Five saved as Hartlepool lifeboat tows boat to safety
Five saved as Hartlepool lifeboat tows boat to safety
Lifeboats News Release
Hartlepool RNLI volunteers were paged at 3.22pm on Sunday 25th June by Humber Coastguard to assist a 4 metre pleasure vessel with 5 people on board that was in difficulty alongside the nearby Middleton Pier and had also lost its engine.
RNLI/Tom Collins
Hartlepool RNLI inshore lifeboat with the casualty vessel opposite Middleton Pier.
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.