Provided support to Coastguard and Police

Launch No: 282
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Saturday, 1 April 2017
Location: South Embankment. Dartmouth Harbour

The lifeboat crew were already afloat on a proactive patrol when they were tasked by Solent Coastguard to provide cover for the local coastguard team who were talking down two youths who were threatening to jump in the river. The Police arrived and the situation was resolved.

Time

Request Received	2:05pm
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.7166666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 43 minutes
Back on Service	3:10pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	River Calm
Wind Direction	Southwest
Wind Strength	7-12 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Rich Eggleton (Helm)

Crispin Brabner

Haydn Glanvill

Shore Crew

Chris Tracey (Tractor Driver)

Deputy Launch Authority

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Station address

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

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Visitor Centre address

RNLI Visitor Centre
9 South Embankment (Ground Floor)
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9BH

Visitor Centre phone number

01803 832423

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