THE lifeboat responded to a launch request from the Coastguard at 4.57pm today after a jet ski and driver went aground on rocks near Millisle. One person was recovered uninjured from the water and the jet ski was towed to shore.
IN the 25 years that Richard Talbot has been landlord at the Cock and Bottle pub in Notting Hill, London, staff and regulars have raised more than £13,000 in support of their adopted lifeboat in Donaghadee. Continue reading →
Donaghadee and Portpatrick lifeboats responded to a request from the Coastguard at 4.15am this morning after a family became concerned that a yacht, which had left Port Logan in Scotland, was overdue in Bangor. The yacht was located and all Continue reading →
The lifeboat was launched again at 1.09pm after a request from the Coastguard which had been notified of an incoming aircraft with a potential emergency situation. The aircraft landed safely at George Best Airport and the lifeboat was stood down.
NORTH Down MP Lady Sylvia Hermon paid tribute to the partners of the lifeboat crew and the work of the fundraising committee when she presented long service awards to six members of the team. Continue reading →
ROYAL National Lifeboat Institution chairman, Charles Hunter-Pease, visited the lifeboat station to say thank you to fundraisers, crew and station management. Later he joined coxswain Philip McNamara and crew aboard Saxon for a trip around the Copeland Islands. Continue reading →
PHILIP McNamara, coxswain of the Donaghadee lifeboat, represented his crew of volunteers at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s annual awards ceremony in London. Continue reading →
