Aberdeen’s lifeboats in three-hour search for missing person
Aberdeen's volunteer lifeboat crews were paged shortly before 1230 today, Sunday 30 September, to assist Police Scotland in a search for a person missing from Cove, south of Aberdeen.
The city's relief Severn class all-weather lifeboat 'Beth Sell' and D-class inshore lifeboat 'James Bisset Simpson' put to sea.
After a three-hour search, and with nothing found, the lifeboats were stood down and returned to station to be readied for next service.
The crews were pleased to see Police Scotland statements published confirming that the missing person had subsequently been traced onshore.
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