Lough Neagh Rescue

Lifeboats tasked at 11:15 to 2 persons stranded on Coney island as their vessel had mechanical issues. Our lifeboat proceeded to Coney island and assessed the persons and the vessel. Due to the adverse weather conditions it was decided to take the persons off the island and bring them to the shore in Maghery. An […]

Lifeboats paged at 20:50 by CGOC Belfast Coastguard to a 24ft vessel with 4 persons on board which had suffered electrical failure within the Antrim Bay. A tow was established and the vessel was towed to Antrim Marina. Lifeboat’s back on station, refuelled and ready for service.

LNR paged at 16:01 and tasked to a broken down cruiser with 1 adult and 3 children on board drifting south of Ardboe point. The vessel was quickly located and after assessment a tow commenced with 1 crew member on board the casualty vessel. The vessel was brought safely to the Battery harbour and handed […]

LNR tasked at 20:23 by CGOC Belfast Coastguard to a broken down vessel on the Blackwater River Lifeboats launched along with van and small boats. After entering the Maghery canal and onto the Blackwater river the lifeboat was able to pick up the casualty vessel half way between the motorway bridge and Maghery. 2 people on board […]

LNR paged @21:09 on Sept 12th by CGOC Belfast Coastguard and tasked to 7 people onboard two vessels aground at Coney Island Lifeboats and shore crew quickly launched and proceeded to the area, after a quick search they located the stricken vessels in the Coney Flat area The vessels where approximately in 1-2ft of water making access […]

LNR tasked at 12:49 by CGOC Belfast Coastguard to reports of an inflatable kayak with two children onboard that was getting blown out from the shore Lifeboats quickly launched but where stood down as the children were able to paddle safely back to shore. We would like to thank the member of the public who raised the […]

LNR SRT Team tasked at 17:23. Details to follow.

LNR tasked at 20:25 by CGOC Belfast Coastguard to a 2m inflatable boat with 3 persons onboard having engine failure Our lifeboats quickly located the casualty vessel near Tolan’s flat and took the 3 people onboard who were quite cold, they transferred them to Gawley’s Gate and handed into the care of the Lough Neagh Coastguard Rescue Team […]

Lifeboat’s tasked at 23:05 to reports of a missing person believed to have entered the Six Mile Water. Update Sunday 30th August LNR and other statutory agencies under the direction of PSNI/POLSA have been heavily involved for the last 7 days in an ongoing search for a missing person who is believed to have entered […]

LNR tasked at 12:17 by CGOC Belfast Coastguard to reports of a vessel aground within the Scady area of Toome. Once on scene is was established the vessel in question wasn’t in any danger and was looking for items lost a few weeks previous. Lifeboat’s returned to base and made ready for service at 14:00.