The 50-foot catamaran, Serenity, encountered difficulties when its escape hatch malfunctioned, causing water to flood ... A lifeboat was launched from the cruise ship to rescue the four people ...

Operations manager Mike Messenger said expanding the base would cut emergency call-out response times A lifeboat charity which is fundraising to expand its base said a revamp would help save lives.

Lifeboat crews made two separate rescues at 11:00 BST on Sunday after four people and three dogs were stranded off West Kirby. It came after ten people and a dog were saved in the same area on ...

The Serenity, located approximately 265 miles from Bermuda, suffered a critical malfunction as its escape hatch failed, causing water to flood ... a rescue operation, launching a lifeboat to ...

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It is being run by the Lynmouth Sailing Club, the Lynmouth Flood Memorial ... too rough to launch the lifeboat from the harbour. Instead, he proposed to start the rescue mission 13 miles (20.9km ...

The St Peter Port Lifeboat (Spirit of Guernsey) located the vessel at about 18:35 BST and towed it back to St Peter Port. Mr Granger said: "This was a successful search and rescue mission.