Plymouth RNLI launch to diver sparking multi-agency response
On Thursday 9 May, Plymouth RNLI launched both of their lifeboats following a Mayday call from a dive vessel one mile south of Plymouth Breakwater requesting assistance with a diver that had surfaced unresponsive.
Plymouth RNLI’s volunteer crew of the inshore lifeboat The Annabel E Jones was the first on scene to assess the casualty. Also in attendance were the Devon Air Ambulance, two South West Ambulances, Rescue 924, MOD police launch and a Dutch warship rescue craft which had a doctor on board.
Neil Humphrey, coxswain on the Plymouth all-weather lifeboat said:
‘Both lifeboats launched at 8:18pm following a Mayday call from a dive vessel in the Plymouth area.
‘Multiple emergency services responded and it was our inshore lifeboat who arrived first. Our paramedic on board the inshore lifeboat was assisted by the doctor from the Dutch warship, and they administered casualty care checks before the diver was moved onto the all-weather lifeboat.
‘The all-weather and inshore lifeboats then headed back to the marina where we were met by the land ambulance and Devon Air ambulance who then took the casualty on to Derriford hospital.’
Notes to editors
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Plymouth RNLI has two active lifeboats the Severn Class Mullen Glover and The B Class inshore lifeboat the Annabel E Jones
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The lifeboat station address is, Plymouth Lifeboat Station, Old Custom House, Custom House Lane, Plymouth, PL1 3EQ
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