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Penlee Lifeboat Picks Up Life Raft Belonging To HMS Mersey After 999 Call Made By Concerned Walker

by John Johnson
9 February 2019
in Armed Forces, Emergency Services News, Lifeboat / Search & Rescue
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Penlee Lifeboat Picks Up Life Raft Belonging To HMS Mersey After 999 Call Made By Concerned Walker
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After spotting a life raft drifting off the coast, a concerned member of the public did the right thing by calling 999 and asking for the coastguard.

The life raft in question was a large 24-man inflatable life raft that would normally only ever be deployed if, for example, a large vessel had cause to abandon ship.

The Coastguard paged the volunteer lifeboat crew based at Penlee in order to locate the drifting life raft in case it was full or casualties.

Thankfully, it turned out to be a false alarm after patrol vessel HMS Mersey had reported to the Coastguard that one of its life rafts was missing.

The life raft was retrieved by the volunteer crew and is in the process of being collected by the Royal Navy.

Had the life raft not of been found, then chances are that it could have been spotted by merchant shipping further off the coast as it floated out to see which may have led to a further mobilisation of search and rescue personnel.

A post on the Penlee Lifeboat Facebook page said:

Picture credit: RNLI Penlee Lifeboat, Facebook

‘At 2.15pm this afternoon (8th Feb) the all-weather lifeboat ‘Ivan Ellen’ and her volunteer crew launched on service from Newlyn.

‘A third party report had been received from a member of the public, who was walking on the coast path near Lamorna, and had spotted a life raft drifting off shore.

‘Falmouth Coastguard Operations Centre tasked the lifeboat to launch immediately and conduct a search of the area in question.

Picture credit: RNLI Penlee Lifeboat, Facebook

‘The Ivan Ellen quickly located a 24 man fully equipped life raft 2.5 nautical miles SE of Newlyn. It was full of water which made recovery quite difficult.

‘After several attempts the crew managed to get the life raft alongside and it was conveyed back to Newlyn.

‘The life raft was identified as coming from HMS Mersey. They had previously reported its loss to the Falmouth Coastguard Operations Centre.

‘HMS Mersey is the youngest of the original batch of River class patrol vessels. She patrols the waters of the UK and up to 200 miles in the Atlantic ensuring that fishing boats and trawlers stick to internationally-agreed quotas.

Picture credit: RNLI Penlee Lifeboat, Facebook

‘The life raft will be collected by the Royal Navy early next week.

Weather – Stormy with squally showers, SW Force 7-8, rough sea.

‘Crew – Coxswain Patch Harvey, Mechanic Tony Rendle, Marcel Le Bretton, Jack Shannon, Andrew Stevens, Amy Smith & Will Treneer.’

The only question is whether or not a ‘cake fine’ applies to the crew of HMS Mersey?

If ever you spot what you believe to be a life raft drifting on the sea, then always call 999 and ask for the coastguard as the life raft could contain individuals who are in need of help.

Thankfully, this sighting proved to be a false alarm and the life raft was quickly located by the Penlee Lifeboat volunteer crew.

Great work by @MCA_media @penleelifeboat @RNLI – does the #CakeFine apply in these circumstances ? @RoyalNavy | @hms_mersey ? https://t.co/gAgAqjooLW

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