
Teignmouth RNLI lifeboat launches twice in 12 hours
Teignmouth’s RNLI volunteer crew responded to two launch requests in 12 hours.
The second launch request was at 7.27am on Wednesday (20 July). The crew were tasked to help search in response to a report of an overturned boat in the Hopes Nose area in Torquay. Torbay’s two lifeboats and a rescue helicopter also took part in the search which covered an area of 7 miles by 13 miles.
At 9.22am the owner of the vessel presented himself at a police station and informed them that no-one was on board and the search was stood down.
The Teignmouth lifeboat returned to station and was ready for service at 9.40am.
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