Three shouts over weekend for Tenby’s lifeboats

The first came at 2.20pm on Friday afternoon, while the all-weather lifeboat was out on exercise, when the Coastguard received a call reporting that paddleboarders were possibly in difficulty off Manorbier.

The volunteer crew made best speed to Manorbier, but as they were arriving on scene, it was reported that the paddleboarders were now safely ashore, so the lifeboat was stood down and returned to its exercise.

The next shout was again for the all-weather lifeboat and came at 9.15pm Friday night, after the Coastguard received a request for assistance from the sole occupant of a seven metre RIB which had suffered engine failure one mile south of Old Castle Head.

The volunteer crew were quickly on the water and proceeded towards Old Castle Head, where they soon located the casualty vessel. The skipper of the vessel requested a tow back to Freshwater East, where he had launched from earlier in the day.

After a short tow and with the vessel and its owner now safely at Freshwater East, the lifeboat was stood down and returned to station.

The final shout of the weekend came at 1.30pm on Sunday, when the Coastguard requested both boats to assist with a casualty that had fallen on rocks at Manorbier, suffering a broken ankle.

The inshore lifeboat was first on scene, having launched first and two crew members went ashore, just as the Wales Air Ambulance was landing.

They were soon joined by a land ambulance and members of Tenby and St Govans Coastguard rescue teams. After collecting a stretcher from the all-weather lifeboat, the crew then assisted the medics in immobilising and moving the casualty up the beach and into the helicopter.

With the casualty now in the air and on the way to hospital, the lifeboats were stood down to return to station.

Notes to editors

· Tenby lifeboat station has been operating since 1852. To learn more about the lifeboat station go to: www.tenbyrnli.co.uk

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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.

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