Douglas RNLI called out to assist in search for missing person
Douglas RNLI volunteer crew members were paged from their beds at 3.26am today (5 May) at the request of the Coastguard following a person being reported as missing.
With mist and rain making visibility difficult the search concentrated for a while around Derby Castle and Port Jack with the lifeboat crew manning all of the lifeboat's search lights, and deploying parachute flares. Then it was while the lifeboat crew continued their search passing Happy Valley towards Groudle that the call came from the Coastguard at 4.50am that the lifeboat could be stood down to return to harbour.
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Caption for one attached photo: Douglas lifeboat Sir William Hillary searching off Derby Castle. Credit: RNLI/Michael Howland
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