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    Julie-Anne Wood

    Meet Julie-Anne Wood, the highest ranked woman in Her Majesty’s Coastguard

    • April 5, 2017

    The new Head of Maritime Operations, Julie-Anne Wood, has made history as the first woman to achieve this rank in the history of Her Majesty’s Coastguard.

    AW189

    Lee-on-Solent starts live operations with new AW189 Search and Rescue helicopters

    • March 31, 2017

    The HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter base in Lee-On-Solent will start flying the new Leonardo AW189 helicopter for SAR operations from 1pm today.

    Irish Coast Guard helicopter

    Three crew missing after incident involving Irish Coast Guard helicopter

    • March 14, 2017

    The Irish Coast Guard have confirmed that there has been an incident involving one of its Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopters off the west coast of Ireland.

    UK Coastguard

    VHF Channel changes coming in the year ahead

    • February 15, 2017

    Boat owners are being informed about VHF channel changes coming in September 2017, by the UK Coastguard.

    The dismasted Clyde Challenger

    Yacht crew rescued following international long-range rescue

    • February 13, 2017

    Thirteen British crew and one US national were rescued after their 60ft yacht, the Clyde Challenger, dismasted due to bad weather, in the Atlantic Ocean.

    UK Coastguard

    VHF Channel changes coming in 2017

    • February 6, 2017

    Some of the VHF channel numbers used to contact UK Coastguard are set to change later this year.

    The Pilot Boarding Vessel Venus alongside the sinking motor vessel, and Cleethorpes RNLI recovering the liferaft. Credit: RNLI Cleethorpes

    Masters fined after fog collision caused by ‘catalogue of failures’

    • February 6, 2017

    The masters of two vessels that collided in the Humber during thick fog in May last year have been fined £3,000 each, plus costs.

    Coastguard helicopter

    New long range single point of contact for UK Coastguard

    • January 31, 2017

    The new numbers will go live on Wednesday 1 February 2017 and are intended as a point of contact for international and long range communications.

    Left: UK Coastguard AW189 helicopter and Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat in action taken by the Coastguard Jetstream 41 aircraft. Right: UK Coastguard AW189 in action with Yarmouth RNLI

    UK Coastguard’s new AW189 and trial Jetstream stage rescue

    • January 27, 2017

    The Coastguard's new AW189 helicopter and trial Jetstream aircraft came through their ‘water baptism’ yesterday after participating in ‘Exercise Top Cover’

    The abandoned yacht Dove II

    Family appeal to find yacht abandoned mid-Atlantic

    • January 16, 2017

    ‘On the 15th day of our crossing our rudder completely disintegrated and we were left with no steering’

    Coastguard rescue

    Seven crew rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate

    • January 16, 2017

    The UK Coastguard co-ordinated an extensive search and rescue effort after a 90m cargo ship sank off the Kent coast, in Force 9 north westerly winds.

    UK Coastguard

    Don’t become a statistic in 2017 – Coastguard warning after series of rescues

    • January 9, 2017

    Following a spate of incidents, UK Coastguard has issued some timely advice for enjoying the UK coast safely without putting yourself in danger.

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    Advice from Coastguard as Storm Barbara set to hit UK

    • December 22, 2016

    Unsettled weather is heading our way in the lead-up to Christmas with Storm Barbara expected to strike the north and west of the UK tomorrow.

    RNLI Dover and Dungeness assist Coastguard in major incident. Credit-rnli-crewman-mark-hamilton

    Cargo ship crew airlifted after stone barge collision

    • November 21, 2016

    A major incident was declared when a cargo ship lost power and steering and began taking on water after colliding with a rock barge off the coast of Dover.

    Coastguard helicopter

    Man airlifted in gale force weather after boat runs aground

    • November 8, 2016

    A boatsman who ran aground in gale-force weather was airlifted to safety by the UK Coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Walpole Bay, Kent yesterday morning.

    A woman with a head injury was airlifted from Stokes Bay on Sunday after she was evacuated from a sailing vessel by Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service

    Woman with head injury airlifted after fall on yacht

    • October 25, 2016

    A woman with a head injury was airlifted from Stokes Bay on Sunday after she was evacuated from a sailing yacht by Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS).

    Standard Horizon HX870E (DSC) VHF radio

    ‘Having a DSC radio on board and knowing how to use it could save your life’

    • October 25, 2016

    'If you use Digital Selective Calling (DSC) radio correctly we will be able to locate you within moments', say UK Coastguard rescuers

    Sennen Cove and Penlee lifeboats launch to reported upturned vessel. Credit: RNLI Penlee/Volunteer crewman Rich 'Nabo' Nicholls

    Upturned vessel sparks search off Land’s End

    • October 20, 2016

    An upturned vessel spotted some six miles west of Land's End sparked a search for possible missing crew.

    UK Coastguard helicopter’s 180-mile mission to save injured seafarer

    UK Coastguard helicopter’s 180-mile mission to save injured seafarer

    • October 18, 2016

    The UK Coastguard has released details about a 'life or death' search and rescue helicopter mission to rescue an unwell crewman from a vessel 180 miles offshor

    Torquay Marina

    Boat skipper prosecuted for dumping rubbish at sea

    • October 11, 2016

    The skipper of a barge has been fined £500 and more than £2,000 in costs, after pleading guilty to dumping rubbish at sea.

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