A dog and its owner were rescued from the banks of the River Tavy after the dog fell down a 15ft bank and injured itself.

Search conducted in the Bigbury Bay area for a missing 18 year old male. The Plymouth Lifeboat searched the area along with rescue helicopter R193 and Plymouth and Yealm Coastguard Teams on the shore.

Launched to a yacht aground on rocks after being caught in a squall with gusts upto 55knots in Plymouth Sound. The 5 people on board made it safely up onto the rocks.

A special service of rededication has been held today (Saturday 14 September) to welcome the Plymouth RNLI inshore lifeboat back to the station after a major refit. The Atlantic class Millennium Forester has been based in the city since 2004. She?s co-located at the RNLI lifeboat station in Millbay Marina with the Severn class all-weather lifeboat Sybil Mullen Glover.

A racing yacht taking part in a race and heading to the finishing line in Plymouth ended up going aground in Crownhill Bay in the early hours of 09/05/13. Both Plymouth All Weather and Inshore Lifeboats were launched. A coastguard managed to get onto the beach and assist the skipper off his boat and onto the beach. They then required further assistance to get off the beach as the surf was breaking over the cliff steps. The Inshore Lifeboat veered down into the bay in order to place a crewman ashore who was able to assist the yacht skipper and coastguard off the beach. The video shows the ILB veering down.

Powerboat aground near Hole's Hole on the River Tamar, the ILB and Y-Class (launched from the ALB) proceeded up the river to assist the vessel. The powerboat was then towed to Saltash.

Clips from various incidents in 2012.

Both Plymouth and Salcombe lifeboats and the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter based in Portland were tasked to reports of a kayaker in difficulties off Burgh Island. Weather south of Plymouth was wind F10 with around 5.5m swell.