Angle RNLI’s lifeboat crew have experienced a busy start to September, responding to four emergency shouts in the first week, assisting with searches and rescues in challenging conditions.

The first came during the early hours of Monday, September 1, when the crew were paged at 12.17am to assist the Dyfed Powys Police officers with conducting a search for a missing person in the Gelliswick Bay area.

The lifeboat launched and was soon on the scene at Gelliswick and commenced a search utilising FLIR, image intensifiers and the lifeboats searchlights.

After conducting a search of the immediate area and with nothing found, the police soon confirmed that they had located the casualty safe and well nearby. With the casualty secured by police officers the lifeboat and her crew were stood down. Dale Coastguard Rescue Team were also on scene assisting.

The lifeboat was back alongside and readied for further service by 1am.

The second shout of the month came on Saturday, September 6 at 6.12pm, when the crew were paged to back up Tenby RNLI’s inshore lifeboat, along with Tenby and St Govan’s Coastguard Rescue Teams, with reports of five persons potentially cut off by the tide at Lydstep Point.

The lifeboat was soon on the water, but was stood down shortly after as the Tenby inshore lifeboat crew had arrived on the scene and confirmed the persons to be fisherman who required no assistance.

With this the lifeboat returned to station and was back alongside the jetty by 6:45pm.

However, just over two hours later that evening, at 9pm the crew were paged to back up Tenby inshore lifeboat again as the five fisherman at Lydstep Point from the previous tasking had now got into difficulty and called for assistance.

With darkness and poor weather making it unsafe for the inshore lifeboat from Tenby to proceed, the plan was for Angle’a all-weather lifeboat to arrive on scene first and assess the situation whilst the inshore crew were placed on immediate readiness.

Whilst Angle Lifeboat was nearing St Govan’s Head the crew were subsequently stood down when members of Tenby and St Govan’s Coastgaurd Rescue Teams reported that they had located the casualties and managed to ensure that they walked out of the area safe and well.

The lifeboat returned to station and was back alongside the jetty and readied for further service by 10:30pm.

On the afternoon of Monday, September 8 at 4.21pm the Angle RNLI crew were tasked following a 999 call to the Coastguard from two persons and a dog cut off by the tide on the west side of the Impala Jetty near Gelliswick.

The lifeboat was soon on the water and located the casualties shortly after. The lifeboat’s inflatable Y Boat was deployed and both casualties and their dog were taken onboard and landed safely at Gelliswick Beach.

With no further assistance required the Y boat was recovered and the lifeboat was back alongside her berth and readied for further service by 5.30pm.