On Tuesday the 1st of September 2009 at 7:40pm both St David’s RNLI all-weather lifeboat (ALB) under the command of coxswain David John and the inshore lifeboat (ILB) under the command of helmsman Mike Rogers, launched on service following reports of a person in difficulties in the sea near the Blue Lagoon, Abereiddi.
While the lifeboats were making best speed to the incident,the local coastguard team from St David’s who had arrived on scene very quickly soon established that there were three persons involved, but they had managed to scale the cliff face to safety.
At this point both lifeboats were stood down and returned to station rehousing at 8:25pm. The incident was treated as a false alarm with good intent.
Crew ALB: David John, Michael Phillips, Jestyn Martin, Robin Copley, William Chant & Dave Ward.
Crew ILB: Mike Rogers, Simon Thornton & Neil Thomas.
