RNLI Clacton launch to reports of missing person
On Thursday 22 June 2023 just before 9pm, volunteer crews from the Clacton-on-Sea RNLI Lifeboat station received a call of a missing person in the water around the Clacton Pier area.
The volunteer crew launched the D-Class ILB (Inshore Lifeboat) ‘Damar’s Pride’ into clear and calm sea conditions and headed to the reported location of Clacton Pier.
The crew quickly performed a search to both the east and west sides of Clacton Pier, but no casualty was located, so an additional creeping shoreline search was conducted, at a range of 1-mile to both sides of the pier. No casualty was found.
The lifeboat returned to the lifeboat station, was cleaned, refuelled and ready for service by 9.50pm.
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Mark Walsham, RNLI Clacton volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on 07468511158, or
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