Howth RNLI Crew Complete Key Assessments – and Launch on Rescue Mid-Assessment
Howth RNLI Crew Complete Key Assessments – and Launch on Rescue Mid-Assessment
Lifeboats News Release
It’s been a busy and successful week at Howth RNLI, with several crew members completing vital operational assessments — including one who was called out on a rescue mid-assessment.
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Howth RNLI crew conduct anchoring assessment on the All-Weather Lifeboat
Ian Martin was officially passed out this week as Coxswain of the station’s Trent-class all-weather lifeboat, following the successful completion of all required assessments. Ian’s achievement marks a significant milestone in his RNLI career, recognising the experience, leadership, and dedication required to take command of the lifeboat in challenging conditions.
Also completing assessments were Stephen Mullaney, Aidan Murphy, and Gabriel Fitzpatrick, who undertook various practical and theoretical evaluations in their roles as crew on Howth’s D-class inshore lifeboat.
While Stephen Mullaney was undertaking the shore-based component of his navigation assessment, the crew’s pagers sounded at 18:58 on Tuesday 10th June, with a report of two teenagers cut off by the rising tide at Baldoyle Estuary.
Stephen immediately joined the response. The inshore lifeboat launched with three crew on board and quickly located the teenagers stranded on a sand spit. The crew took them on board and brought them safely ashore to Baldoyle before returning to station.
Once back at the boathouse, Stephen resumed and successfully completed the rest of his navigation assessment alongside the RNLI trainer/assessor.
“This has been a great week for the station. We’re extremely proud of Ian, Stephen, Aidan and Gabriel for the hard work and commitment they’ve shown in their training and assessments. The fact that Stephen went from test to rescue and back again is a real example of what being part of the RNLI is all about — readiness, professionalism and dedication to saving lives at sea.”
The RNLI is a charity that saves lives at sea. All crew members at Howth RNLI are volunteers who train regularly to be ready to respond 24/7, in all conditions.
ENDS
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Howth RNLI inshore lifeboat crew bring two teenagers to safety at Baldoyle.
The RNLI is the charity that 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 146,700 lives.
