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14 December
2008 |
Yarmouth Coastguard requested the
launch of our hovercraft to assist in the search for a missing
male person. His car had been parked at Brancaster since Friday
and he had not been seen since. |
Our hovercraft, local Coast Guard
units and RAF helicopter carried out wide search of area.
Nothing found and at 17.25 hrs all stations were stood down as
the person had been found in Norwich. He had left his phone in
his car and he had not informed anyone of his intentions.
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26 November 2008 |
Yarmouth Coast
Guard requested immediate assistance for a capsized fishing
vessel on the Inner West Mark Knock, at the approaches to the
River Nene. Crew reported to be in the water. On arrival the
three crew were found to be aboard another vessel and were safe
and well. The vessel was submerged with just the bows showing.
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3 rescued.
Salvage attempt planned by the owners with the help of other
Lynn fishing vessels when the tide goes down. |
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15 November 2008 |
Yarmouth Coast
Guard requested launch following a report of two persons in
trouble off Hunstanton. |
Two kitesurfers
(1 male and 1 female) returned to the Lifeboat station suffering
from effects of being in the water for some time. Medical
attention was declined by both and they were given a hot drink
and soon warmed up. |
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7 October 2008 |
Lifeboat
launched following a report that a kite was drifting out to sea
off Heacham. The informant was not sure if anyone was with it.
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Lifeboat
recovered kite and conducted a search. The Coast Guard
confirmed that the person had got ashore and had abandoned the
kite to the elements. The Lifeboat recovered the kite and
returned to the boathouse. |
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2 September 2008 |
Yarmouth CG
asked assistance for 15 ft fishing boat with 5 persons on board.
Vessel had broken down, anchor not holding and was drifting
with worsening weather conditions but they could see Hunstanton
and an orange boat. |
Hunstanton
Lifeboat launched to find the casualty. After an hour and half
of searching with informational assistance via the Coast Guard
and the fishery boat "Three Counties" lifeboat located
vessel and towed her to Sutton Bridge and handed over to Sutton
Bridge pilots. |
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1 September 2008 |
Hunstanton
Lifeboat aided "Peter London" with two persons on board.
Aground on the outer west knock sand between the old Lynn
channel and the Wisbech channel with ebbing tide.
|
Fishery
protection vessel stood by to assist. Hunstanton Lifeboat
arrived on scene and rendered assistance to the crew and stood
by until the tide floated the vessel off the bank.
Lifeboat then escorted the "Peter London" into the mouth of the
Nene, where the vessel returned up river to Wisbech.
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31 August 2008 |
Yarmouth CG request launch of
Hunstanton's Hovercraft to two teenage girls who were reported
to be out on the tideline at Snettisham beach. |
Crew
located the two teenagers and brought them safely back to the
beach to their waiting grandparents. |
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30 August 2008 |
H-003 launched on request of
Yarmouth Coastguard to assist persons cut off by the tide on the
Sunk Sand. |
Local jet ski had already
assisted 3 persons
back to Hunstanton Beach to the care of
the local Coastguard prior to H-003 arrival |
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18 August 2008 |
Yar CG requested launch of Hunstanton Lifeboat to go to
the aid of a sailing dinghy capsized off Hunstanton. Person was
having difficulty righting vessel.
|
On arrival to vessel Lifeboat crew got the person on board the
Lifeboat. He had hurt his arm and was unable to right his
vessel. One of our crew entered the water and righted the boat
which was towed back to the prom. Both were handed over to
the local Coast Guard unit. |
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16 August 2008 |
H-003 hovercraft asked to injured horse rider at Thornham east
of the harbour H-003. |
Brought casualty back to Boathouse to waiting ambulance taken to
QE2 Paramedic was on board Hovercraft during incident. |
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10 August 2008 |
DJS Haverhill launched to
assist windsurfer in difficulties |
Lifeboat crew made contact
and stayed on scene whilst windsurfer made their own way ashore |
|
9 August 2008 |
Lifeboat launched to assist
windsurfer
off Hunstanton |
Lifeboat recovered surfer and
board and
returned him to the boathouse |
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7 August 2008 |
Lifeboat launched to assist
Coastguard who had lost contact with a marooned boat |
Search called off when
casualty located at Boston |
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31 July 2008 |
Lifeboat launched to assist
Kings Lynn Police with possible "jumper". On its return
lifeboat sent to Brancaster to assist a Kite Boarder. |
|
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31 July 2008 |
Hovercraft launched to assist
stranded jet ski on sandbank |
Two young and inexperienced
persons escorted back to Hunstanton |
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15 July 2008 |
Lifeboat & hovercraft
assisted police and coastguard from Hunstanton and Wells in
search for a missing person between Old Hunstanton & Holme |
Person found by Coastguard
and
search called off |
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18 June 2008 |
Wind surfer in difficulty |
Wind surfer sorted themselves
out
before arrival of DJS Haverhill.
Lifeboat retrieved boat and sail. |
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5 May 2008 |
4 cars and occupants cut off
by high tide at Brancaster |
Hunstanton Flyer assisted
Coastguard |
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6 May 2008 |
5 seat jet
power boat (4 people on board) in difficulties off Heacham |
DJS Haverhill
took boat into tow |
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19 May 2008 |
A lady and 2
dogs cut off by high tide at Titchwell |
Hunstanton
Flyer sent to assist |
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24 May 2008 |
Kite surfer in
difficulty off Heacham |
DJS Haverhill
sent to assist |
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25 May 2008 |
Kite surfer in
difficulty off Hunstanton |
DJS Haverhill
sent to assist |
|
28 May 2008 |
49ft narrow
boat en route from Kings Lynn to Boston uncertain of its
position in The Wash (2 people on board) |
Narrow boat
located and escorted to Boston |
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HUNSTANTON RNLI
INCIDENTS - 2007 |
|
4 February 2007 |
King's Lynn fishing vessel broken down in Brancaster Bay |
Fault rectified and vessel continued on its way |
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22 February
2007 |
Kite boarder approx half a mile off Hunstanton Lifeboat Station |
Treated by paramedics for hypothermia and soon recovered |
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25 March 2007 |
Kite boarder reported out to sea off Hunstanton. Established he had
lost his kite but was seen on the beach by the crew. Advised
this was not a 999 matter and RNLI existed only to save lives at
sea. |
Crew
kindly recovered his kite |
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9 April 2007 |
Report of kite boarder in difficulty at Brancaster |
False alarm with good intent |
|
9 April 2007 |
Hovercraft
launched to River Ouse at King’s Lynn to search for missing man at
request of Police |
Not found |
|
30 April 2007 |
Speedboat with engine failure taking on water and
in danger of sinking at Heacham North Beach. |
1
rescued and speedboat towed to Hunstanton |
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19 May 2007 |
Kite boarder, separated from kite and well out to
sea at low tide opposite Hunstanton RNLI station |
|
|
2 June 2007 |
Small
boat and two jet skis aground in thick mist off power boat ramp
at Hunstanton |
2
adults and 3 children rescued |
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6 July 2007 |
Hovercraft to Boston
woman missing on mudflats
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|
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17 July 2007 |
Inflatable
Hunstanton
|
Hovercraft rescued one |
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18 July 2007 |
Inflatable Old
Hunstanton
|
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22 July 2007 |
Hovercraft and A75
to 66 dinghy capsizes
between Hunstanton & Snettisham.
Possible 136 persons in water after sudden squall |
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18 July 2007 |
The inshore lifeboat rescued a man from the end
of a groyne at Hunstanton. He had swum out with a ladder. The
crew assumed he was attempting to do mini tombstoning.
|
1 rescued |
|
29 July 2007 |
Puppy dog had gone onto mud during incoming tide at Snettisham |
Hovercraft crew
searched for two hours and found nothing. Puppy found its own
way home to Wolferton the next morning |
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3 August 2007 |
Inshore lifeboat launched to capsized fishing vessel on Daseleys
Sand at mouth of River Ouse |
Recalled before reaching scene - others dealt |
|
5 August 2007 |
Hovercraft joined search for 7 year old boy missing from Old
Hunstanton Beach |
Found
at Holme by others shortly after the launch |
|
5 August 2007 |
Inshore Lifeboat and Hovercraft called out to join search for a
missing 3 year old boy reported missing near the power boat ramp
at Hunstanton |
Found
by others just before the lifeboats entered the water |
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26 August 2007 |
Hovercraft launched to search for a missing fair haired 8 year
old boy who had not returned from buying an ice cream at South
Beach, Hunstanton |
Found by others shortly after launch |
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2 September
2007 |
Kiteboard Old
Hunstanton |
1 landed |
|
2 September
2007 |
Kiteboard Old
Hunstanton |
1 landed |
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16 September
2007 |
Kiteboard Old
Hunstanton |
Board brought in |
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|
HUNSTANTON RNLI
INCIDENTS - 2006 |
|
17 July 2006 |
Inflatable dinghy blown out to
sea |
1 person landed |
|
18 July 2006 |
Inflatable blowing out to see
off Old Hunstanton with woman swimming after it |
Assistance supplied
prior to lifeboat arrival |
|
23 July
2006 |
Hovercraft to injured
fisherman in The Wash |
Landed at Boston |
|
24 July
2006 |
Inflatable adrift off Hunstanton with
2 men & girl on board |
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|
25 July
2006 |
Man cut off by incoming tide
at Brancaster |
|
|
31 July
2006 |
Two persons missing in mud at
Snettisham |
|
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31 July
2006 |
Dinghy drifting off Hunstanton |
|
|
9 August 2006 |
Persons cut off
by tide at Brancaster |
|
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25 August 2006 |
Hovercraft
launched on three occasions to rescue trapped on sand banks by
rising tide at Hunstanton and Heacham and Thornham Marshes |
8 people
rescued |
|
3 September
2006 |
A75 launched to Thornham to assist two persons adrift in broken
down boat |
Towed to Brancaster |
|
10 September
2006 |
Hovercraft launched to rescue four young adults
trying to swim to shore after being cut off by the fast rising
spring tide at Hunstanton |
|
|
14 September
2006 |
DJS Haverhill (Atlantic 75) launched to Heacham
to collect fisherman from MFV ‘Sian Elizabeth’ with badly
injured arm sustained whilst cockling |
Transferred to ambulance waiting at this station |
|
15 September
2006 |
Hovercraft launched to Heacham to assist in search for missing
woman |
Woman
found by others |
|
1 October 2006 |
The fast inshore lifeboat DJS Haverhill launched during
thunderstorms to assist a windsurfer in difficulties off the
Hunstanton Lighthouse |
|
|
13 October 2006 |
Inshore lifeboat launched to search the area of Old King’s Lynn
Channel after automatic distress beacon signal received from
that area |
Nothing found |
|
24 October 2006 |
Inshore lifeboat to scene of Tornado crash between Ouse and Nene
Rivers |
|
|
23 November
2006 |
DJS Haverhill to Boston to search River Welland for person
reported in water |
Nothing found |
|
25 November
2006 |
Inshore Lifeboat launched. 3 in yacht aground at the mouth of
River Nene. Force 7 SW winds. |
RAF
Helicopter assisted in rescue |
|
2 December 2006 |
Inshore
lifeboat launched to rescue a kite surfer unable to return to
shore at Snettisham |
|
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17 December
2006 |
DJS Haverhill to mouth of River Nene where a yacht was aground |
Floated free before arrival of lifeboat |
|
2006 - 40
launches - 33 lives saved |
|
HUNSTANTON RNLI
INCIDENTS - 2005 |
|
15 March
2005 |
Inflatable dinghy |
3 people landed & craft brought in |
|
12 June
2005 |
Sailboard |
Escorted craft |
|
22 June
2005 |
Person in sea |
1 person landed |
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3 July
2005 |
Kiteboard |
1 person landed & craft brought in |
|
23 July
2005 |
Powered boat "Solana" |
5 people & craft brought in |
|
26 July
2005 |
Inflatable dinghy |
2 people landed & craft brought
in |
|
7 Aug
2005 |
Sailboard |
1 person & craft brought in |
|
25 Sept
2005 |
Powered boat |
2 people & craft brought in |
|
Additionally, the
lifeboat launched on a further
15 occasions to incidents where
either others had already coped
or to search but without resultant outcome. |
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HUNSTANTON RNLI
INCIDENTS - 2004 |
|
20 Feb
2004 |
RSPCA rib "Winnipeg" |
Gave help |
|
7 March
2004 |
Fishing vessel "Boy Neil" |
Stood by |
|
14 March
2004 |
Windsurfer |
1 person landed |
|
21 March
2004 |
Whale at risk |
Stood by |
|
30 March
2004 |
Fishing vessel "Lady Marike" |
Gave help - checked area for
pollution |
|
4 June
2004 |
Sailing dinghy |
Craft brought in |
|
27 June
2004 |
Yacht "Cassis of Kent" |
2 people & craft brought in |
|
27 June
2004 |
Jet ski |
Stood by |
|
31 July
2004 |
Narrowboat "Kushti-tan" |
Gave help - stood by, escorted &
secured craft |
|
2 Aug
2004 |
Swimmers |
Gave help & administered first aid |
|
2 Aug
2004 |
Powered boat |
4 people & craft brought in |
|
8 Aug
2004 |
Inflatable dinghy |
2 people landed craft
brought in |
|
8 Aug
2004 |
Inflatable dinghy |
Gave help - assisted ashore |
|
8 Aug
2004 |
Inflatable dinghies |
Craft brought in |
|
8 Aug
2004 |
Inflatable dinghy |
Craft brought in |
|
8 Aug
2004 |
Inflatable dinghies |
Escorted craft |
|
8 Aug
2004 |
Inflatable dinghies |
Craft brought in |
|
29 Aug
2004 |
Kiteboard |
Kiteboard brought in |
|
9 Sept
2004 |
Inflatable dinghy |
2 people landed |
|
11 Sept
2004 |
Jet ski |
1 life saved |
|
28 Sept
2004 |
Powered boat "Martinique IV" |
Escorted craft |
|
2 Oct
2004 |
Sailboard |
1 person landed & sailboard brought in |
|
3 Oct
2004 |
2 kiteboards |
2 landed & craft brought in |
Additionally,
the lifeboat launched on a further
15 occasions to
search without resultant outcome
or to incidents where others had already coped. |
|
HUNSTANTON RNLI
INCIDENTS - 2003 |
|
15 March
2003 |
Kite surfer |
2 saved & craft brought in |
|
6 April
2003 |
Motor boat "Pogmothoin" |
Escorted craft |
|
17 April
2003 |
Kite surfer |
1 life and craft saved |
|
31 May
2003 |
Kite surfer |
1 life & craft saved |
|
6 June 2003 |
Kite surfer |
1 person landed & craft
brought in |
|
13 July 2003 |
Powered boat
"Always and Forever" |
1 person & craft
brought in |
|
13 July 2003 |
Inflatable dinghy |
Craft brought in |
|
15 July 2003 |
Yacht "Wiggin" |
2 people & craft
brought in |
|
19 July 2003 |
Dinghy |
1 person & craft
brought in |
|
6 Aug 2003 |
Inflatable dinghy |
Craft brought in |
|
6 Aug 2003 |
Dinghy |
Craft brought in |
|
6 Aug 2003 |
Inflatables |
Inflatables
brought in |
|
26 Aug 2003 |
Inflatable dinghy |
2 people & craft
brought in |
|
3 Oct 2003 |
Motor car |
Landed a body |
|
21 Oct 2003 |
Fishing vessel
"Wash Princess" |
Gave help |
|
27 Dec 2003 |
Speed boat "Always
& Forever" |
2 people & craft
brought in |
Additionally,
the lifeboat launched on a further
25 occasions
to search without resultant outcome
or to incidents where others had already coped. |
|
HUNSTANTON RNLI
INCIDENTS - 2002 |
|
25 Feb
2002 |
Fishing vessel "Bussard" |
Gave help |
|
3 March
2002 |
Kiteboard |
1 person landed & board brought in |
|
18 May
2002 |
Yacht "Lady Gertrude" |
Stood by |
|
21 May
2002 |
Jet ski "Sea Dog" |
Jet ski brought in |
|
11 July
2002 |
Yacht "Suana Amack" |
Gave help |
|
21 July
2002 |
Powerboat "Sea Lion" |
2 people & craft brought in |
|
28 July
2002 |
Inflatable dinghy |
2 people & craft brought in |
|
13 Aug
2002 |
Person in danger of drowning |
Assisted to save 1 person |
|
17 Aug
2002 |
Inflatable dinghy |
2 people & craft brought in |
|
17 Nov
2002 |
Tug "Reed Hawk" |
Escorted craft |
|
17 Nov
2002 |
Person in danger of drowning |
Stood by |
|
27 Dec
2002 |
Sailboard |
1 life and board saved |
Additionally,
the lifeboat launched on a further
22
occasions to search without resultant outcome
or to incidents where others had already coped. |
|
HUNSTANTON RNLI
INCIDENTS - 2001 |
|
16 April
2001 |
Sailboard |
1 life saved |
|
22 April
2001 |
Kiteboard |
Craft brought in |
|
9 May
2001 |
Kiteboard |
1 person & craft brought in |
|
28 May
2001 |
Powerboat "Hot Dog" |
Gave help |
|
30 June
2001 |
Person overboard from sailboard |
1 life & craft saved |
|
3 July 2001 |
Inflatable
dinghies |
3 people brought
in |
|
3 July
2001 |
Sail catamaran |
1 life saved & 1 person landed |
|
20 July
2001 |
Narrowboat "Ocean Princess" |
Escorted craft |
|
22 July
2001 |
Injured man on board fishing
vessel "Sally" |
1 person brought in |
|
1 Aug
2001 |
Recovery of human body |
Landed a body |
|
12 Aug
2001 |
Kiteboard |
1 life and craft saved |
|
15 Aug
2001 |
Inflatable dinghy |
Craft brought in |
|
27 Aug 2001 |
Kiteboard |
1 life and craft
saved |
|
26 Sept 2001 |
Jet skis |
2 people & craft brought
in |
|
10 Oct 2001 |
Sailboard |
1 person landed & board
brought in |
|
19 Oct 2001 |
Man and car in sea |
Stood by |
|
19 Oct 2001 |
Injured crewman on
board fishing vessel |
1 person landed |
|
15 Nov
2001 |
Merchant vessel "Oosterport" |
Gave help |
Additionally,
the lifeboat launched on a further
15
occasions to search without resultant outcome
or to incidents where others had already coped. |
