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Rescues during 2012
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. Maps are for information only and should not be relied upon.

Incident Date Boat Details
49 20:08
14 Dec 2012
B835 Police incident at Saltburn. Launch cancelled.
48 07:32
04 Dec 2012
B835 Fishing boat with 2 persons on board, broken down. Towed to safety at Redcar. Click here for map.
47 16:33
18 Oct 2012
B835 Report of a body in the sea at the River Tees entrance. Search revealled body was a bale of hay. Click here for map. Click here for news release.
46 11:01
08 Oct 2012
B835 Fishing boat with 4 persons on board, broken down off Redcar. Towed to safety in River Tees. Click here for map.
45 10:16
03 Oct 2012
B858 Fishing boat with 3 persons on board, in difficulties off Saltburn. Escorted to safety at Saltburn. Click here for map.
44 14:00
29 Sep 2012
D677 Kitesurfer in difficulties off Redcar. Rescued and returned to shore. Click here for map.
43 12:35
18 Sep 2012
B858 Fishing boat with 2 persons on board, broken down off Redcar. Towed to safety at Redcar. Click here for map.
42 14:07
10 Sep 2012
D677 Windsurfer in difficulties. Rescued and returned to shore. Click here for map.
41 13:02
09 Sep 2012
D677 Fishing boat with 2 persons on board, broken down off Redcar. Towed to safety at Redcar. Click here for map. Click here for news release.
40 12:06
02 Sep 2012
B858 Broken down coble with 3 persons on board. Towed to hartlepool. Click here for map.
39 11:50
22 Aug 2012
B858 Lifeboat place on standby while police searched for vulnerable person. Stood down without launching.
38 10:44
22 Aug 2012
B858 Broken down fishing boat off Redcar. Towed to safety at Redcar. Click here for map.
37 14:59
20 Aug 2012
D677 Fishing boat with 2 persons on board, broken down off Redcar. Towed to safety at Redcar. Click here for map.
  10:25
19 Aug 2012
  Gave first aid to woman with suspected lower back injury and drifting in and out of consciousness after falling on slipway. Taken to hospital by ambulance. Click here for news release.
35 & 36 09:12
18 Aug 2012
B858 & D677 Fishing boat sinking off Redcar. Launched together with lifeboats from hartlepool and Seaking from RAF Leconfield. Used salvage pump while fishing boat towed to beach by another boat. Click here for map. Click here for news release.
34 10:55
15 Aug 2012
B858 Broken down fishing boat off Hartlepool. Escorted tow by another fishing boat in a joint operation with Hartlepool ILB. Click here for map. Click here for news release. Click here for video.
33 09:41
15 Aug 2012
D677 Person reported trapped on rocks by incoming tide. False alarm. launch cancelled.
32 10:30
06 Aug 2012
D677 Unmanned speedboat without engine found drifting off Redcar. Towed to shore and taken away by local authority. Click here for map.
31 05:42
03 Aug 2012
B858 Person in the sea at Redcar. Rescued by police. Launch cancelled. Click here for news release.
30 21:47
26 Jul 2012
B858 Person in the sea at Marske. Rescued by police. Launch cancelled.
28 & 29 15:34
26 Jul 2012
B858 & D677 Fishing boat with 3 persons on board, aground at Redcar. Crew managed to refloat boat and return to shore unaided. Launch cancelled.
26 & 27 07:34
22 Jul 2012
B858 & D677 Fishing boat with 5 persons on board, capsized at Saltburn. All persons ashore before lifeboats arrived. Click here for map.
24 & 25 15:40
21 Jul 2012
B858 & D677 Two adults and a child reported cut off by the tide at the base of Huntcliff. Managed to get to safety before lifeboats launched. Click here for map.
23 12:09
18 Jul 2012
B858 Broken down fishing boat with 3 pob, drifting near Saltburn pier. Lifeboat escorted craft to Marske beach. Click here for map. Click here for news release.
22 07:18
15 Jul 2012
B858 Broken down fishing boat with 3 pob. Towed from Marske to Redcar. Click here for map. Click here for video.
20 &21 17:13
01 Jul 2012
B858 & D677 Capsized kayak. Brought to shore by second kayaker before lifeboats arrived. Click here for map.
18 & 19 08:00
30 Jun 2012
B858 & D677 Search for person reported missing from Saltburn. Found safe ashore.
17 20:32
17 Jun 2012
B858 Broken down fishing boat with 2 pob. Towed from Skinningrove to Redcar. Click here for map.
 

13:45
10 Jun 2012

  First aid given to boy after receiving cuts to his leg in a rock pool.
16 18:25
20 May 2012
B858 Surfboarder in difficulties at Saltburn. Rescued by coatguards. Click here for map.
14 & 15 17:38
20 May 2012
B858 & D677 Police incident at Huntcliff. Both boats stood down. Click here for map.
13 10:25
22 Apr 2012
B858 Diverted from exercise to fishing coble with 3 pob broken down off Skinningrove. Towed to safety in River Tees. Click here for map.
12 09:56
08 Apr 2012
D677 Small boat with 2 pob broken down in surf. Towed to safety at Redcar. Click here for map.
11 19:24
30 Mar 2012
B858 Report of canoeists in difficulties at Saltburn. False alarm with good intent.
10 17:55
28 Mar 2012
B858 Report of a person in the River tees at Newport bridge. Nothing found (first call-out for Leicester Challenge 3). Click here for map.
9 07:14
28 Mar 2012
D677 Broken down boat with 2 pob off Saltburn (last call-out for Leicester Challenge II). Towed to safety. Click here for map.
8 11:37
14 Mar 2012
D677 Injured jetskier at Saltburn. Rider returned to shore unaided, jetski brought back to shore by crew. Click here for map.
6 & 7 03:33
27 Feb 2012
B777 & D677 Casualty at base of Huntcliff, Saltburn. Brought back to lifeboat station. Click here for map.
5 09:06
07 Feb 2012
B777 Fishing boat with propeller problems. No launch required.
3 & 4 12:48 04 Feb 2012 B777 & D677 Three children cut off by the tide at Huntcliff. Managed to wade to safety before lifeboats launched. Click here for map.
2 13:02
14 Jan 2012
Crew Assisted paramedics with treatment and transport of woman with broken leg on Marske beach. Click here for map. Click here for news release.
1 16:00
04 Jan 2012
B777 Assisted in recovery of a body from the River Tees near the Milennium Bridge, Stockton. Click here for map.

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