Category: Rescues

The Redcar RNLI lifeboat Leicester Challenge III was launched just after 4.30pm on Sunday 4 October 2015 after a pleasure boat with four adults and a child broke down approximately 1 mile north east of the lifeboat station. The disabled craft was towed to safety at Hartlepool marina.

The RNLI lifeboats from Redcar were launched on Sunday 20 September 2015 after UK Coastguard received 999 calls reporting two people in difficulties in the sea near the Majuba car park, Redcar. The lifeboats launched at around 11.30am and when they arrived at the reported location the crews found the two people who had been in the sea were ashore. […]

The D class lifeboat was launched at 4.27pm on Saturday 19 September 2015 after UK Coastguard received a call from a very distressed dog owner after their pet got into difficulties in the sea near the Majuba caravan park. As the lifeboat was proceeding the crew recieved a message from UK Coastguard to say the dog was safely ashore. The […]

The Atlantic 85 lifeboat Leicester Challenge III launched at 1.05am on Tuesday 15 September 2015 to standby in the River Tees while police and fire brigade dealt with a person at risk of harm near the Middlesbrough Football Club Riverside Stadium. The lifeboat was stood down after approximately 30 minutes when the incident was brought to a close.

The RNLI lifeboats from Redcar were launched on Sunday 30 August 2015 to rescue a man and his dog after they were reported to be cut off by the incoming tide at Huntcliff, Saltburn, just moments after the end of a fundraising event in the seaside town. The lifeboats launched at around 3.15pm after the man’s plight was reported to […]

Two men for Redcar were taken to hospital after being thrown into the sea after the toy dinghies they were using capsized in strong winds on Sunday 23 August 2015. The RNLI lifeboats from Redcar were launched at 6.30pm after the alarm was raised. One man managed to get ashore near the Majuba car park while the other was rescued […]

RNLI lifeboat volunteers on an advanced first aid course, together with on-duty lifeguards, sprang into action when a motorcyclist was injured after a collision with a car on Redcar seafront on Sunday 23 August 2015. The collision happened just after 10am on the Esplanade, Redcar, midway between the lifeguard hut and the lifeboat station. RNLI lifeguards Elisha Doi and Evan […]

The Atlantic 85 class lifeboat from Redcar was launched at 6.15pm on Saturday 22 August 2015 after the four-man crew of an 18-foot fishing boat called UK Coastguard, reporting that their craft had run out of fuel in Tees Bay. Initial reports were that the fishing boat was near the Saltscar Buoy, but after checks using the lifeboat’s VHF direction-finding […]

The Redcar inshore lifeboat launched at 1.15pm on Thursday 20 August 2015 to rescue two men in inflatable crafts after they became stranded against rocks off Redcar. The two men, both in their 20s, were found approximately 3/4 of a mile from the lifeboat station, after they had struggled to make way against the wind and tide. A local fishing […]

The Redcar RNLI inshore lifeboat responded to a call for help on Monday 17 August 2015 after the two-man crew of a small boat telephoned UK Coastguard to report that they had lost electrical power, approximately three miles north east of Saltburn. The call for help was made at around 11.15am, and the 19ft craft was towed to safety at […]