13:430hrs
29 Mar 2009
B777 & D677 6m divers boat aground on rocks off Redcar. Guided to safe water be D677 while B777 provided safety cover. Click here for map. Click here for press report. Click here for further press report.
13 15:20hrs
24 Mar 2009
B777 Diverted from earlier incident in River Tees after seach boat capsized. Click here for map. Click here for press report. Click here for further press report.
12 13:49hrs
24 Mar 2009
B777 Report of person falling into River Tees at the transporter bridge. Nothing found after search by lifeboats from Redcar and Hartlepool. Click here for map.
10 & 11 14:20hrs
22 Mar 2009
B777 & D695 Person in the sea after sea kayak capsized. Found clinging to second kayak. Picked up and taken back to shore. Lost kakak also found and returned to shore. Click here for map. Click here for press report.
8 & 9 21:34hrs
17 Mar 2009
B777 & D695 Person threatening suicide by walking into the sea. Detained by police before lifeboats launched.
6 & 7 10:10hrs
15 Mar 2009
B777 & D695 Tender from motor cruiser capsized in surf at Saltburn. Assisted cruisers crew back to vessel. Click here for map. Click here for press report. Click here for further press report.
  10:30hrs
15 Mar 2009
  Gave first aid to boy with broken arm after falling down sea wall. Treated before transfer to hospital by ambulance
4 & 5 10:10hrs
15 Mar 2009
B777 & D695 Recovered body from cliffs at Saltburn. Click here for map. Click here for press report. Click here for further press report.
2 & 3 19:07hrs
27 Jan 2009
B777 & D677 Woman threatening suicide by walking into sea. Dealt with by police before lifeboats launched. Click here for press report. Click here for further press report.
1 21:01hrs
25 Jan 2009
B777 Man threatening to jump from Middlesbrough transporter bridge. Stoodby until man taken into police custody. Click here for map.

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