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Llandudno lifeboats join multi-agency search operation

Lifeboats News Release

Yesterday afternoon, 15 January, both of Llandudno’s lifeboats were launched to assist in a large-scale, multi-agency search effort. The operation focused on searching the nearby headlands and surrounding waters.

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The search involved North Wales Police, Llandudno Coastguard, Bangor Coastguard, and Coastguard helicopter, Rescue 936.

Inshore lifeboat Dr Barbara Saunderson was the first to launch at 3:38pm. After completing its search, the vessel returned to the beach at 6:00pm. All-Weather Lifeboat William F Yates followed, launching at 4:12pm and concluding its search at 7:38pm.

Once the lifeboats were washed down, refueled, rehoused and the crews were debriefed. The team left the lifeboat station at 9:30pm after a dedicated effort to support the operation.

An RNLI spokesperson said ‘As the process of recovering and refuelling the lifeboats was being concluded, lifeboat crews and shore crews were delighted to be informed that there had been a successful outcome on land to the search. Lifeboat crews are fully committed to searches of this nature at the request of HM Coastguard where there is real concern about persons having potentially entered the sea. These situations can be particularly time critical in failing light and darkness.’

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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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Luke Heritage
Lifeboat Press Officer, Llandudno Lifeboat Station

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