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St Davids RNLI Launch Both Lifeboats in Multi Agency Search Operation

Lifeboats News Release

St Davids all-weather and inshore lifeboats were requested to launch at 6.47pm on Sunday 13th October to conduct a thorough coastline and water search for a missing person.

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Library picture - St Davids lifeboat station

The multi agency search operation also involved Dyfed Powys Police, Coastguard rescue teams from St Davids, Fishguard and Broad Haven, a police helicopter and Coastguard rescue 187 helicopter.

The target search area was Porthclais and volunteer crews conducted thorough searches in deteriorating conditions until approximately 11pm. With nothing found, the lifeboats were stood down and returned to station.

RNLI media contacts

For more information please telephone Simone Eade, RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on 07799 804 922 or [email protected] or Claire Fitzpatrick-Smith, Regional Communications Manager on 07977 728 315 or [email protected] or contact the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789.

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.

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