Hartlepool RNLI Steetley Pier search
Hartlepool RNLI inshore lifeboat and volunteer crew were paged at 3.32pm on Friday 26th May by UK Coastguard to search the Steetley Pier at the Headland, Hartlepool.
The lifeboat and volunteer crew were launched from the Ferry Road lifeboat station at 3.43pm and were on scene at 3.51pm where a search of the wooden structure took place with nothing untoward found.
The inshore lifeboat returned to the lifeboat station at 4pm and was made ready for service by 4.25pm
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Photo shows the inshore lifeboat leaving the lifeboat station to search the Steetley Pier.
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