Sennen Cove All-weather Lifeboat ~ Most Recent Service Launch

Tuesday 22nd July
Station Tyne Class "Norman Salvesen" and ILB `Spirit of the RLC`
Both lifeboats were requested to launch urgently at 1745 this evening following reports of a person in the water at Pendeen.

The launch was cancelled at 1748 - just as the boats were about to launch - when it was ascertained that the person had been recovered from the water onto rocks and other assistance was proceeding from landward.

A classic day for this sort of incident - lovely fine weather with what looks like a calm sea, but every ten or fifteen minutes a set of swells coming ashore, plenty large enough to wash the unwary off the cliffs.
Thankfully, this incident appears to have had a happy ending.




Wednesday 9th July
Station Tyne Class "Norman Salvesen"
The `Norman Salvesen` was called at 0355 to assist the Norwegian sailing vessel Folkvang with six persons on board; steering failure two miles east of the Sevenstones Lightvessel.
The Folkvang was towed to Newlyn and the lifeboat arrived back at Sennen Cove at 1045.

More info on the `Folkvang` at
http://www.mkfolkvang.no

Weather:- Rain; southwesterly winds force 6 - 7 and a moderate to rough sea.

Crew:- Terry George; Phil Shannon; Dan Shannon; Richard Brown; Ollie George; Rob Spence