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Our Atlantic 85 lifeboat (which was in the process of launching on training exercise) received an immediate tasking from UK Coastguard to assist a windsurfer in difficulty off Newton beach. The windsurfer was taken onboard the lifeboat and dropped back to the beach at Newton along with his equipment.
Our Atlantic 85 lifeboat was launched to assist a boat which was suffering engine difficulties. The boat was taken in tow towards Swansea. The tow was passed to The Mumbles Lifeboat RNLI who took the boat to Swansea Marina.
UK Coastguard requested the launch of the Atlantic 85 lifeboat to a RIB with two people onboard, which had broken down off Nash Point. The RIB was towed back by the lifeboat to Newton Bay.
Our volunteers were paged by UK Coastguard to locate and assist a yacht with two people onboard which was struggling against the tide and had lost power off Nash Point. Due to the power issues the vessel had no working VHF radio or nav lights and their mobile phone battery had run out. Our colleagues
Atlantic 85 lifeboat was launched on service under the command of our newest helm, Sam Williams who had passed his helm assessment just 20 hours prior to being paged. The lifeboat was launched to a sailing yacht with two people onboard which had suffered engine difficulties one mile East of Tusker Buoy. The yacht was
UK Coastguard requested the attendance of our crew to provide casualty care for a person who had fallen at the slipway at Porthcawl Harbour. The crew provided casualty care and assisted Welsh Ambulance Service paramedics in extracting the casualty from the location with the ILB being used due to the incoming tide. The casualty was
Our D Class lifeboat was launched in the early hours to a report of a person in the water at Trecco Bay. Upon arrival on scene information was received that South Wales Police had located the casualty on land. As no further assistance was needed ourselves and Porthcawl Coastguard were stood down.
Both our lifeboats were launched on service to assist with a multi agency incident in the Southerndown area.
UK Coastguard requested the launch of our lifeboats to assist Police and Porthcawl Coastguard with a search for a missing despondent person. Initially tasked to search Rest Bay the search was later relocated to the Sandy Bay and Trecco Bay area following new information that had been received. Having conducted a thorough search of all
Our D Class lifeboat was launched to a windsurfer in difficulty off Newton Point. He was taken onboard the lifeboat along with his equipment and returned back to Newton Beach. #SavingLivesAtSea
