Tag Archives: Lifeboat crews
Sussex RNLI remember F/V Joanna C tragedy on first anniversary
38-year-old Robert Morley and 26-year-old Adam Harper drowned when their boat sank on the 21st of November 2020. The captain of the boat, Dave Bickerstaff, was pulled from the water after he was found clinging to a lifebuoy. The 45ft scalloping boat put out an emergency distress beacon at around 6am, with two RNLI lifeboats and a helicopter joining the search, which at one point involved 17 vessels and was one of the largest ever undertaken on the Newhaven coast. photos, >click to read<08:11
Video: Portrush RNLI battles treacherous conditions in 15-hour fishermen rescue
Lifeboat crews from Northern Ireland battled treacherous conditions in the rescue operation of five fishermen who got into difficulty off the Donegal coast. The five men who had been fishing for crab got into difficulty when the boat lost power and encountered steering difficulties while violent waves smashed the wheelhouse windows in, around 20 miles north of Fanad Head. Video, >click to read< 12:35
