|
Call No |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Service Detail |
Lifeboats Launched |
|
1 |
Thu |
Apr 07 |
1.41pm |
7 Persons in two vehicles trapped on causeway, rescued by ILB |
Inshore LB |
|
2 |
Thu |
Apr 21 |
3.12pm |
Ambulance request assistance to reach Holy Island for ill female. ILB
cancelled before reaching scene. |
Inshore LB |
|
3, 4, & 5 |
Sat |
Apr 23 |
12.20pm |
Red Flare at Outer Farnes - Capsized kayaker rescued. LB returned to
check safety of others, 2nd Kayaker found capsized, rescued by LB.
Both taken to hospital with mild hypothermia. |
Both Lifeboats |
|
6 |
Sat |
Apr 30 |
7.44pm |
Dive RIB reports a fire and engine failure and requests assistance
off Newton Point. Craster and Seahouses Lifeboats launched, towed by
Seahouses Lifeboat to Seahouses. |
Mersey Lifeboat
and Craster Inshore Lifeboat |
|
7 |
Sat |
May 14 |
3.05pm |
Missing Child Search of beach area near Bamburgh Castle. Child found,
Lifeboat cancelled. |
Inshore LB |
|
8 |
Thu |
Jun 02 |
9.54am |
Six walkers caught in water by rising tide at Holy Island, near
Causeway, on Pilgrim's Way. Helicopter winched them to safety on Holy
Island, Lifeboat recalled. |
Inshore LB |
|
9 |
Thu |
Jun 16 |
11.52am |
Urgent Medical Evacuation of injured female from Staple Island,
possible serious injuries. |
Mersey Lifeboat |
|
10 & 11 |
Sun |
Jun 19 |
4.49pm |
Missing Child on Bamburgh Beach, Lifeboats requested to assist search |
Both Lifeboats |
|
12 |
Sun |
Jun 19 |
5.55pm |
"MAYDAY" call from yacht "Canina",
dismasted in thunder storm near Boulmer. Amble reached the yacht south of
Boulmer, towed to Amble, Seahouses Lifeboat recalled |
Seahouses and Amble Mersey Lifeboats |
|
13 |
Sat |
Jul 16 |
1.35pm |
Dive Rib "Venus" with engine failure, at Pinnacles, Farne Islands, four
persons on board. Inshore Lifeboat on exercise, towed vessel to
Beadnell |
Inshore Lifeboat on exercise. |
|
14 |
Tue |
Jul 19 |
2.35pm |
Car and 2 elderly occupants trapped on Holy Island Causeway. Escorted ashore
by Helicopter crewman, lifeboat recalled. |
Inshore Lifeboat |
|
15 |
Thu |
Jul 21 |
3.35pm |
Two persons fishing, trapped on Seahouses Breakwater by rising tide and
breaking seas. Brought ashore by lifeboat. |
Inshore Lifeboat |
|
16 |
Fri |
Jul 22 |
9.30am |
Yacht "Sea Jay" in distress with 4 on board, in 6 metre breaking swells east
of Farne Islands. Towed to Seahouses by Lifeboat. |
Mersey Lifeboat |
|
17 |
Sat |
Jul 23 |
4.20pm |
Seahouses charter boat "Farne Diver" reports a diver on board with Bends
symptoms. Treated at Seahouses by Lifeboat Crew and flown to Hull
decompression chamber by Helicopter. |
Station Landrover and crew. |
|
18 |
Tue |
Aug 02 |
1.07pm |
Person reported in the water off Seahouses. False alarm, good intent,
Lifeboat recalled. |
Inshore Lifeboat |
|
19 |
Sat |
Aug 06 |
2.40pm |
Drifting dinghy, two persons on board, off Holy Island Haven. Towed
to Holy Island. |
Inshore Lifeboat |
|
20 |
Sun |
Aug 07 |
5.08pm |
Dinghy broken down off Seahouses. False alarm, lifeboat recalled. |
Inshore Lifeboat |
|
21 |
Thu |
Aug 11 |
10.42am |
Yacht "Curlew" disabled off Holy Island. Towed to Holy Island by
Fishing boat, Lifeboat cancelled while on route. |
Mersey Lifeboat |
|
22 |
Sat |
Aug 13 |
11.38am |
Accident reported involving Dive Charter Boat Sovereign, diver seriously injured by
boat propellers, being brought to Seahouses on Dive Rib "Moby". Urgent medical assistance
requested. Treated by crew and 3 doctors, before being taken to hospital by
Air Ambulance. |
Lifeboat Crew and Landrover |
|
23 |
Sat |
Aug13 |
12.40pm |
Charter boat "Bright Horizon" reports member of fishing party collapsed
on deck, and requests medical assistance. Treated by Lifeboat Crew and
paramedics still on scene from last incident at Seahouses, for possible
heart attack, before being taken to Hospital. |
Lifeboat Crew and Landrover |
|
24 |
Wed |
Aug 17 |
1.27pm |
Vehicle trapped on Holy Island Causeway, crossing at other than safe
crossing times. Two persons rescued by Inshore Lifeboat. |
Inshore Lifeboat |
|
25 |
Sat |
Aug 20 |
7.46am |
Motor Boat "Sapphire" disabled in Newton Bay with rope around
propeller, 8 persons on board. Towed by Lifeboat back to mooring. |
Mersey Lifeboat |
|
26 |
Fri |
Aug 26 |
3.04pm |
Bends Diver at Seahouses Harbour, flown by RAF Helicopter to
Aberdeen, as treatment by Lifeboat Crew |
Lifeboat Crew and Landrover |
|
27 |
Sun |
Aug 26 |
3.06pm |
Yacht "Don't Ask" lost mainsail in strong wind, and requests
assistance off Newton Point. Towed by Lifeboat to Newton Haven, and crew
landed by Craster Inshore Lifeboat. |
Mersey Lifeboat and Craster Inshore LB |
|
28 |
Mon |
Aug 29 |
2.13pm |
Dive RIB "Forum Diver" broken down near Farne Islands with four on
board, towed to Seahouses by Lifeboat, during Lifeboat Fete. |
Mersey Lifeboat |
|
29 |
Mon |
Aug 29 |
4.10pm |
Inflatable Dinghy with two girls on board, being blown out to sea in
Embleton Bay. Craster Inshore Lifeboat reached the casualty first, Seahouses
Lifeboat cancelled and returned to Lifeboat Fete. |
Mersey Lifeboat and Craster Inshore LB |
|
30 |
Wed |
Aug 31 |
2.15pm |
Car trapped on Holy Island Causeway, with 2 adults and 2 children.
Assisted by Inshore Lifeboat |
Inshore Lifeboat |
|
31 |
Thu |
Sep 01 |
10.09am |
"MAYDAY" from fishing vessel "Kristanjo"
sinking 17 miles off Seahouses, taken in tow after water controlled, to
River Tyne. Pump from RAF Helicopter removed water from boat, and leak was
sealed, but engine disabled. |
Seahouses, Amble and Tynemouth Lifeboats |
|
32 |
Mon |
Sep 05 |
03.38am |
Camper van washed off Holy Island Causeway in thick fog. One male
rescued from roof of partially floating vehicle, north of the causeway. |
Inshore Lifeboat |
|
33 |
Sun |
Oct 09 |
11.38pm |
Eyemouth Fishing vessel "June Rose" broken down off Seahouses.
Lifeboat on service 6 hours, standing by vessel, then towing it to Seahouses
after waiting for tide. |
Mersey Lifeboat |
|
34 |
Mon |
Oct 17 |
1.45am |
Fire Service request assistance to reach Holy Island re a building
fire, causeway impassable due to high tide. Two fire crews and a portable
pump transported. |
Inshore Lifeboat (by road) |
|
35 |
Sun |
Oct 23 |
10.24am |
Distress flares reported off Beadnell. False alarm, good intent, smoke from
passing vessel and flashes from Longstone Lighthouse mistaken for distress
flares |
Mersey Lifeboat |
|
36 |
Mon |
Nov 21 |
7.50pm |
Yacht "Special K" request assistance after picking up rope around
propeller off Seahouses near Swedman Buoy - towed to Seahouses. |
Mersey Lifeboat |
