Launches
The crew had been training on the Dart for two hours when they were tasked by the Coastguard to search the River Dart from Sharpham to the Totnes weir for a missing lady from Totnes thought to be at risk. As they were on a rising tide they were also able to search through the "Hole in the wall" and a short way up the River Hems towards Broadhempston. After three hours the river based search was called off. The land based search by other Emergency services continued. She was found on shore alive and well the following day. Lifeboat crew; Helm Buster Hart. Crewmen Mark Conroy and Ewen Menzies. Launch crew:Jim Brent and Mark Strudwick.
Request Received | 12:20pm |
Time at incident | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 2.8333333333333335 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 2 hour, 50 minutes |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 3.25 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 3 hour, 15 minutes |
Back on Service | 3:55pm |
Sea/River State | River Choppy |
Wind Direction | Northeast |
Wind Strength | 10-15 knots |