Hartlepool RNLI answers call for help.

The inshore lifeboat launched at 5.20pm with volunteer crew members and made its way to the Middleton beach area to discover that the occupants of the dinghy had in fact actually reached the shoreline.
The inshore lifeboat returned to the Ferry Road lifeboat station at 5.30pm and was washed down and made ready for service again by 5.50pm

For more information please contact Tom Collins, Volunteer RNLI Lifeboat Press Officer on: 01429 266103

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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 over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and, in a normal year, 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 142,700 lives.

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