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Clacton on Sea |
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Rescue Files for 2010
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False Alarm
Both boats were called shortly before 6.30pm
on March 1st
after emergency services received several calls that the town pier
was on fire.
The fire brigade, ambulance, air sea rescue helicopter and Walton
and Frinton lifeboat were also alerted.
It turned out that workmen were burning rubbish and that the bonfire
was under control. The call-out was cancelled.
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Engine Trouble
The D class lifeboat launched at 5.20pm
on March 2nd
after coastguards received a call from a 17 foot day boat which had
engine failure. The three people on board were returning to
Brightlingsea and had reached Sandy Point in the Colne estuary.
The lifeboat took them in tow to the town hard, and was back on
station at 7pm.
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Fishing boat aground.
The Atlantic75 lifeboat launched at 4pm
on 12th January
after a fishing boat was reported “missing” somewhere in the area of
the Buxey Sands.
The crew found the 32 foot “XLT” just as it was getting dark in the
Ray Sand Channel nine miles south-west of Clacton having run
aground. The two crew on board had no means of communication and no
flares. It was also found that no navigation equipment or charts
were on the boat.
The allweather lifeboat from Walton and Frinton pulled the vessel
off the sands as the tide rose and towed her into Brightlingsea.
The lifeboat was back on station at 8pm.
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