St Ives RNLI Assist Police and HM Coastguard

The pagers sounded at 15:15 this afternoon (Monday) and Falmouth Coastguard requested our assistance. Our volunteer crew quickly made their way to the Lifeboat Station to launch both lifeboats.

With Coxswain Robin Langford on the All Weather Lifeboat and Barney Stevens as helm on the Inshore Lifeboat, they made their way over to the Portreath area to assist the Police and Portreath Coastguard with a potential search.

As they arrived at the location, both boats were stood down as they were no longer needed. The crew returned to the Lifeboat Station and readied the lifeboats for service.

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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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