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Port Erin RNLI Lifeboat volunteers Launch to a missing person

Lifeboats News Release

Port Erin Lifeboat B-813 Murial and Leslie were paged at 20:50 on Thursday 3rd of June by Belfast Coastguard to reports of a missing person in Port Erin Bay.

Port Erin Lifeboat searching in port erin

RNLI/Callum Qualtrough

Port Erin Lifeboat Searching
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Helmsman Tony Mitchell took the Lifeboat with a volunteer crew to search Port Erin bay in attendance with Port Erin Coastguard and the IOM Constabulary. As the search was being conducted new information started to come through that there was no person in the water, the Lifeboat continued to search the bay and stood down at 21:25. Helmsman Tony Mitchell safely took the Lifeboat and the volunteer crew back to the station at 21:30.

This was a call with good intent and we urge people if they see anything that they should call 999 or 112 and ask for the Coastguard as it is better to be safe than sorry.
Port Erin Lifeboat AIS Tracking

RNLI/Callum Qualtrough

Port Erin Lifeboat AIS Tracking
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Port Erin Lifeboat Launching

RNLI/Liam Lowey

Port Erin Lifeboat Launching
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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 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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Callum Qualtrough
Lifeboat Press Officer, Port Erin Lifeboat Station

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