Torbay lifeboat called to sinking dive boat off Torquay
TORBAY'S RNLI lifeboat was launched on Saturday afternoon after a small diving boat started taking in water off Torquay's Meadfoot Beach.
The lifeboat was launched at 2.15pm on its 38th callout of the year so far.
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Chart supplied by RNLI Torbay
The incident happened 300 metres off Meadfoot (see chart above) and involved a rigid inflatable dive boat called MayDay.
Several vessels attended.
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Divers were down at the time and while a yacht called Freedom attended to the RIB - others collected the divers as they surfaced and returned them to vessel Awesome Explorer.
The Freedom then suffered a fouled propellor after snagging a lobster pot and had to be towed into Torquay harbour.
The Torbay Council patrol boat Oscar IV also took part in the rescue.
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