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Seahouses lifeboat launched to search for fishing boat

Lifeboats News Release

At 1:16pm on Monday 1 May 2023, Seahouses all-weather lifeboat was called out by the Coastguard to search for a fishing vessel reported missing, having lost contact for six hours.

Seahouses Shannon Class Lifeboat launching

RNLI/Ian Clayton

Seahouses Shannon Class Lifeboat launching
Its last known position was 45 miles east of Seahouses.

Seahouses Shannon class lifeboat, which has an operational range of 250 miles, launched and made best speed to the last known position of the fishing vessel. All contact had been lost from the vessel, raising the Coastguard’s concern for its safety.

A Coastguard Rescue Helicopter was also scrambled from its Prestwick base, to assist in the search.

Soon after arriving in the area, the Rescue Helicopter located the vessel, north of the Farne Islands, and was able to confirm that all was well. Seahouses lifeboat was stood down from the search area and returned to station.

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