Arbroath Lifeboat - Shout History 2006

2006 LIFEBOAT CALLOUTS
DATE	LIFEBOATS	CALLED TO	SAVED	REPORT
16/12/06	ALB - ILB	Person in the water at the cliffs	-	Body recovered.
14/12/06	ALB	A Fishing boat lost power	-	Shortly after launch the crew of the fishing boat repaired their boat. ALB escorted it in.
13/12/06	ALB	Flare spotted while on exercise	-	Later reports confirmed the flares were fired at Barry Buddon
02/11/06	ALB - ILB	A boat under tow sinking	-	3 people were towing a 42ft boat and it sank off the harbour. Lifeboats stood by
17/09/06	ILB	Small boat without power drifting onto rocks	-	A localfishing boat offered a tow to the vessel, the ILB Stood By the boat being towed in
12/09/06	ILB	While on exercise the ILB was diverted to lunan bay to search for a beached whale	-	After a search involving other agencies it was determined that dolphins of Porpoises had been seen close to shore
10/09/06	ILB	small boat lost power half a mile south of the breakwater	2	The two occupants and boat were towed safely back into the harbour
07/09/06	ALB - ILB	A person in distress at the cliffs	-	After searching the cliffs police located the person safe elsewhere
06/09/06	ALB - ILB	A yachts mast collapsed and was trailing in the sea over its side	-	Yacht occupants said no assistance was required and lifeboats followed it into harbour
04/09/06	ALB - ILB	A small pleasure boat was drifting 1-2 miles off Auchmithie	2	The 2 people on board were unharmed and the boat was towed back into Auchmithie
01/09/06	ILB	Small powered boat with three people lost power	-	Towed the boat into the harbour
20/07/06	ALB - ILB	Yacht broken down off breakwater	-	ALB towed in Yacht while the ILB escorted in another vessel having engine problems
17/07/06	ALB - ILB	Boat broken down off Lunan Bay	-	Shortly after launch the ALB returned to station, the ILB helped tow the boat out of nets it was tangled in
15/07/06	ALB - ILB	Report of a person in the water at the bottom of the slipway	-	A body was recovered and transferred to a waiting ambulance
09/07/06	ILB	Small fishing vessel lost power leaving the harbour	-	The ILB was on exercise and assisted by towing the vessel back into the harbour
27/06/06	ALB - ILB	A woman in difficulty at Lunan Bay	-	ALB was stood down and ILB returned to station after police were in contact to say situation was under control
26/06/06	ALB - ILB	Police requested assistance to search for 2 females in the dark at the cliffs	-	With the assistance of flares the police were able to apprehend the 2 teenage females
25/06/06	ALB - ILB	The Motorboat "Amigo" lost power half a mile off the harbour	-	The ILB was initially launched to assist with the ALB arriving to tow it back to the harbour
05/06/06	ILB	A roe deer was sighted swimming out of the harbour	1 deer	When the boat had launched the deer was attempting to climb the outer harbour wall, it was picked up and released to the SSPCA
03/06/06	ALB - ILB	A fishing boat "Northern Star" lost power about a mile out	-	The ILB and ALB were on exercise and got the engine working again before escorting the boat back to the harbour
03/06/06	ILB	A pleasure boat entering the harbour lost power when its engine started smoking	-	The ILB went along side and brought it into the pontoon so firefighters could check it over
17/05/06	ALB - ILB	Report of person in the water at the cliffs	-	Searched the cliffs for an hour before returning to station
06/05/06	ALB - ILB	A kayak in difficulty at Lunan Bay	-	Person made it to shore before Lifeboats arrived
05/05/06	-	Reports of a person in the water at the cliffs	-	Launch was cancelled when police recovered the casualty
10/04/06	ILB	3 boys in a dingy drifting out to sea off the harbour	3	All 3 boys were picked up by the ILB and returned to Harbour cold but unharmed
10/04/06	ALB	Sea angling boat broken down off Easthaven with 15 on board	-	Boat towed back to Arbroath Harbour
01/04/06	ALB - ILB	A person in the water at the cliffs	1	Both boats launched and casualty recovered to a waiting ambulance
10/02/06	-	A broken down boat	-	Launch was cancelled when a closer station was alerted
02/02/06	-	RAF Aircraft signals mayday 50 miles NE of Leuchars	-	Lifeboat was cancelled when the aircraft returned to base safely

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