Lough Neagh Rescue

Lough Neagh Rescue Raft Race, 27th August 2010

LNR News — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:53:21 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue in Conjunction with Ballyronan Festival Of Lights are organising a raft race to raise funds. The raft race will take place in Ballyronan marina on Friday Evening the 27th August at approx 7.30pm. There will be a prize for the race winner. To Enter a raft, will require a £200 donation to Lough Neagh Rescue.

Each raft can have a min of 4 and a max of 6 crew.

Call Out 473

LNR News — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:27:18 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 19.10 to reports that a motor cruiser had broken down two miles north of Kinnego with three persons on board. One unit was launched and the casualty vessel was discovered 3/4 of a mile south of Tolands Flat. The owner had managed to get the engine started again and the vessel was escorted back to Kinnego Marina. The lifeboat was back on station at 20.00.

Call Out 472

LNR News — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:42:32 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 16.06 to reports that a cabin cruiser had hit rocks near Rams Island and was drifting. Two units were launched and found the vessal drifting inside Way Point 3. There were 6 persons on board. The water was very shallow and one lifeboat managed to tow the vessal to safety. The vessal was then towed back to Kinnego with a crew member on board. The lifeboats were back on station at 18.10.

Call Out 471

LNR News — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:15:58 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 20.45 to reports that a vessel was overdue. The search area was between Rams Island and Coney Island. Two units were launched and 20 minutes into the search reports came through that the vessel had made it back safely. Both units returned to base at 21.40

Call Out 470

LNR News — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:54:54 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 12.08 to reports that a yacht had ran aground at the entrance to the Maghery Canal. Two units were launched and quickly arrived on scene. One unit towed the vessel to safe waters while the other unit assisted another vessel which had tried to help and had got into difficulties. It was also aground and was towed into deeper water. Both units then returned to base at 13.40

Call Out 469

LNR News — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:59:00 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 17.56 to reports that a 15ft speed boat was overdue on the River Bann. One unit was launched and on arrival at the scene the vessel had made it back, however it had broken down and that was why it was overdue. Assistance was given to make the vessel safe and the lifeboat returned to base at 20.50.

Call Out 468

LNR News — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:14:42 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 13.41 to reports that a 18ft cruiser had hit rocks near Tolans Flat and was adrift. One unit was launched and found the vessel drifting 1nm east of the Skane Flat. The vessel had two persons on board. A crew member was put onboard and secured a tow line. The vessel was then towed back to Kinnego Marina. The unit was back on base at 16.00.

Call Out 467

LNR News — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:40:59 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 18.50 to reports that a dog was in the water near Derryadd Point. One unit was launched and quickly arrived on scene. A small fishing boat was in The Closet searching for the dog and it soon became clear that the dog had made it to shore. The lifeboat returned to base and a number of crew went by road to the scene. There were a number of sightings of the dog around the Discovery Centre area however it was not recovered due to the large search area. While carrying out the search a member of the public raised the alarm that a bin was on fire at the Discovery Centre. The crew quickly arrived on scene and successfully extinguished the fire. The crew was back on station at 20.45.

Call Out 466

LNR News — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:56:35 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 20.16 to a cruiser which was drifting in rough water 2 miles east of the Battery Harbour. One unit was launched and arrived on scene. A crew member was put onboard the vessel and it was towed back to the Battery Harbour.

Call Out 465

LNR News — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:10:47 +0000

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by HMG at 20.06 to reports that a vessel had hit its propeller and has adrift near Phil Roe’s Flat. One unit was launched and a search was carried out. There was no sighting of the vessel near the location and a search of The Closet was carried out. The vessel was discovered and towed back to Kinnego Marina.