Launches
As the crew were returning from their previous incident they were hailed by two sailors on a 16ft. Shetland dayboat. They had had a fire in their outboard which had immobilised the engine. The fire was out. The lifeboat informed the Coast Guard and were advised to tow the craft back to Dartmouth harbour. Lifeboat crew. Helmsman Tony Chapman. Crewmen Lee Darch and Al Duffy. Launch crew. Jim Brent, Jerry Gilby, Yorkie Lomas and Dai Richards.
Request Received | 2:48pm |
Time at incident | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.38333333333333336 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 23 minutes |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.5333333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 32 minutes |
Back on Service | 3:35pm |
Sea/River State | Calm |
Wind Direction | East |
Wind Strength | 4-6 knots |