| Incident Date | 18-09-2020 |
| Incident Date | 00:32 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | Brixham Harbour Approaches |
With strong Easterly winds a trawler with engine failure was under tow into Brixham Harbour. With the sea conditions the vessel under tow was difficult to control and the ALB was tasked to establish a stern tow and keep the casualty vessel on a stable track.
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| Incident Date | 17-09-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 16:17 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Meadfoot |
Tasked following reports of a person in the water at Meadfoot shouting for help. Others entered the water to assist and recovered to shore before the ILB arrived on scene
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| Incident Date | 08-09-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:23 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Natural Arch Torquay |
Both lifeboats launched following a report of a 24 ft vessel sinking. The occupants were guided ashore by coasteering guides and local teenagers and made safe at Natural Arch from where the ILB recovered them to the ALB.
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| Incident Date | 08-09-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:23 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Natural Arch, Torquay |
Both lifeboats launched following a report of a 24 ft vessel sinking.
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| Incident Date | 06-09-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 19:31 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Brixham Inner Harbour |
Launched following a report of a person entering the water and climbing aboard another possibly sustaining an injury.text
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| Incident Date | 05-09-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 16:59 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB/Did Not Launch |
| Location of Casualty | Off Meadfoot Beach |
Preparing to launch to a broken down speed boat that had raised a PanPan following an ‘explosion’ on board. Several vessels responded and all was found to be safe onboard. ILB stood down
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| Incident Date | 30-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 13:07 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | East of Broadsands |
Tasked following a MayDay from a vessel with five persons on board reporting a fire on board. The fire was brought under control and persons on board transferred to an accompanying vessel.
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| Incident Date | 30-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:30 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 9 miles SE of Berry Head |
Tasked to a 26 ft Sailing Vessel subject to steering failure. ALB tasked to return vessel under tow to Brixham
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| Incident Date | 29-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 11:43 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | Brixham Harbour |
Tasked to a RIB within Brixham Harbour that had raised a MayDay for a person taken ill aboard the RIB. ILB also tasked to transfer resources to the casualty vessel.
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| Incident Date | 29-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 12:03 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Brixham Harbour |
Launched to provide additional medical supplies to the ALB attending a MayDay call.
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| Incident Date | 22-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 12:11 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Off Roundham Head |
| Two paddle boarders were observed as possibly in difficulty off Goodrington South sands. |
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| Incident Date | 11-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 23:26 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Imperial Ledge Bathing Platform |
Launched to provide safety cover for HM Coastguard and HM Police during a Police incident.
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| Incident Date | 10-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 15:33 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | South Side Of Berry Head |
Both Lifeboats launched following a report of a person either jumping or falling from the cliff below the Guard House cafe and entering a cave. Detailed search of the area and caves carried out.
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| Incident Date | 10-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 15:33 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | South Side of Berry Head |
Both Lifeboats launched following a report of a person either jumping or falling from the cliff below the Guard House cafe and entering a cave.
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| Incident Date | 09-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:57 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Meadfoot Beach |
Launched to assist in a Medivac from Meadfoot Beach to an awaiting ambulance.
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| Incident Date | 09-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 09:46 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Brixham Harbour Approach |
Launched to assist and escort a yacht with sailing problems to a pontoon mooring in Brixham Harbour.
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| Incident Date | 08-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:24 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | Approx 1 mile north of Brixham Harbour |
Launched to a 9 metre yacht with three persons on board that raised a MayDay following ingress of water.
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| Incident Date | 08-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 10:14 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | Berry Head Great Cave |
ALB launch requested by the ILB crew on scene with the injured cliff climber. Sea conditions were not conducive to a casualty with a back injury being transferred in the ILB.
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| Incident Date | 08-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 13:55 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Imperial Ledge |
ILB stood down immediately on launch.
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| Incident Date | 08-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 09:56 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Berry Head-Great Cave |
Launched following a report of an injured cliff faller at the Berry Head Great Cave. ILB crew requested the ALB, paramedic and Dr if available.
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| Incident Date | 02-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:16 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | South Side of Sharkham |
Launched following a report of a broken down speed boat between Sharkham and Berry Head.
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| Incident Date | 01-08-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:33 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 7 miles ENE of Berry Head |
Launched to a 25 ft yacht with three persons on board having suffered rigging and mast failure. ALB took the yacht in tow and returned her to Torquay Harbour.
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| Incident Date | 29-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:00 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | London Bridge Torquay |
Launched at the request of the ILB to standby during the Police Incident.
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| Incident Date | 29-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 17:21 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | London Bridge, Torquay |
Launched to carry out a shore line search between Peak Tor Cove and Meadfoot Beach
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| Incident Date | 29-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:19 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Corbyn Head |
Tasked following report of three casualties cut off by the tide at Livermead.
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| Incident Date | 28-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 21:59 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Princess Pier, Torquay |
Launched to standby whilst a casualty in the water near Princess Theatre is assessed
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| Incident Date | 19-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:00 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | Torquay Harbour |
Launched following a reported fire aboard a speed boat in Torquay Harbour. Shortly after launch two fire pumps were in attendance and the ALB was stood down.
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| Incident Date | 19-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 15:35 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 1.1 miles NE from Breakwater End |
ALB launched following a report of a possible fire onboard a 37 ft yacht that had raised a PanPan.
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| Incident Date | 19-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 21:35 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Brixham Harbour entrance |
ILB launched to investigate a report of a person on a yacht behaving with cause for concern.
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| Incident Date | 18-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 20:55 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | East of Broadsands |
Tasked to a broken down speed boat approx a mile East of Broadsands.
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| Incident Date | 13-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 17:33 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | St Mary’s Bay |
The ALB launched to back up the injured person extraction from St Mary’s Bay.
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| Incident Date | 13-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 21:53 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Elberry Cove |
ILB launched to standby whilst an injured person was assisted away from Elberry Cove by both Police and Ambulance personnel.
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| Incident Date | 13-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 17:33 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | St Mary’s Bay |
Launched to assist Coastguard and Ambulance personnel recover an injured person from St Mary’s Bay.
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| Incident Date | 11-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 20:50 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Princess Pier, Torquay harbour |
Tasked to locate a possible person in the water near Princess Pier. After detailed search of the area the object was identified as a Sea Grass Marker buoy.
Rescue Heli 924 also involved.
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| Incident Date | 10-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 00:46 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Torre Abbey Sands |
Launched to provide safety cover during a Police Incident at Torre Abbey sands
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| Incident Date | 09-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 06:56 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Paignton Beach, south end |
Launched following reports of two persons entering the water at Paignton Beach.
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| Incident Date | 07-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 15:09 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Meadfoot/Kilmorie |
Launched to search for a possible missing diver.
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| Incident Date | 05-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:04 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Base of Berry Head, south side |
On the return passage to station the ILB was diverted to assist in the recovery of a dog from the base of Berry Head.
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| Incident Date | 05-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 17:17 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Corbyn Head |
ILB tasked to Corbyn Head following concern for two youths at risk of being cut off by the evening high tide
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| Incident Date | 04-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 15:36 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 0.4 miles East of Hopes Nose |
Launched to check on the status of a number of kayakers thought, by members of the public, to be in difficulty.
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| Incident Date | 03-07-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 12:36 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 0.5 miles NE of Hopes Nose |
Tasked to an 18ft Bowrider suffering engine failure.
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| Incident Date | 23-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:46 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 0.5 miles south of Meadfoot Beach |
Tasked to take over a tow of a broken down vessel and return them to Torquay Harbour
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| Incident Date | 23-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 08:38 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Hollicombe |
Launched to a report of a swimmer possibly in difficulty off Hollicombe Beach.
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| Incident Date | 18-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 09:26 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Battery Gardens |
Launched to assist in the recovery of a dog that had fallen down the cliff at Battery Gardens
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| Incident Date | 11-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 09:43 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | 0.5 miles north of Fishcombe Cove |
Both Lifeboats launched to the assistance of an 8 metre vessel having difficulty in the weather conditions. Vessel assisted into Brixham Harbour
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| Incident Date | 06-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 08:16 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 0.5 miles ENE of Brixham Breakwater |
Tasked to a broken down vessel on the approaches to Brixham Harbour.
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| Incident Date | 06-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 12:40 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Off Preston Sands |
Launched following a report that a paddle boarder had become separated from the board which was being blown out to sea. On arrival on scene it appears the casualty made it safely ashore.
Rescue Helo 924 also tasked but stood down.
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| Incident Date | 05-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:41 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | 1 mile East of Goodrington North Prom |
Tasked following several reports of an inflatable with three people on board being blown off shore.
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| Incident Date | 04-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 17:15 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB/Assembly only |
| Location of Casualty | Roundham |
Prepared to launch to a person cut off at Roundham. Casualty self recovered – Launch Cancelled
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| Incident Date | 03-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 16:09 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Beacon Cove |
Tasked together with HM Coastguards to locate two persons apparently cut off by the tide at Beacon Cove.
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| Incident Date | 02-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:17 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Princess Pier |
Launched following report of a person in the water on the seaward side of Princess Pier.
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| Incident Date | 01-06-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 11:51 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB/Assembly only |
| Location of Casualty | Goodrington Sands |
Crew assembled preparing to launch to a broken down vessel at Goodrington. Vessel taken in tow by the Harbour Authority Launch. Crew stood down.
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| Incident Date | 30-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 11:47 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Churston Point |
Tasked to a capsized kayak with two occupants at Churston Point to recover an injured casualty to Broadsands Beach.
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| Incident Date | 28-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:46 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | 0.5 mile NW of Brixham Breakwater end |
Tasked to a broken down speedboat on the approach to Brixham Harbour.
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| Incident Date | 25-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:36 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | 0.5 miles South of Berry Head |
Both lifeboats tasked following the discovery of an unoccupied canoe approx 0.5 miles south of Berry Head. Parallel search patterns carried out by each lifeboat searching for a person in the water.
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| Incident Date | 25-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 15:10 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Torre Abbey Sands |
Both lifeboats launched following a report of a person and Police Officers entering the water at Torre Abbey Sands.
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| Incident Date | 23-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 13:31 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | Broadsands |
Tasked to assist two paddle boarders apparently in difficulty and being blown out to sea from Broadsands. Very strong off shore westerly wind at the time.
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| Incident Date | 23-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 15:10 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Torre Abbey |
Launched to assist person in water.
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| Incident Date | 20-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 21:00 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Brixham Breakwater |
Launched following a report of a person falling off Brixham Breakwater to seaward and sustaining injuries.
Rescue Helo 187 also tasked. Casualty transferred by Helo to Derriford
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| Incident Date | 20-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:14 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Beacon Cove |
Launched following a report that four youths may be cut off by the tide.
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| Incident Date | 10/05/2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 19:40/Did Not Launch |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | Berry Head |
Assembly only to a Police incident – Cancelled before launch
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| Incident Date | 07-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:28 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Berry Head |
Both lifeboats launched following a report of a distressed person on the end of Berry Head. The lifeboats stood off discreetly pending negotiations with the casualty.
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| Incident Date | 07-05-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 02:58 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 3.5 miles N.E. Berry Head |
Tasked to a vehicle carrier to evacuate a crew member suffering non-Covid 19 chest pains for examination at Torbay Hospital.
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| Incident Date | 26-03-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 12:13 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Hollicombe Beach – North End |
ILB tasked to assist in recovery of a person in the water at the North End of Hollicombe Beach (Oil Cove).
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| Incident Date | 07-03-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 15:33 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Approx 0.5 mile East of Brixham Breakwater end |
Tasked to a 2.6 metre RIB suffering engine failure.
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| Incident Date | 05-03-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 03:34 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Paignton Beach |
Both lifeboats launched to search for a person reported entering the water along Paignton Beach.
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| Incident Date | 08-02-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 14:44 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB/ILB |
| Location of Casualty | 1 mile East of the Redcliffe Hotel |
Both lifeboats tasked following numerous reports of a distress flare and smoke apparently from a vessel off Preston Beach.
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| Incident Date | 06-02-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 18:58 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | 16 miles South of Berry Head |
PanPan raised for a 14 metre fishing vessel with complete loss of 24 volt auxiliary power supplies.
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| Incident Date | 26-01-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 01:47 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Corbyn Head |
Tasked to assist in the recovery of a casualty in the water at Corbyn Head.
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| Incident Date | 18-01-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 16:25 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Berry Head |
Launched to a police incident on Berry Head.
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| Incident Date | 14-01-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 07:00 |
| Lifeboat Used | ALB |
| Location of Casualty | Long Quarry |
Tasked together with HM Coastguard teams to assist with a missing person search.
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| Incident Date | 05-01-2020 |
| Launch Instruct | 01:49 |
| Lifeboat Used | ILB |
| Location of Casualty | Torquay Harbour |
| Launched to assist in the recovery of a person in the water within Torquay Harbour. |
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