|
Date |
Brief
Description |
Further
Details |
| 30 December |
1320 Both boats launched to a report
of capsized dinghies in Parkstone Bay. |
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| 6 December |
1145 ILB launched to a report of
a yacht in difficulty south of Parkstone Yacht Club. The vessel
had fired a red flare but then made a 999 call to the Coastguard.
When the ILB arrived on scene they discovered that the vessel's
engines had failed and it was drifting toward the rocks. The ILB
took the stricken vessel under tow to Davis's Boatyard. |
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| 3 December |
Poole ILB was launched
at 1004 to reports of
a yacht having difficulty with its engine somewhere north of Brownsea
Island. The ILB was able to free the stricken yacht from the mooring
and towed her back to her berth in a nearby marina. The lifeboat
crew then spotted another yacht in difficulty, this time unmanned,
and being smashing against a jetty. A call was made to the Coastguard
and the ILB was rerouted to see whether the yacht could be secured.
A tow was attached and the yacht was removed from the jetty that
it had demolished.
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|
| 13 November |
1250 ILB launched to a report of two
people in the water off Baiter in a capsized dinghy. |
|
| 11 November |
1930 ILB and then ALB launched to
a report of red flares seen in the harbour. An extensive search was
conducted but nothing was found. |
|
| 7 November |
2053 ILB launched to a yacht taking
on water in Dolphin Haven. |
|
| 5 November |
1057 Both boats launched to a report
of a 10m motor cruiser on fire, just off No. 24 buoy. When the ILB
arrived on scene a crew member boarded the vessel and removed the
gas cylinders and shut the engine down. The stricken vessel was
towed to a safer mooring and on closer inspection it was found that
the vessel was not on fire but had overheated and the engine was
steaming. The casualty was taken back to Cobbs Quay. |
|
| 3 November |
1554 ILB tasked to a kitesurfer off
Durley Chine. When they arrived on scene the casualty was safe and
ashore. |
|
| 29 October |
0030 Both boats launched to a report
of two people in the water off Bournemouth Pier, when the boats
arrived on scene, the persons had been dragged from the water by
anglers.
1135 Both Boats called out to a report of a man
overboard in Poole Bay. |
|
| 28 October |
1200 ILB tasked to a Kite Surfer off
Shore Road. |
|
| 27 October |
600 ILB launched to a Car in the Fisherman's
dock.Nothing untoward was found, the driver was located and the ILB
returned back to station. |
|
| 14 October |
1655 ILB tasked to a 25ft cabin cruiser
but when they arrive on scene the stricken vessel was under tow by
Police boat "alarm". |
|
| 8 October |
1900 Both boats launched to a report
of an overdue rib. A search was conducted, the ILB located the vessel
and found that all was well. |
|
| 29 September |
12.45 Both boats searching for
people in the water from a small vessel off Poole Yacht club. Occupants
found safe ashore. |
|
| 24 September |
1428 ILB launched to broken down vessel
in Studland bay, they took in under tow to safety. |
|
| 10 September |
1941ILB tasked to help a broken down
vessel.The ILB took it undertow to the safety of Mitchell's boat yard. |
|
| 9 September |
Whilst in the quay
during "Harry Paye day" a yacht was spotted hard aground.
The ILB and ALB working together towed the yacht clear so that it
could proceed with its trip.
|
 |
| 3 September |
1137 ILB tasked to a woman off Boscombe
Pier.The RNLI beach rescue attended the lady in the water and the
ILB was stood down. |
|
29 August |
1842 ILB launched to 2 people who
had capsized their dinghy off Baiter. |
|
| 28 August |
1730 A wayfarer dinghy with a broken
rudder off Brownsea Castle. The ILB towed it to Davis's boatyard.
|
|
| 26 August |
1715 Both boats were tasked to a broken
down Bayliner close to Aunt Betty buoy whilst out filming with Meridien
! |
|
| 22 August |
1815 ILB launched to a capsized dinghy,
the ILB righted the vessel and took them back to Baiter. |
|
| 21 August |
1500 ILB launched to a capsized dinghy
off Pottery pier. The ILB arrived on scene to find one person in the
water. A tow was attached and the stricken vessel was towed back to
Poole yacht club. |
|
| 18 August |
1315 ILB tasked to assist a vessel
of Branksome Chine that was entangled in fishing gear. |
|
| 17 August |
1345 ILB was tasked to help a girl
on a Motor Yacht with neck and spinal injuries. The ILB passed the
casualty to an awaiting ambulance. |
|
| 15 August |
1902 Both boats launched to a person
on board a Dive boat in Shell bay in need of medical attention. The
ILB was then tasked to a yacht with a broken rudder and could not
make progress as the steering was failing, a tow rope was attached
and the vessel towed to safety. |
|
| 13 August |
2034 ILB launched to assist a rib
which had run aground, they had two extremely cold casualties onboard
whom they had taken off another vessel that had run aground earlier
! An ambulance was requested as they had signs of hypothermia the
ILB took the casualties to the ambulance at Lakeyard. |
|
| 12 August |
1316 ILB launched to a sailing
dinghy in difficulty off Long Island, which they towed to Lakeyard
slipway, then after completing this service a speedboat with 5 people
onboard waved at the ILB, they had incurred engine failure at Balls
lake.The ILB towed them back to Rockley and then returned to station. |
|
| 10 August |
2000 ILB launched again to a Jet ski
aground in the harbour, they took him back to Baiter Slip, then at
2100 they helped a small power boat who had an electrical fault ,
they towed him back to baiter slip as well. |
|
| 10 August |
1420 ILB tasked to assist a 5 metre
Dory aground near the spit by the Chain ferry, the stricken vessel
had made a navigation error. A tow was attached and the ILB took the
vessel back to Baiter Park slip. |
|
| 10 August |
1301 ILB launched to a report of a
vessel adrift alongside Bournemouth pier,ILB towed it back ashore.
|
|
| 9 August |
1905 Both boats launched to a report
of a person in the water face down. near the ferry. Both boats conducted
an extensive search of the area alongside SAR "Whiskey Bravo".
After a long time nothing untoward was found MRSC Portland stood both
boats down. |
|
| 8 August |
1920 ILB was tasked to a catamaran
with a fouled prop, it had fishing gear snagged around its propeller
and had to be towed in. When the crew had come back to the station
a person reported his friends overdue. They had left Arne in a dinghy
over four hours ago. After a search of the area the ILB was stood
down as the Marine police had taken the dinghy and occupants into
custody, the dinghy did not belong to them. |
|
4 August |
1830 Both boats were tasked to a report
of a person in difficulty in the water the ILB arrived on scene first
and whilst the ALB was passing the chain ferry the ILB informed the
coastguard that the casualty was safe ashore. The Coastguard then
tasked the ALB with the ILB and Police launch to search for a suspected
overdue speedboat with one person onboard somewhere in Poole harbour
After an extensive search of the harbour The Coastguard mobile unit
reported the incident to be a hoax call due to a personal dispute.
Both boats returned back to station.. |
|
| 3 August |
1150 ILB tasked to help two canoeists
reported overdue and in trouble up the Wareham Channel, they had made
a navigation error, the ILB brought them back to Shell bay where their
family were waiting. |
|
| 28 July |
2101 ILB launched to a report of an
inflatable dinghy in difficulty off durley Chine, when the ILB arrived
on scene, nothing untoward was found. |
|
| 27 July |
1845 Both boats launched to a report
of a person in the water missing for over an hour, having arrived
on scene the person was reported safe, ashore they had been suffering
from cramp. The ILB was then tasked to a person on a Lilo drifting
close to Bournemouth pier. |
|
26 July
|
2126 Both boats launched during a
raging thunder storm. to a report of a person in the water off Durley
Chine whilst on route portland radioed through that the person was
safe ashore but then tasked the lifeboats to help a large power boat
taking on water. The stricken vessel was by "Aunt Betty".
Due to the squally conditions visibility was poor and the spectacular
lightening was bouncing off the water when they arrived on scene they
found that the vessel had internal pipe work failure and had to be
towed back to the safety of Poole Quay. |
|
25 July
|
2045 ILB launched to assist a small
power boat that had machinery failure a broken down gearbox. ILB towed
the stricken vessel back to Davis boatyard.. |
|
25 July
|
1807 Both boats were tasked to a report
of a fire on long island the ALB was asked to stand by as they feared
that 7 people would need to be evacuated. When the ALB arrived on
scene, the fire brigade had everything under control so the boat stood
by and then was stood down as there was no imminent danger. |
|
23 July
|
1800 The ILB was tasked to assist
a swimmer in trouble of East Looe. |
|
23 July
|
1225 Both boats launched to a report
of a jetski on fire to the West of Bournemouth Pier. When the boats
arrived on scene they found that the two people whom were on the
jet ski had been taken ashore by RNLI Beach rescue to an awaiting
ambulance, and the jetski was engulfed in flames.
The lifeboats job was to set up an 100 yard exclusion zone around
the jetski which was about a quarter of a mile from the shore. As
the Jetski was not floating towards the beach and not savagable
as this late stage it was decided to let it burn, as there was a
risk of it exploding as nobody was sure about the amount of petrol
it had in its tank thankfuly it eventually it sank and both boats
returned to station.
|
 |
22 July
|
1230 A beautiful tranquil
sunny morning in Poole bay soon disappeared under black clouds,
when thunder and lightning and fierce squally showers caused chaos.
Portland coastguard kept both Poole and Swanage lifeboats busy.
Both of the Poole Lifeboats were launched at about 1230pm to a report
of two yachts colliding followed by being tasked to a capsized "Merlin
Rocket dinghy" which had one person onboard who had got into
difficulty near the fuel barge.
Whilst on route they came across another capsized laser dinghy near
to Salterns Marina. His sail had got caught on an obstruction under
the water.
Meanwhile the Lifeboat were tasked by Portland Coastguard to take
a tow of Swanage lifeboat who had a yacht that had got into trouble
off Old Harry. The yacht had been hard aground in the falling tide
but was not showing any signs of damage.They took her under tow
and handed the yacht over to the Poole Lifeboat.
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|
|
11 June |
1411 ILB launched
to a 25ft fishing boat "Fast Fisher II" taking on water
in Shell Bay,
At the same time the ALB was launched to a yacht which had lost
its power after suffering an engine fire.
Whilst on route to the yacht "Skala" the ALB was diverted
to help the ILB with the fishing boat taking on water, they passed
their powerful salvage pump across to the vessel as the ingress
of water was quite fierce.
The ALB then carried on to help the yacht with a
loss of power. When they arrived alongside the yacht they decided
to attach a tow and bring it back into Poole, but whilst the Lifeboat
was coming up the harbour the Lifeboat was flagged down by a yacht
aground by " Aunt Betty " buoy...
The Lifeboat put the vessel "Skala" whom they had under
tow on a mooring then helped the 10 metre yacht "Inspiration".
Another tow was connected and the Yacht was freed and towed into
deeper water. The Lifeboat then took "Skala" back to the
safety of Poole Quay.
Meanwhile the ILB kept the fishing boat "Fly Fish II"
afloat and took it back to Cobbs Quay... |
|
| 10
June |
1300 The ILB launched to look
for a missing windsurfer near to Hook sands , when they arrived
on scene they took one windsurfer back to the beach.
1745 ILB launched to a report of Red Flares sighted
west of Brownsea Island, it was found that it was kids at Rockley
park, so the ILB returned to station. |
|
9
June |
16.55 the Inshore Lifeboat launched
to assist an exhausted windsurfer off Ham Park, whom they returned
to shore.
20.23 The All weather Lifeboat launched to a report
of a vessel drifting in Poole Bay with a rope around its propeller,the
lifeboat took the boat under tow and back to the safety of Mitchells
boatyard.
02.34am early hours of Saturday morning, both lifeboats
launched to a vessel aground on the Hook sands with 6 persons on
board. When the lifeboats arrived on scene they found the vessel
fast on the notorious "Hook sands" in a wind over tide
situation. They put a lifeboat crewman aboard to assist with the
stowage of sails in preparation for a tow, the vessel was listing
quite badly at about 30 degrees and it was pounding on the bottom
in the swells of the rough sea.
The vessel was directed to the quickest way off "Hook sands"
and whilst lines were being passed the vessel bounced into deeper
water and was off. The ILB escorted the yacht to a berth on Poole
Quay and checked that there were no signs on ingress of water. When
the crew were happy that all was safe they returned to their beds
at about 4.30am... |
|
| 5 June |
1600 ILB launched to a report of man
in the water in difficulty off Moriconium Quay.
The 50 yr old man had set sail in his sailing dinghy when the wind
freshened and he capsized.
When the ILB arrived on scene they found the man had been taken out
of the water and was onboard the harbour patrol boat "Vigilance".
The crew were concerned for the man as he was exhausted and extremely
cold, he looked unwell and they felt he had delayed shock. One of
the Poole crew is a paramedic, was called on scene to check the chap
out, and an ambulance was called. The crew sorted his dinghy out and
took it back to its trailer, then returned to station. |
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| 13 May |
1804 ILB launched to a overheated
vessel at Rockley sands with 4 people on board. |
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| 8 May |
1618 ILB launched to search for a
suspected suicidal man at entrance of the harbour.Nothing untoward
was found. |
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| 1 May |
13.30 Both boats launched to a 20ft
Bayliner off Pottery Pier which had a mechanical problem and was taken
on water very fast. when the ILB arrived on scene the problem was
rectified and the stricken vessel was taken back to Mitchell's boat
yard. |
|
| 28 April |
2137 ILB launched to 11mt Yacht that
had got entangled with its own Mooring in the Holes Bay. |
|
| 22 April |
1932 ILB launched to a Jet Ski stranded
in "Maryland" due to a mechanical failure .Towed casualty
back to baiter Slip. |
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| 13 April |
2102 ILB launched to a report of flashing
lights and shouting between Rockley Point and Arne. When the ILB arrived
on scene and did a quick search it was apparent that the "flashing
lights" were coming from fishermen fishing off Seagull Island.
Everything was fine so the boat returned back to station. |
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| 11 April |
1122 ILB launched to a report of a
broken down 20ft Cabin Boat at 85 buoy in the Wareham Channel. The
vessel whose engine had overheated with two people on board was taken
under tow back to Rockley Park. |
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| 2 April |
1345 ILB tasked to a small vessel
on the rocks in Holes Bay. The ILB connected a tow and took the stricken
vessel back to Davis' boatyard. |
|
| 1 April |
1830 ILB launched to a missing
windsurfer. After a brief search the windsurfer was located almost
ashore at East Dorset Lake yacht Club. |
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| 22 March |
1932 The ILB was tasked to a Jet bike
that had machinery failure.The man on board was medically ok so they
took him and the broken down Jet Ski back to Baiter Park Slip. |
|
| 12 March |
0730 ILB launched to a report of someone
in the water, possibly "suicidal", but we were then stood
down by Portland Coastguard, the crew were happy to return to the
station! |
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| 11 March |
2220 Both boats launched to a report
of a red flare
near to the Bar Buoy. After an extensive search along the shoreline,
then a parallel search out to "Old Harry" and throughout
Studland bay nothing untoward was found and both boats returned back
to station. |
|
| 11 March |
1023 ILB launched to three teenagers
in a "Shetland" boat that had engine failure. They had reported
their position "off Seagull island" but the ILB found them
near Redclyff Quay. When the ILB arrived on scene they checked all
the casualties to see if they were ok, then towed them back to Lytchett
Bay. |
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| 25 February |
1634 ILB tasked to a sinking speedboat
|
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| 23 February |
1815 ILB launched to a report of
red flares at the back of the harbour, a thorough search was conducted
but nothing untoward was found.
|
|
| 10 February |
Both boats tasked to report of a
suicidal woman on Bournemouth Pier , she was eventually persuaded
to come safely ashore with one of the crew on the "X Boat"
ILB launched.
|
|
| 7 February |
22.00 Both boats were launched to
a report of red flares around Hamworthy beach, after a thorough search
was conducted , nothing untoward was found and both boats returned
to station. |
|
| 1 February |
ILB tasked at 1100 to a Bait digger
allegedly aground at "Brands Bay
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| 29 January |
1546 ILB tasked to a Jet Ski aground
on "Soldier Bank" he had been there for over an hour, two
of the crew dragged the Jet ski back into the water, checked the casualty
out and then escorted him back to Poole Quay.
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| 28 January |
1428 ILB launched to A kite surfer
reported to be in difficulty out in Poole Bay when the ILB arrived
on scene the casualty had made his way ashore to Studland Beach.
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| 22 January |
06:52 ILB launched to a vessel aground
off "Rockley Point" with 2 people on board, they had been
there for some time and concerns were heightened as one of the men
was a diabetic and needed to eat some food.
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