Lough Neagh Rescue

Lifeboats tasked by Belfast Coastguard at 5:15 pm to a report of a broken down vessel near Ardmore Point. Crews quickly responded & the casualty was swiftly located.  Lifeboats secured a tow-line to the casualty vessel & commenced a long tow. Crews returned to station & prepared the lifeboats for their next tasking.

Lifeboats paged at 15:32 by Belfast Coastguard to reports of a speed boat with 2 persons on board which had suffered engine trouble 2 miles south of the Torpedo platform in Antrim Bay.  Once on scene, a tow was connect and the speed boat was towed to Antrim Marina and placed alongside a jetty. Crews […]

Lifeboats tasked by Belfast Coastguard at 17:11 am to a report of a broken down motorboat south east of Rams Island drifting towards Sandy Bay. Crews quickly responded & the casualty was swiftly located.  LNR secured a tow-line to the casualty vessel & commenced a long tow. Afterwards crews returned to their stations & prepared the lifeboats […]

Lifeboats tasked at 17:36 by Belfast Coastguard to reports of a vehicle which had entered the Sixmile water at Antrim Marina. Once on scene it was established all concerned where accounted for with 1 individual having been assisted from the water by a passing Jetski and an individual on a water pedal bike.  Crew helped […]

Lifeboats tasked by Belfast Coastguard at 12:40 pm to a report of a yacht aground on Croghan Flat with 1 person on board. Crews quickly responded & the casualty was swiftly located.  LNR lifeboats secured a tow-line to the casualty vessel & Kinnego Lifeboat commenced a long tow to Kinnego. Whilst the tow was underway Ardboe Lifeboat […]

Lifeboats tasked at 10.54 to reports of two young girls stranded on Coney Island. Lifeboats quickly arrived on scene and worked out that a party of 3 had attempted to make their way to Maghery slip on kayaks, but due to rapidly deteriorating conditions, they were blown off course. The advance party made the good […]

Crews were tasked at 13:43 to initial reports of 2 persons in the water being blown off shore on paddle boards west of the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre at Oxford Island. Crews quickly launched and made their way to the scene where a passing boat had come to the assistance of 3 casualties. The casualties were […]

Our crews from Antrim, Ardboe & Kinnego were tasked at 18:14 to an incident on the River Blackwater.  Along with Lough Neagh Coastguard Rescue Team and Police Service of Northern Ireland, our crews quickly conducted a search of the river where we quickly located and recovered the body of a male. We would like to […]

Over the last two weekends Lough Neagh Rescue Crews and our statutory agency partners have been involved in the search for a missing person on Lough Erne. Earlier today the body of the missing person was located and recovered in a multi agency effort. Lough Neagh Rescue wishes to place on record  our deepest sympathies […]