Two people in dinghy rescued by Hartlepool RNLI after mechanical failure

Two people were rescued after their dinghy suffered a mechanical failure.
Hartlepool RNLI volunteer crew opposite the dinghy that had suffered mechanical failure.
Photo: RNLI/Tom CollinsHartlepool RNLI volunteer crew opposite the dinghy that had suffered mechanical failure.
Photo: RNLI/Tom Collins
Hartlepool RNLI volunteer crew opposite the dinghy that had suffered mechanical failure. Photo: RNLI/Tom Collins

RNLI volunteers were paged by Humber Coastguard at 4.18pm on Friday, October 4 to help two people in a 10ft dinghy that had suffered mechanical failure near the Fish Sands, Hartlepool.

The inshore lifeboat ‘Solihull’ and volunteers launched at 4.28pm and brought the boat onto the Fish Sands and loaded it onto a trailer, then the owners towed it away.

The lifeboat returned to the Ferry Road Lifeboat Station at 4.55pm.

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