Tasked to a 22ft. fishing boat with engine failure

Launch No: 339
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Monday, 28 May 2018
Location: 1 mile off Scabbacombe sands. Start bay.

Photo: Andy Kyle

Fishing boat under tow passing Kittery Court in Dartmouth harbour

The RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat was sent to a 22 ft. fishing boat with two on board adrift 1 mile off Scabbacombe sands. They were taken in tow and returned to their berth on the Kingswear side of Dartmouth harbour.

Time

Request Received	6:28pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.8666666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 52 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.3 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 18 minutes
Back on Service	7:00pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Calm
Wind Direction	West-Southwest
Wind Strength	4 knots

AIS track of L339 to casualty vessel east of Dartmouth

Map: trackaship universal

Lifeboat Crew

Rich Eggleton (Helm)

Yorkie Lomas

Tom Shanley

Shore Crew

Mark Strudwick (Tractor Driver)

Will Davis

Katy Sarah

Dani Lodge

Deputy Launch Authority

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Coronation Park
North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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