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Two saved after getting cut off by tide
Two teenagers were saved after becoming cut off by an incoming tide below cliffs east of Llantwit Major. Both RNLI lifeboats from Porthcawl were requested to launch at 6:07 Sunday evening by Swansea Coastguard following
A double rescue to start 2014
Porthcawl RNLI lifeboat ‘Rose of the Shires’ was launched at 9:25am on Saturday 22 February to the rescue of a day fishing craft with engine failure and a capsized dinghy a quarter of a mile
Boxing Day Launch for Porthcawl RNLI
Porthcawl RNLI was called to provide assistance to a yacht that had made a passage from Monkstone Marina on the River Neath to Porthcawl’s new Marina on Boxing Day. The yacht had just made the
Flood Rescue Team are Pride of Britain winners
Three volunteers from the RNLI Flood Rescue Team were announced this morning as winners of the Pride of Britain Emergency Services Award. They were recognised for their part in the rescue of a woman clinging
Crew launches to drowning swimmers
At 6pm on Sunday 21 July, Porthcawl RNLI Lifeboat, Rose of the Shires, launched to rescue tree people reported drowning off Tresilian Bay, Llantwit Major. Volunteer Helmsman Joe Missen said “We launched within five minutes
Sinking yacht saved off Kenfig Beach
At 4.45pm on Friday 28 June, Porthcawl’s RNLI Lifeboat was launched to reports of a 39 foot sailing yacht taking on water and in danger of sinking off Kenfig Beach. Both Porthcawl and Port Talbot
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Launch 2/25 – 📟 1.24pm
Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were tasked by HM Coastguard and requested to launch following a report of a dog in difficulty in the water at Newton Bay. Following a 999 call to the Coastguard by
Launch 1/25 – 📟 5.10pm
Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were tasked by HM Coastguard and requested to launch to assist with a multi-agency search near Llantwit Major. The charity’s Atlantic 85 Rose of the Shires was launched on service to conduct
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