Incident Date12-02-2024Launch Instruct17:15Lifeboat UsedILB Location of CasualtyTorquay Harbour. Launched to assist Devon and Cornwall Police.
ALB SHOUT 02: 09-02-2024
Incident Date09-02-2024Launch Instruct02:40Lifeboat UsedALB Location of CasualtyTorquay area. Launched to assist Coastguards searching for a missing person in the Long Quarry/Oddicome area off Torquay.Person found ashore by Coastguards at 0400, and then ALB tasked to search for a second missing person in the same area. Coastguard helicopter also tasked for this search. Nothing found andContinue reading "ALB SHOUT 02: 09-02-2024"
ILB SHOUT 04: 30-01-2024
Incident Date30-01-2024Launch Instruct23:18Lifeboat UsedILB Location of CasualtyTorquay area. Launched to assist Devon and Cornwall Police.
ALB SHOUT 1/ILB SHOUT 3: 30-01-2024
Incident Date30-01-2024Launch Instruct11:01Lifeboat UsedALB/ILBLocation of CasualtyBerry Head area. Coast Guard reported that a person was missing. The ILB was launched immediately and the ALB shortly after to carry out a shoreline search from Shoalstone to Berry Head. The Police search teams were already carrying out a land search and the Coast Guard Rescue Teams (CGRT)Continue reading "ALB SHOUT 1/ILB SHOUT 3: 30-01-2024"
ILB SHOUT 02: 06-01-2024
Incident Date06-01-2024Launch Instruct08:12Lifeboat UsedILB Location of CasualtyTorbay area. Launched to search for a possible missing person, initially in Torquay Harbour, but then a bay coastal search, assisted by Coastguard Helicopter.Both stood down at 10.30 without any successful detection of the casualty.Searches continued ashore.
ILB SHOUT 01: 04-01-2024
Incident Date04-01-2024Launch Instruct04:15Lifeboat UsedILB Location of CasualtyTorre Abbey Sands. Launched to reports of a vulnerable person entering the water at Torre Abbey Sands. The ILB arrived on scene. Further requests to launch ALB were received but not acted upon as the vulnerable person was reported to have attended Torbay hospital. This was deemed to beContinue reading "ILB SHOUT 01: 04-01-2024"
ILB SHOUT (AO): 26-12-2023
Incident Date26-12-2023Launch InstructAssembly OnlyLifeboat UsedILB Location of Casualty- Paged by Solent Coastguard at 02:20 to assist person in water off Roundham.Stood down before launch as Police had attended.
ALB SHOUT 27: 16-12-2023
Incident Date16-12-2023Launch Instruct16:28Lifeboat UsedALB Location of CasualtyTorbay area. Request by Falmouth Coast Guard to assist three jet skiers, one jet ski was submerged and being towed by one of the others with two skiers onboard. Launched and on scene at 16.49hrs and decided to tow the ski back to Brixham slipway. The two other jetContinue reading "ALB SHOUT 27: 16-12-2023"
ILB SHOUT 55: 12-12-2023
Incident Date12-12-2023Launch Instruct21:23Lifeboat UsedILB Location of CasualtyRoundham Head area Launched to assist a vulnerable male on the wrong side of the railings at the south side of Roundham Head.The ILB stood off whilst others assisted the casualty to safety and was then stood down.
ALB SHOUT 26/ILB SHOUT 54: 28-11-2023
Incident Date28-11-2023Launch Instruct08:10Lifeboat UsedALB/ILBLocation of CasualtyTorbay area. Initially ILB paged to assist Devon and Cornwall Police locate a casualty at the bottom of Thatcher PointHowever, ILB requested ALB be launched to assist, also advised by Solent Coastguard that the Coastguard Rescue Team & Helicopter Rescue 187 had also been tasked.ILB arrived on scene and transferredContinue reading "ALB SHOUT 26/ILB SHOUT 54: 28-11-2023"
Torbay Lifeboats 