Plymouth Lifeboat Station

Shouts 2016 - ALB (46) ILB (48) Arancia (10) Y-Class (1) - Total (105)

Callout Procedure

When HM Coastguard receive information, either by a 999 call, by VHF Radio (Ch 16) or through the other emergency services, and require lifeboat assistance using the ALB, ILB or sometimes both lifeboats; they page the 'Lifeboat Operations Manager' with a Launch Request. If the Operations Manager is happy for the launch to go ahead, HM Coastguard will then page the crew. The crew are already on their way to the station from the Launch Request, the second page just confirms which boat is required. Upon arriving the crew must kit up and make their way down through the marina to the lifeboat. This whole process takes around 8 to 12 minutes. So crew must live and work within only a few minutes of the station.

No.	Date	Time	boat	detail
1	17th Jan	18:20	ILB	Tasked to proceed up the River Lyhner to a vessel stuck on the mud with a engine failure. The single occupant of the vessel was winch by Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 924, the ILB was then free to return to station.
2	29th Jan	17:37	ILB	Report of a possible body in the water off Plymouth Hoe; false alarm with good intent. The remains of a large fish were located by the crew.
3	30th Jan	16:25	ILB	Launched to assist with a medivac from Cawsand Bay. Casualty returned via lifeboat to Millbay Marina where they were transferred to the Ambulance Service.
4	23rd Feb	17:25	ALB	Report of a liferaft washed up on a beach near Hilsea Point. The liferaft was recovered and found to be in poor condition and likely to have been in the sea for some time. Likely to have been washed overboard during poor weather. With no signs of occupancy, the Lifeboat was stood down.
5	29th Feb	17:20	ILB	Launched to a speedboat seen drifting near the Tamar Bridge and concerns someone may have fallen overboard. A search of the area was conducted and no vessel found or anyone in danger. The Lifeboat was then stood down.
6	11th Mar	15:25	ILB	Persons cut off by the tide near Tinside, Plymouth Hoe. They were assisted by the lifeboat and taken to a place of safety.
7	7th Apr	19:05	ILB	Person stranded onboard a yacht near Hole's Hole, R. Tamar. The person was assisted safely ashore by the inshore lifeboat.
8	13th Apr	18:38	ILB	Report of 3 persons cut off by the tide at the entrance to the River Yealm. Once on scene the ILB confirmed that no persons were in danger and were stood down.
9	17th Apr	20:48	ALB	Sailing yacht in King Point Marina taking on a small amount of water. Pump placed aboard along with two lifeboat crew and the yacht was escorted to Mayflower Marina to be lifted out of the water.
10	30th Apr	21:17	ILB	Report of a vessel listing and possibly taking water off the front of The Hoe during the Transat fireworks. The ILB arrived on scene and confirmed that all was well. False alarm with good intent.
11	7th May	11:24	ILB	Small vessel broken down and drifting off The Hoe. Vessel towed to safety.
12	8th May	17:20	ILB	Three teenagers cut off by the tide at Jennycliff Bay. Assisted to safety by the ILB.
13	9th May	20:13	ILB	Tasked to a male with a suspected broken ankle in a small cove near Mountbatten, due to high water, the casualty was taken by sea to Mountbatten pontoon and passed over to the Ambulance Service.
14	14th May	23:04	ALB	Yacht with no power drifting and need of assistance 1nm South of Plymouth Breakwater. The yacht was towed to QAB Marina.
15	15th May	15:30	ILB	Tasked from Open Day to Pomphlett Lake, R Plym to assist Police with a male stuck on an old wrecked boat. Fire and Ambulance Service, along with HM Coastguard were also on scene. Using a fire service ladder the male was assisted onto the Arancia and then transferred to the ILB before being passed to the services ashore.
16	15th May	15:30	Arancia	Tasked from Open Day to Pomphlett Lake, R Plym to assist Police with a male stuck on an old wrecked boat. Fire and Ambulance Service, along with HM Coastguard were also on scene. Using a fire service ladder the male was assisted onto the Arancia and then transferred to the ILB before being passed to the services ashore.
17	17th May	17:06	ALB	Sailing yacht with a fouled prop near the East end of Plymouth Breakwater. The vessel was cut free and towed to Plymouth Yacht Haven.
18	24th May	13:37	ALB	Fishing vessel with machinery failure 1.5nm South of Rame Head. Vessel towed into Plymouth.
19	25th May	15:46	ALB	Vessel in Plymouth Sound with an injured person onboard. A male with a head injury was evacuated by Lifeboat and passed to the Ambulance Service back at the Lifeboat Station.
20	28th May	03:45	ALB	Tasked to search for a fishing vessel reported via mobile phone as broken down and lost in thick fog somewhere near the Eddystone Rocks. Search conducted by Plymouth Lifeboat but nothing found.
21	28th May	07:30	ALB	As the lifeboat returned from the previous search further information suggested a further search was required for the fishing vessel thought to be lost in fog. Lifeboats from Plymouth, Looe, Fowey and Salcombe were joined by the Coastguard Helicopter to search a large area of the south coast of Devon/Cornwall. The small fishing vessel was located by a passing yacht 20nm South of Plymouth. The Plymouth Lifeboat then towed the vessel and two occupants back into Plymouth.
22	29th May	17:31	ALB	16ft vessel put out a Mayday after believing they may have a fire onboard. It is likely that the reported fire was the engine overheating, so the lifeboat towed the vessel back to it mooring on the R Yealm.
23	31st May	14:29	ILB	Launched to reports of two kayakers in difficulties on the River Tavy. Once on scene the ILB confirmed no further assistance was required.
24	31st May	14:29	Arancia	Launched to reports of two kayakers in difficulties on the River Tavy. Once on scene the ILB confirmed no further assistance was required.
25	1st June	18:44	ALB	Tasked to a yacht with a line caught around its rudder off Rame Head. The Y-Class was launched from the ALB and two crew were able to remove the line and free the yacht. The yacht was then able to continue under its own power.
26	7th June	06:14	ALB	Lifeboat launched along with the inshore lifeboat from Looe to a report from a passing fishing vessel of a dinghy with a light on, drifting with no one on board approx. 6nm SW of Rame Head. The inshore lifeboat confirmed the vessel was an automated survey vessel so both Lifeboats returned to their respective stations.
27	8th June	08:24	ALB	FV reporting yacht wreckage in a position near the Eddystone. Lifeboat launched to investigate. A carbon fibre mast was recovered and brought back into Plymouth so a further examination could be conducted and the hazard removed from other vessels.
28	9th June	13:24	ALB	Vessel with a fouled propeller off Plymouth. Vessel freed and then towed back to Plymouth.
29	18th June	11:30	ALB	Assisted a FV with engine failure in Plymouth Sound which flagged the lifeboat down for assistance.
30	20th June	15:41	ILB	Female reported in the water off Plymouth Hoe, ILB launched immediately to assist, arriving on scene with MOD Police who had recovered the female. She was then taken back to the station and passed to the Ambulance Service.
31	22nd June	20:59	ALB	Angling vessel lost in thick fog in Plymouth Sound. Vessel located tied to Duke Rock buoy and then escorted by the Lifeboat to its berth on the Cattewater.
32	2nd July	15:40	ILB	Sailing yacht with engine failure on rocks on the south side of Drakes Island. Persons taken off the island and vessel taken off the rocks and towed to safety.
33	2nd July	15:40	Arancia	Sailing yacht with engine failure on rocks on the south side of Drakes Island. Persons taken off the island and vessel taken off the rocks and towed to safety.
34	3rd July	12:07	ALB	Dive vessel with a diver onboard requiring medical attention. The diver was transferred to the lifeboat before being taken by Coastguard Helicopter R924 to DDRC Derriford.
35	9th July	08:39	ILB	Tasked after a report of a dinghy adrift in Bovisand Bay. The concern was that someone could have fallen overboard. Once on scene a member of the public confirmed that the dinghy had drifted off a beach mooring.
36	10th July	13:49	ILB	Tasked to a report of a dismasted yacht near Plymouth Breakwater. On scene a high performance sailing dinghy was found to have snapped its forestay and was struggling to stay upright. The ILB took the vessel alongside and towed it back to Mountbatten Slipway.
37	10th July	13:49	ALB	Tasked to a report of a dismasted yacht near Plymouth Breakwater. On scene a high performance sailing dinghy was found to have snapped its forestay and was struggling to stay upright. The ILB took the vessel alongside and towed it back to Mountbatten Slipway.
38	16th July	11:04	ALB	Angling vessel with machinery failure near the Eddystone, towed back to Plymouth.
39	16th July	23:35	ALB	Two reports of red flares from members of the public in Whitsand Bay resulted in the ALB being tasked to conduct as search of the bay to ensure no persons were in difficulty. Search conducted with nothing found. False alarm with good intent.
40	17th July	19:07	ILB	Tasked the 3 teenagers in a small inflatable being carried away by the tide under the Tamar Bridge. They were taken onboard the ILB and landed safety at Saltash.
41	18th July	16:22	ILB	Small powerboat sent a VHF distress call reporting that they were in danger of drifting onto rocks in Barn Pool. ILB towed the vessel to King Point Marina.
42	21st July	10:10	ALB	Yacht with a fouled prop and out of wind drifting approx. 10nm south of Plymouth. Vessel towed back into the port and berth by the Lifeboat.
43	21st July	18:54	ALB	Launched to a vessel in Jennycliff Bay reporting a small fire onboard. Vessel towed to Plymouth Yacht Haven after the fire found to be out.
44	21st July	20:20	ALB	After the previous incident the Lifeboat was re-launched to a dive vessel approaching the Mewstone with a diver onboard requiring urgent medical attention. He was passed to an Ambulance crew back at the Lifeboat Station.
45	24th July	12:07	ALB	Tasked to a 45ft motor vessel with fuel problems drifting just off Stoke Point. Vessel towed to Plymouth Yacht Haven Marina.
46	27th July	01:08	ALB	Tasked to assist Police in a search for a missing person believed to be in the Tamar Bridge Area. Search conducted with local Coastguard Teams with nothing found.
47	27th July	01:08	ILB	Tasked to assist Police in a search for a missing person believed to be in the Tamar Bridge Area. Search conducted with local Coastguard Teams with nothing found.
48	27th July	01:08	Arancia	Tasked to assist Police in a search for a missing person believed to be in the Tamar Bridge Area. Search conducted with local Coastguard Teams with nothing found.
49	29th July	04:30	ALB	French sailing yacht broken down and becalmed. The vessel was also unsure of its correct position. Vessel towed back to Plymouth.
50	29th July	15:26	ILB	18ft motor boat broken down south of Plymouth Breakwater. The Vessel was towed back to Plymouth.
51	1st Aug	22:03	ILB	Vessel on fire in King Point Marina. ILB attended to support fire service and provide any require access or safety cover. The fire was found to be out on arrival thanks to members of the public.
52	2nd Aug	17:40	ALB	Tasked to a yacht aground near the entrance to the River Erme. Persons were also reported to be in the water. The lifeboat arrived on scene to find a yacht around on the beach. The Yealm Coastguard Rescue Team who then arrived at the beach then confirmed that all persons were accounted for. With no risk to life and the conditions too poor for a recovery attempt the lifeboat was stood down.
53	6th Aug	21:48	ILB	Report of two anglers missing near Mountbatten. Both were found by the ILB cut off by the tide. They were taken onboard and then transferred back to Mountbatten.
54	7th Aug	15:10	ALB	Launched to a 180m tanker which had diverted to Plymouth with a crew member onboard who required medical attention. The casualty was transferred to the Lifeboat and taken ashore.
55	9th Aug	17:35	ILB	Report of a red kayak requiring assistance in Jennycliff Bay. The area was thoroughly searched and no one found to be in difficulties.
56	9th Aug	20:19	ILB	Tasked to a RIB broken down in Plymouth Sound. Vessel towed to Mountbatten.
57	10th Aug	13:07	ALB	Diver requiring medical assistance evcauated ashore by Lifeboat.
58	13th Aug	22:22	ALB	Two kayakers reporting they were cold and unable to return to shore after paddling out to the Eddystone Lighthouse. They were located in the dark near the Lighthouse and safely returned to shore.
59	14th Aug	07:44	ILB	Two teenagers drifting in Plymouth Sound in a toy inflatable boat, and unable to return to shore. They were also not wearing lifejackets. Both landed ashore at Devils Point.
60	16th Aug	16:07	ILB	Male with a fish hook caught in his leg needing evacuating from rocks in Jennycliff Bay to Mountbatten. Ambulance crew in attendance.
61	16th Aug	21:04	ILB	Tasked to a broken down boat in Plymouth Sound during the firework competition.
62	16th Aug	21:35	ILB	Tasked to a second broken down boat in Plymouth Sound during the firework competition.
63	18th Aug	08:50	ALB	Yacht broken down 5nm SW of Plymouth, escorted back to shore as managed to restart engine.
64	20th Aug	12:48	ILB	Tasked to a windsurfer separated from his board in St John's Lake. One person assisted and landed ashore.
65	20th Aug	12:48	Arancia	Tasked to a windsurfer separated from his board in St John's Lake. One person assisted and landed ashore.
66	22nd Aug	14:03	ALB	Fishing vessel 9nm South of Plymouth taking water. Two crew members and a pump were placed onboard the vessel and it was escorted into Plymouth.
67	22nd Aug	19:15	ILB	Tasked to a small boat broken down and drifting into a shipping channel in Plymouth Sound. Towed to safety before a planned Submarine movement.
68	23rd Aug	14:43	ALB	Fishing vessel broken down 7nm South of the River Yealm. Vessel towed to the River Yealm.
69	25th Aug	12:40	ALB	Tasked to a yacht 1nm South of Rame Head with engine failure. Vessel towed to Millbay Marina.
70	25th Aug	14:01	ALB	Report of a car overturned and in the water a Hooe Lake. The lifeboat proceeded from the previous incident and launched the small Y-Class dinghy which was able to access the lake. The Y-Class was then soon joined by two crew on the Arancia IRB. Crew liaised with Fire Service and Police on scene. Two persons were recovered from the car.
71	25th Aug	14:01	Y-Class	Report of a car overturned and in the water a Hooe Lake. The lifeboat proceeded from the previous incident and launched the small Y-Class dinghy which was able to access the lake. The Y-Class was then soon joined by two crew on the Arancia IRB. Crew liaised with Fire Service and Police on scene. Two persons were recovered from the car.
72	25th Aug	14:01	Arancia	Report of a car overturned and in the water a Hooe Lake. The lifeboat proceeded from the previous incident and launched the small Y-Class dinghy which was able to access the lake. The Y-Class was then soon joined by two crew on the Arancia IRB. Crew liaised with Fire Service and Police on scene. Two persons were recovered from the car.
73	5th Sept	10:32	ALB	Launched to investigate an EPIRB distress beacon which had been activated in the Plymouth Sound area. The ALB carries Direction Finding equipment to help locate beacons. Investigations linked the beacon to a fishing vessel and the owner confirmed the beacon was in a shop nearby for a service. The ALB was then stood down.
74	6th Sept	18:36	ILB	Person reported to be standing on the wrong side of the Tamar Bridge railings. Both lifeboats proceeded and stood by incase the person decided to jump or fell from the bridge. Police managed to talk the person back over after about an hour and a half, so both lifeboats then returned to station.
75	6th Sept	18:36	ALB	Person reported to be standing on the wrong side of the Tamar Bridge railings. Both lifeboats proceeded and stood by incase the person decided to jump or fell from the bridge. Police managed to talk the person back over after about an hour and a half, so both lifeboats then returned to station.
76	11th Sept	10:22	ILB	Tasked to assist Ambulance Service with a female who had been pulled from the water on the front of Plymouth Hoe. The Inshore Lifeboat was used to transport the casualty on a stretcher back to the Lifeboat Station where she could be transferred to the Ambulance.
77	11th Sept	16:36	ILB	Tasked to reports of an unoccupied power boat drifting north of the Tamar Bridge towards Tamerton Lake. Vessel checked for signs of recent occupancy and secured.
78	11th Sept	16:36	Arancia	Tasked to reports of an unoccupied power boat drifting north of the Tamar Bridge towards Tamerton Lake. Vessel checked for signs of recent occupancy and secured.
79	16th Sept	11:29	ALB	Sailing vessel reporting an engine room fire and also believed to be taking water. On arrival a small fire had been extinguished and the water was as a result of the sea conditions. Two crew and a pump were transferred to the yacht and it was towed back into Plymouth.
80	18th Sept	20:33	ALB	Sailing vessel with engine failure and unable to sail, being carried by the tide off Yealm Head, towed to Plymouth.
81	22nd Sept	01:59	ALB	Launched to a fishing vessel with a fouled prop in the Eastern Entrance to Plymouth Sound. Vessel towed to safety in Plymouth.
82	23rd Sept	13:16	ALB	Vessel with a fouled prop in Cawsand Bay. Vessel freed and towed into Plymouth.
83	24th Sept	13:07	ILB	Tasked to rescue a father and two children cut off by the tide at the entrance to the R Lyhner. All were transferred onto the ILB using the Arancia and landed at a safe point ashore further up the river.
84	24th Sept	13:07	Arancia	Tasked to rescue a father and two children cut off by the tide at the entrance to the R Lyhner. All were transferred onto the ILB using the Arancia and landed at a safe point ashore further up the river.
85	25th Sept	16:34	ALB	Launched to search Whitsand Bay with Looe Inshore Lifeboats after vessel debris was found washed ashore. Nothing was found and all lifeboats were stood down at nightfall.
86	25th Sept	16:34	ILB	Launched to search Whitsand Bay with Looe Inshore Lifeboats after vessel debris was found washed ashore. Nothing was found and all lifeboats were stood down at nightfall.
87	3rd Oct	10:27	ILB	Vessel in difficulties off Devils Point. Assisted by the ILB.
88	13th Oct	15:49	ILB	Tasked to a person who had jumped from a wall on the front of Plymouth Hoe. Despite efforts by both the lifeboat crew and the Air Ambulance staff, the casualty was declared deceased at the scene. Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time.
89	16th Oct	06:12	ILB	Person in the water near Torpoint. Person located on the shoreline and being attended to by the Ambulance Service. Lifeboat Crews and HMCG assisted in recovering the person by stretcher off the rocks to the Ambulance rapid response vehicle, while a larger ambulance crossed the river on the Torpoint Ferry from Plymouth.
90	17th Oct	09:20	ALB	Russian Fishing Vessel with a crew member onboard requiring medical attention. The Vessel had diverted from its passage down the English Channel to Plymouth. The Lifeboat transferred the casualty and he was taken ashore before being passed over to the Ambulance Service.
91	17th Oct	18:58	ALB	Fishing vessel know to be taking water located somewhere off Salcombe with an activated EPIRB. Plymouth Lifeboat was launched to proceed down Bigbury Bay towards Salcombe to undertake a radar search of the area as the vessel had originally been bound for Plymouth. A Coastguard Rescue helicopter was also on scene. The vessel was located and escorted into Salcombe by the Salcombe Lifeboat so the Plymouth Lifeboat was stood down as it approached Bigbury Bay.
92	21st Oct	23:56	ILB	Small vessel put out a Mayday after going around on Plymouth Breakwater. Vessel towed to Saltash.
93	23rd Oct	17:58	ILB	Multiple reports of red flares in the Tamar/Tavy/Ernesettle area. Search conducted of the rivers by both lifeboats and Plymouth and Tamar Coastguard Teams. No vessels or persons found in any difficulties.
94	23rd Oct	17:58	Arancia	Multiple reports of red flares in the Tamar/Tavy/Ernesettle area. Search conducted of the rivers by both lifeboats and Plymouth and Tamar Coastguard Teams. No vessels or persons found in any difficulties.
95	1st Nov	11:45	ILB	Tasked to assist a vessel aground at Bull Point. On arrival, the skipper was well provisioned and happy to await the incoming tide. Details were taken for HM Coastguard.
96	1st Nov	11:45	Arancia	Tasked to assist a vessel aground at Bull Point. On arrival, the skipper was well provisioned and happy to await the incoming tide. Details were taken for HM Coastguard.
97	17th Nov	14:09	ALB	Missing diver off Plymouth Hoe, three other divers had returned to shore without the fourth. Thankfully on the arrival of both Lifeboats the mssing diver was found to be making his own way ashore.
98	17th Nov	14:09	ILB	Missing diver off Plymouth Hoe, three other divers had returned to shore without the fourth. Thankfully on the arrival of both Lifeboats the mssing diver was found to be making his own way ashore.
99	19th Nov	13:23	ILB	2 persons and a dinghy reported to be in difficulties on the shore of Jennycliff Bay. On arrival it was found that the persons required no assistance.
100	26th Nov	10:31	ALB	Vessel with engine failure near Rame Head. Vessel towed to safety.
101	2nd Dec	02:01	ILB	Tasked to assist Police with a high risk missing person in the Richmond Walk area. On arrival it was confirmed that the person had been located by Police.
102	2nd Dec	20:01	ILB	Tasked to assist Police with a high risk missing person in the Plymouth Hoe. On arrival it was confirmed that the person had been located by Police.
103	8th Dec	23:36	ILB	Tasked to assist Police at the Tamar Bridge with a female stood the wrong side of the railings. The lifeboats stood by in case she should fall into the water. Thankfully the situation was resolved by the Police on the bridge.
104	8th Dec	23:36	ALB	Tasked to assist Police at the Tamar Bridge with a female stood the wrong side of the railings. The lifeboats stood by in case she should fall into the water. Thankfully the situation was resolved by the Police on the bridge.
105	22nd Dec	14:12	ILB	Tasked to reports of a small yacht aground on rocks near Bovisand Bay. All persons were accounted for and the yacht left due to the dropping tide.

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