Two dogs rescued by RNLI coastguards off East Yorkshire's Selwicks Bay

The rescue took more than 5 hours with a helicopter winching the second dog to safety

Selwicks Bay
Author: Ella BicknellPublished 23rd Dec 2023
Last updated 23rd Dec 2023

Two dogs have been off the coast of Flamborough in a five hour operation by volunteer coastguards from the RNLI.

Flamborough RNLI launched a lifeboat at the request of HM Coastguard following reports of two dogs in the water at Selwicks Bay, shortly after midday on the 22nd December.

Their owner was on the chalk cliffs at Pigeon Hole.

Crews were on the scene in less than twenty minutes but due to poor weather conditions, the dogs were no visible.

Crews located the dogs by 12:45pm in Pigeon Hole.

The lifeboat was taken into sheltered water awaiting assistance from further personal who were setting up equipment for a technical recovery of the canines.

Due to the length of time caused by bad weather, Flamborough RNLI lifeboat retuned to station for a crew change who re launched at 3:00pm and were back on scene at 3:08pm.

The first dog was recovered shortly afterwards.

The second dog was recovered after a Coastguard helicopter was deployed.

Crews stood down at South Landing at 5pm.

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