Search for missing person

Launch No: 139
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Location: River Dart

The lifeboat was tasked by the Coastguard to search for a missing lady along the eastern foreshoreof the river from the Lower Ferry to Dittisham. No one was found. The Police and mobile Coastguard teams continued the search after the lifeboat was stood down. Lifeboat Crew; Kevin Murphy Helm, Steve Wallis and Mark Conroy crew. Launch crew; Jerry Gilby Tractor driver and Mark Strudwick.

Time

Request Received 11:59am
Time at incident Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.9166666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 55 minutes
Time to recovery Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 2.25 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 2 hour, 15 minutes
Back on Service 2:20pm

Conditions

Sea/River State River Choppy
Wind Direction South
Wind Strength 20 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Shore Crew

Deputy Launch Authority

Station address

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

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

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01803 832423

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