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Evening call out for Hartlepool RNLI volunteers

Lifeboats News Release

Hartlepool RNLI volunteers were paged at 6.55pm on Tuesday 17 July to attend a 26ft cruiser that had suffered mechanical failure two miles off Hartlepool.

RNLI/Tom Collins

Hartlepool RNLI inshore lifeboat and volunteer crew with the motor cruiser that had suffered mechanical failure.
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The inshore lifeboat launched at 7.08pm and was alongside the casualty at 7.15pm where a crew member was placed aboard.

The vessel with two persons aboard was taken under tow to a berth at Hartlepool Marina. The inshore lifeboat then returned to the Ferry Road lifeboat station and was refuelled and made ready for service by 8.30pm.

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For more information please contact Tom Collins, RNLI Volunteer Press Officer on: 07896 793557.



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Tom Collins
Lifeboat Press Officer, Hartlepool Lifeboat Station

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