Crew Paged: 21:30pm Solent Coastguard requested Portsmouth Lifeboat to launch to search Langstone Harbour after multiple sighting of red flares in the harbour. Portsmouth Lifeboat launched and commenced a search from the Lifeboat Station up to kendals wharf. Meanwhile Hayling Island Lifeboat Station D Class had also started searching Langstone Harbour along the shoreline. After […]
VHF Carrier On Channel 16 – Sunday 19th November 2017
Crew Paged: 11:48am Portsmouth Lifeboat’s Atlantic 85 (Norma T) was requested to launch to located using the on board directional finding equipment to locate a vessel that was continuously transmitting on VHF channel 16 and blocking the channel. The vessel in question was located and advice was given. Portsmouth Lifeboat was then released to return […]
Reports Of Vessel On Fire – Saturday 11th November 2017
Crew Paged: 15:33pm Solent Coastguard requested Portsmouth Lifeboat to launch to reports of a vessel belching out smoke in the vicinity of Whale Island, Portsmouth Lifeboat made best speed to the given location and conducted a search as there were no vessels on fire in the given location. While the Lifeboat was searching for the […]
Casualty Suffering From A Possible Stroke – Friday 27th October 2017
Crew Paged: 18:17pm Solent Coastguard requested Portsmouth’s Atlantic 85 to launch to locate a vessel which had a casualty onboard suffering from a potential stroke. Portsmouth Lifeboat launched within a couple of minutes of the pager sounding and made way to the vicinity of the location given. Once in the area they began to search […]
Both Boat Launch – Barge Struck Submarine Barrier – Monday 23rd October 2017
Crew Paged: 14:37pm Solent Coastguard requested the immediate launch of both Portsmouth Lifeboats to reports of a barge that had hit the submarine barrier blocks, Within a couple of minutes of being tasked both the Atlantic 85 (Norma T) and D Class (Brians Pride) were making way to the reported location. Once on scene another […]
Person Seen Walking In And Out Of The Water – Sunday 22nd October 2017
Crew Paged: 18:15pm Portsmouth Lifeboat’s D Class (Brians Pride) was requested to launch to reports of a person seen walking in and out of the water by the west winner. Just after the D Class had launched information came in that the person seen in and out of the water was indeed a fisherman so […]
Shout 2 of 2: Another Yacht Aground In Langstone Harbour – Thursday 19th October 2017
While the crew were still on station Solent Coastguard called the Lifeboat Operations Manager to ask if the D Class could launch to speak to a yacht that had called in to say that had run aground in Langstone Harbour and then had lost comms. Portsmouth’s D Class made way to the scene to find […]
Shout 1 of 2: 20ft Vessel Run Aground In Langstone Harbour – Thursday 19th October 2017
Crew Paged: 20:45pm Portsmouth Lifeboat was requested to launch to reports of a vessel that had run aground at the top of Langstone Harbour. Portsmouth Lifeboat made way to the scene and managed to pull the vessel free off the sand, The crew had assessed the vessel for any damage before the crew of the […]
Both Boat Launch – Suspected Hoax Call – Friday 13th October 2017
Both Boat Page: 22:19pm Solent Coastguard requested both the Atlantic 85 and the D Class to launch to search for a vessel at the end of South Parade Pier who had said the word MAYDAY on channel 16 and said that they were drifting. After initial communications with the vessel there were no further communications […]
Shout 2 Of 2 – Head Injury On 15 Metre Sailing Yacht – Sunday 1st October 2017
Whilst clearing from the previous Pan Pan call for the chest injury, Portsmouth Lifeboat was flagged down by another vessel which one of their crewmembers had sustained a head injury. Portsmouth Lifeboat had again put 2 crewmembers aboard the yacht and stabilised the injured casualty on the yacht who was again escorted into the camber […]