Mumbles and Horton and Port Eynon RNLI Lifeboats Rescue Injured Man from Thre
Shortly after 11pm last night (Sunday 17th August 2025), the Mumbles All Weather Lifeboat (‘ALB’) and the Horton and Port Eynon Inshore Lifeboat (‘ILB’) were launched after a report was received that a man was injured in Three Cliffs Bay.
Shortly after 11pm last night (Sunday 17th August 2025), the Mumbles All Weather Lifeboat (‘ALB’) and the Horton and Port Eynon Inshore Lifeboat (‘ILB’) were launched after a report was received that a man was injured in Three Cliffs Bay.
On arriving at Three Cliffs Bay the crew of the Horton and Port Eynon boat located the injured man who was with a group of friends and had injured his leg. The crew administered first aid to the injured man and then took him aboard the ILB to the ALB which was lying offshore, and transferred him to that boat. The sea conditions were challenging as an Easterly wind had picked up. A further challenge was that this all took place after dark.
The Mumbles lifeboat took the injured man back to Mumbles where he was transferred to the shore and made comfortable in the Lifeboat station whilst awaiting an ambulance to take him to hospital. After cleaning down the lifeboats and making them ready for the next rescue the crews went home in the early hours of the morning. It had been a long day for the crew of the Horton and Port Eynon lifeboat as they had also been working hard earlier on the Sunday at their lifeboat station’s Open Day.
A spokesman for both lifeboats stations said:-
‘This was a very challenging rescue, considering the wind and sea conditions and the transfers of the injured man between boats in the dark. The experience and the high standard of training that our volunteer crews undertake, means that we can carry out this demanding work to assist injured people on or near the sea.
I would remind everyone that if you find yourself in difficulty or see someone in difficulty on or near the coast, phone 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
If walking at or near the coast always take a phone with you or a radio so that you can summon help if necessary.’
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