Suspected missing person

Launch No: 240
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Location: Deep Water Landings below higher ferry

Photo: Andy Kyle

The river was searched for a missing person

The lifeboat was tasked by Falmouth Coastguard at 0414 to search the River Dart for a missing person. He was reported missing by a family member but was later found to be safe and well asleep on his yacht.

Time

Request Received	4:10am
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.21666666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 13 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.6666666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 40 minutes
Back on Service	4:55am

Conditions

Sea/River State	Calm
Wind Direction	Southwest
Wind Strength	4-6 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Andy Pomeroy (Helm)

Mark Conroy

Chris Rampling

Shore Crew

Jerry Gilby (Tractor Driver)

Ewen Menzies

Deputy Launch Authority

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RNLI Dart Lifeboat Station
Coronation Park
North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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