Troon RNLI lifeboats launch to assist with missing person searches
Troon RNLI lifeboats launch to assist with missing person searches
Lifeboats News Release
At 1.04am on Sunday 23 June 2024, the pagers for Troon RNLI lifeboat crew burst into life following a request to Belfast Coastguard by Police Scotland to assist in the search for a missing person south of Ayr.
With the volunteers leaving the beds and making their way to the lifeboat station, Troon RNLI Trent class all-weather lifeboat
RNLB Jim Moffat was soon heading to assist Police resources and the Coastguard Rescue Teams from Ayr and Girvan.
Once on scene a search was started but not long after completion of the initial phase, information came through from Police Scotland that the person had been located ashore.
With this news, the lifeboat headed back to Troon where it was made ‘ready for service.’
Just after the crew managed to get home, at 3.44am, the pagers once again woke up the lifeboat crew after reports of a missing person at Troon.
Joining Police officers on scene were coastguard volunteers from the Ayr and Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Teams. The Trent class lifeboat was launched alongside D class inshore lifeboat
Sheena to carry out a search north from the harbour.
With a search underway, the person was located by Police and all search teams were stood down by Belfast Coastguard.
With this information, the lifeboats returned to Troon where they were made ‘ready for service’ and shortly after 5am the crew headed back home to bed.
Key facts about the RNLI
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.