RNLI Baltimore Lifeboat Station

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Inshore Lifeboat continues with search efforts in Glandore
Helm Kieran Collins with John McDonagh & Paul O'Driscoll launched the ILB Bessie at 08:00 this morning to join in the search at Glandore Harbour following the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme on 15th January last. Both the ILB and ALB have spent many ho...
Hilda Jarrett continues search efforts in Glandore
The all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett put to sea again today. In possibly one of her last services at Baltimore lifeboat station, the lifeboat continued to support search efforts in Glandore after the sinking of Tit Bonhomme on January 15th last. On...
Inshore Lifeboat carries on with search
The inshore lifeboat Bessie departed Baltimore at 07:45 this morning to join in continued efforts to find the three remaining missing fishermen from the Tit Bonhomme. Helm Kieran Collins with crew Tadhg Collins & Diarmuid Collins are on board the Atlan...
Search continues in Glandore
The Hilda Jarrett was involved again in another search of the Glandore Harbour area yesterday Tuesday 17th January. Launching at 1pm Coxswain Kieran Cotter proceeded to Castlehaven to commence a coastal search stretching east to Duneen Head. Weather co...
ALB returns to Glandore
The all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett has been tasked to go to Glandore to assist in continued search efforts for 5 missing off the Trawler Tit Bon Homme. The lifeboat will launch at 13:00 today.
ALB & ILB crews search
Both lifeboats were out again today to join in the search & recovery operation at Glandore. The all weather lifeboat arrived on scene at 08:20 and initially did a circuit of Adams Island. Then crossing over to Goat Head commenced a search of the E...
Search resumes in Glandore
The search in Glandore resumes this morning at 8am. Lifeboats from Baltimore wiill join other vessels under the direction of the LE Niamh which assumed on scene command at 15:30 yesterday when she arrived in the harbour.
ALB & ILB crews stood down
As darkness approaches the all-weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett and inshore lifeboat Bessie have been stood down from the search. The lifeboats are returning to base in Baltimore Harbour. Onboard the Hilda Jarrett were Coxswain Kieran Cotter, Jerry Smith...
Refuel & crew change for ILB
The crew of the inshore lifeboat RIB Bessie have been searching for casualties since early this morning in Glandore Harbour. Helm John Kearney & crew Tadhg Collins & Jim Baker are now being relieved by an alternate crew. The RIB has been refuelled and ...
Search Continues
15/01/2012 Coxswain Kieran Cotter aboard ALB Hilda Jarrett, confirmed that the search is continuing for casualties after a Union Hall based fishing vessel sank on the west side of Adams Island earlier today. The area is strewn with debris and diesel...
Search & Rescue operation underway near Glandore Harbour
15/01/2012 The all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett was launched at 6:20 following an alert from Valentia Coastguard that reports had been received of a fishing vessel sinking near Union Hall in West Cork. The lifeboat is conducting a search and rescu...
Early morning call
At 06:11 on Sunday morning the pagers issued an alert to launch ALB Hilda Jarrett. More news to follow as it becomes available.
Cape Clear Medical Evacuation
Date: 07/12/2011 An alarm was raised today at 12:28 pm when a child required medical evacuation from Cape Clear Island. The all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett was launched immediately and brought the child to Baltimore pier.
Baltimore RNLI in major rescue operation off the Cork coast after Fastnet yacht capsizes
Date: 15/08/2011 Baltimore RNLI lifeboat crew were involved in a major rescue operation this evening (Monday 15 August 2011) when a 100 ft yacht capsized during the famous Fastnet race with a crew of 21 onboard. Five of the crew were missing whe...
Baltimore Lifeboats rapid response saves lives at sea
Date: 22/06/2011 A Mayday alert prompted the immediate launch of both RNLI lifeboats based in Baltimore to avert a life threatening situation at sea when a 21 ft potting boat with two persons on board was disabled and drifting down on a lee shore in...
RNLI West Cork Lifeboats rescue yacht disabled in Gale force conditions
Date: 12/06/2011 A yacht in distress 28 miles South West of Baltimore called for assistance in the early hours of this morning. The 36ft yacht had left the Azores 11 days previously heading for Kinsale with two Danish men on board in their mid- ...
RNLI Baltimore Lifeboat rapid intervenion saves life at sea
Date: 29/04/2011 The rapid response capability of the RNLI Baltimore inshore lifeboat assuredly averted a catastrophe at sea today, when a young fishermen fell overboard 11 miles South of Baltimore Harbour. Valentia Coastguard alerted the Baltim...
RNLI Baltimore all weather lifeboat assists fire fighting efforts on Cape Clear Island
Date: 18/03/2011 On Friday 18th March, a fire burning on Cape Clear Island prompted a call to the local Skibbereen based fire service. Two fire crews made their way to the pier on Baltimore Harbour to board the all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett...
RNLI Baltimore all weather lifeboat assists disabled offshore fishing vessel
Date: 31/01/2011 At 11:32 this morning the Coast Guard alerted Baltimore Lifeboat station to an urgent call for assistance. A 20 metre fishing vessel with four crew on board had been disabled when she ran over her own nets and had become propped...
Baltimore lifeboat search & rescue operation aborted
Date: 29/12/2010 Concern about an overdue small boat with two persons on board led to a call for Baltimore lifeboat to carry out a search and rescue operation in Dunmanus Bay, West Cork. Two men in a small dinghy had earlier put to sea in poo...
RNLI Baltimore in moonlit midnight tow
Date: 21/10/2010 Baltimore RNLI All Weather lifeboat was requested to go to the assistance of a 35' wooden yacht, which was disabled approx 4nm SE of Mizen Head with three people on board. The alarm was raised at 12.21am and the lifeboat lau...
RNLI Baltimore Inshore Lifeboat tows race yacht to safety
Date: 11/09/2010 A yacht suffering equipment damage and in danger of being dismasted prompted a call for assistance to the RNLI at 13:16 on Saturday afternoon. The Schull based 1720 sportsboat had been participating in the Irish 1720 National Ch...
Baltimore RNLI assist as sailor winched to safety
Date: 28/08/2010 Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat crews went to the assistance of a yacht which reported a man overboard 1 mile to the east of Baltimore Beacon. Baltimore all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett under the command of coxswain Kieran Cotter and ...
RNLI Baltimore Lifeboat Assists Yacht Adrift
Date: 26/07/2010 The Baltimore RNLI inshore lifeboat Bessie, was launched this evening (Monday 26 July) to assist a yacht that was adrift west of the Kedge Island near Baltimore, West Cork. The 26ft yacht with two people on board had been making ...
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat evacuates medical casualty
Date: 24/07/2010 The Baltimore RNLI all-weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett was called to medically evacuate a 12 year old girl from Cape Clear this evening. The all-weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett was launched within minutes of the alarm being raised at...
Baltimore RNLI lIfeboat called into service twice in one night to assist vessels in distress
Date: 18/07/2010 Baltimore RNLI Inshore lIfeboat was called into service twice tonight (Sunday 18 July 2010) to assist vessels in distress in poor weather conditions. A yacht draggi...
Missing man found safe and well following search involving Baltimore RNLI
Date: 21/06/2010 The RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Bessie was called to assist in a search for a man who failed to make a pre-arranged meeting with a friend in Baltimore yesterday (Sunday 20 June). The man had been camping on the Islands of Roaring Wate...
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboats give assistance on the double.
Date: 20/06/2010 Both the all-weather lifeboat and inshore RNLI lifeboats based in Baltimore Harbour were called to give assistance on Saturday evening 19th June. The inshore lifeboat Bessie was called at 18:45 to standby a 58ft motor yacht t...
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat assist kayaker in distress
Date: 30/05/2010 The inshore RNLI lifeboat based at Baltimore was called to give assistance to a kayaker this afternoon (Sunday 30 May 2010). The alarm was a raised at 14:26 when a kayaker in distress was reported from Horse Island near Castletow...
Baltimore RNLI Inshore Lifeboat tows yacht off rock in Roaring Water Bay
Date: 08/09/2010 A 45ft wooden charter schooner went aground late this afternoon (Thursday 8 April) in Roaring Water Bay, West Cork. There were three men, three women and a child on board at the time. The tide was falling so assistance was imm...
RNLI Lifeboats in search for youth swept out to sea.
Saturday, 21 March 2010 The search resumed this morning at 08:00 for a young Scots man who had been swept out to sea 24hours previously. The young man who was on a weekend visit to Baltimore had been walking along the seashore under the...
RNLI Lifeboats in search for youth swept out to sea.
Saturday, 20 March 2010 The all-weather and inshore lifeboats based at Baltimore have been searching since early morning for a youth swept out to sea. The young man who was on a weekend visit to Baltimore had been walking along the seashore under th...
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat Crew in search for fisherman lost overboard
Date: 13/02/2010 Two RNLI lifeboats based at Baltimore, West Cork, were called on to assist in a search for a fisherman lost overboard at sea in the early hours of this morning. Valentia Coast Guard alerted the Baltimore Lifeboat station at 01...
RNLI Inshore lifeboat Bessie averts tragedy at sea
Date: 05/01/2010 Two men were rescued this morning by the Baltimore RNLI inshore lifeboat in extreme weather conditions. The two men were fishing in a 7ft rubber dinghy powered by a 4 hp petrol engine in Baltimore harbour. When the...
RNLI Baltimore lifeboat assists an entrant in the Fastnet Yacht race
Date: 12/08/2009 The RNLI Baltimore all weather lifeboat was tasked to assist Valencia Coastguard when an entrant in the Fastnet Yacht race suffered a radio malfunction which caused continuous transmissions on Channel 16. In marine VHF, Channel 16 i...
False Alarm Flare Alert for Baltimore RNLI
Date: 09/08/2009 The RNLI Baltimore inshore lifeboat, Bessie, was called to the assistance of two kayakers at Caseys Cove, Church Strand in Baltimore, West Cork today. One of the two was reported in the water when the alert was raised at 17:48. ...
Bessie assists yacht on passage from Cork to Baltimore
Date: Friday, 07 August 2009 The RNLI Baltimore inshore lifeboat, Bessie, was called today to assist a 30ft yacht taking water. The yacht had been making passage from Cork to Baltimore when the alarm was raised. The lone yachtsman taking a precautiona...
Bessie rescues triathlete from drowning
Date: 12/07/2009 Last Sunday’s West Cork Triathlon, which began in Baltimore, probably had the most extensive safety coverage of any such event in the country. Organisers paid tribute to the support of all the safety volunteers including, RNLI, five...
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat tows yacht to safety
Friday, 03 July 2009 The Baltimore inshore lifeboat Bessie, towed a 30ft yacht to safety from Long Island in Roaring Water Bay, West Cork, today. A mayday alert had been issued by Bantry radio when the vessel with one crew on board got into difficulti...
Baltimore RNLI rescue father and son during French race
Date: 17/06/2009 A French father and son who were taking part in a race to the Fastnet were rescued in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday 17 June 2009) seven miles south of Baltimore Harbour. The pair got into difficulty when a large wav...
Baltimore Lifeboat Supercrew
01 June 2009 RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Bessie was called into action this busy bank holiday Monday to a motorsailing boat aground with 5 on board. The Cornish Shrimper had been making her way from Cunnamore to the Skeams Islands in Roaringwater Bay, We...
Resourceful lifeboat crew rescues family from mudbank.
23 May 2009 RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Bessie’ carried out a dramatic rescue on the mudbanks of the river Ilen, Skibbereen. A 20ft family motorboat stranded in the mud on a falling tide presented an unusual challenge for the rescue services, The mudbank...
Baltimore RNLI lifeboats launched to nine people missing off Schull
Date: 5/12/2008 In the early hours of Friday 5th December 2008 the volunteer crewmembers of Baltimore RNLI all weather and inshore lifeboats were called out to reports of nine people missing off Schull in County Cork. The missing group believed to be ...
Baltimore Inshore Lifeboat in False Alarm Flare Alert
Date: 22/11/2008 The RNLI inshore lifeboat, Bessie, was requested by Valencia Coastguard to go to conduct a search when two unrelated sightings of flares near Turk Head were reported. The inshore lifeboat, an Atlantic 75, was launched shortly a...
Medical Evacuation from Cape Clear Island
Date: 14/09/2008 The RNLI inshore lifeboat, Bessie, was requested by Valencia Coastguard to go to the assistance of man who was in urgent need of medical attention when had two of his fingers severed in a boating accident. The man was on Cape Cle...
ALB and ILB launched to assist yacht broken away from moorings in Crookhaven
Date: 03/09/2008 The RNLI all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett and inshore lifeboat Bessie were requested by Valencia Coastguard at 15:37 to go to the assistance of a yacht that had broken from her moorings in Crookhaven Harbour, West Cork. With we...
Baltimore Lifeboats launched for third time in a week.
Date: 03/09/2008 The RNLI all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett and inshore lifeboat Bessie were requested by Valencia Coastguard at 15:37 to go to the assistance of a yacht that had broken from her moorings in Crookhaven Harbour, West Cork. With we...
Yacht adrift South of Kedge Island
Date: 02/09/2008 The RNLI all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett was tasked by Valencia Coastguard at 13:34 to go to the assistance of a yacht adrift in difficult weather conditions. The 35ft yacht with one person aboard had suffered engine failure ...
Baltimore Lifeboat in search and rescue for vessel lost in fog
Date: 29/08/2008 The RNLI all weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett was tasked by Valencia Coastguard at 20:45 to go to the assistance of a vessel lost in fog. The small angling boat with one person on board had become lost in dense fog near Heir Island, in ...
Cape Clear Medical Evacuation
Date: 27/02/2008 The RNLI lifeboat based in Baltimore proved its worth to the Island communities of Roaring Water Bay yet again in the early hours of this morning. When the Nurse on Cape Clear Island called for urgent assistance in the medical ca...
False Alarm Flares
Date: 03/02/2008 The RNLI Baltimore Lifeboat launched at 0130 during the height of Sunday morning’s storm. Flares were reported off Castletownsend and it was feared a vessel may have been in distress. The Irish Coast Guard coordinated a search inv...
Fishing vessel in distress
Date: 02/01/2008 Baltimore Lifeboat was called into action early this New Year to assist a fishing vessel in distress West of Cape Clear Island. The Tyne class Hilda Jarrett was tasked at 1203 on January 2nd and launched minutes later when a 24ft in...