Sennen Cove RNLI volunteers launch to assist in search

The Lands End Coastguard cliff rescue team had already been tasked and carried out a thorough search of the cliffs from above but with failing light a search from the sea was also required.

The RNLI volunteer crew’s pagers activated at 8.42pm and the all-weather lifeboat City of London III quickly launched, under the command of Coxswain Ollie George followed by the D class inshore lifeboat Amy Brown with Tom Nicholas at the helm.

The Lifeboats arrived at Pendower Cove at 9.00pm and started searching the area for any potential casualties. An extensive search of the caves and coastline was carried out by both lifeboats nobody was found.

Following discussions with all teams HM Coastguard concluded that it was a false alarm with good intent and the lifeboats were stood down to return to station around 9.40pm

Both lifeboats returned to Sennen Cove, arriving around 10.00pm where the ILB Amy Brown was safely recovered to the harbour beach and the ALB City of London III was recovered up the short slip, washed down, refuelled and made ready her next service.

This was another job where both the RNLI volunteers and the Lands Ends Coastguard cliff rescue team worked well together to achieve the job they were tasked to carry out.

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