All-weather lifeboat assists in search for missing person
Swanage's all-weather lifeboat, George Thomas Lacy was tasked on Saturday afternoon to assist in a multi-agency search for a missing person thought to be in the Dancing Ledge area.
Once on scene a slow search of the shoreline was carried out along with volunteers from Swanage and St Albans Coastguard teams who were searching the cliff tops.
After 10 minutes of searching information was received that the missing person had been located safe and well by officers from Dorset Police. With the situation resolved the lifeboat was released to return to Swanage.
ALB Crew: (Coxn) Dave Turnbull, Tom Greasty, John Deas, Becky Mack, Felix Williams, Neil Brooks
Shore Crew: (Head Launcher) Gary Buglass, (Winchman) Paul Meacham, Danielle Dix, Jeremy Stein, Neil Collings
For more information please contact:
Becky Mack, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer, [email protected]
Charmaine Tideswell, Volunteer Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer, [email protected]
Regional Media Manager Hatti Mellor, [email protected]
or the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789.
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