Sunday morning shout for Hartlepool RNLI volunteers.
Hartlepool RNLI volunteers were paged at 1.40am on Sunday 22nd December by Humber Coastguard to assist a 15 ft boat with five persons on board that had suffered mechanical failure approximately a quarter of a mile off Hartlepool near Longscar buoy.
The all-weather lifeboat launched at 1.50am and was alongside the casualty a short time later where it was then towed to Kafiga Landings at the Headland, Hartlepool.
The all-weather lifeboat returned to the Ferry Road lifeboat station at 2.20am and was refuelled and made ready for service by 2.35am allowing some of the volunteer crewmembers to go home and get some sleep before going out to do some last minute Christmas shopping.
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.
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