RNLI statistics reveal area divides to rescue types
The RNLI’s latest figures reveal that in the South West region the majority of call outs were to people...
Search and rescue at sea
MCA targets paddleboarders as RNLI tasked to multiple incidents
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has issued a series of safety tips for paddleboarders. It recognises that this is...
RNLI commemorates 100 years of tractor launched lifeboats
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has been looking back at the first tractors used to launch lifeboats a...
Up the creek without a paddle
A kayaker believed to have travelled from England to Scotland was left up the creek without a paddle, having...
Tow planned for adrift cargo ship this afternoon
The Dutch cargo ship, Eemslift Hendrika, which has been operating without crew and engine in the Norwegian Sea since...
Abandoned ship, carrying cargo of boats, adrift in rough seas
The crew of the Dutch ship, Eemslift Hendrika, had to abandon its vessel late on Monday, seemingly after a...
WATCH: dramatic scene as fire-yacht carried to town quay
Four people including two children have been rescued from a burning yacht at Conwy Harbour. The yacht crew had...
Stricken fishing vessel sinks despite multi-agency response
A stricken fishing vessel has sunk after a weekend of multi-agency activity to bring her to safety. The Ellie...
WATCH: Fisherman saves boy from drifting ice with one cast
A schoolboy has been rescued by a fisherman after he got stranded on a drifting ice floe in Ukraine....
Fishing trawler captain distracted by WhatsApp in fatal incident
The skipper of a fishing trawler which sank another boat, killing three anglers, was distracted by his WhatsApp messages,...
‘Craziest rescue’ involves 27 helicopter lifts
Rescuers saved all 31 crew members from the Atlantic Destiny trawler, before she sank off Nova Scotia’s coast. The...
