Three swimmers plucked from ferocious Wirral waters in dramatic RNLI rescue

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Fraserburgh RNLI Night Exercise with Viper1 Helicopter Fraserburgh Lifeboat had a night training exercise with Viper1 Helicopter on Thursday evening and in the fading light and approaching darkness they went through their paces in sight of Kinnaird Head on Thursday 18th September 2025. RNLI Volunteers Billy McIntyre and Chay Cumming were winched aboard the helicopter from the lifeboat, and Chay and Stephen Brown and Adam Duthie got some fantastic footage from the lifeboat. | RNLI Fraserburgh Lif

Torbay RNLI and Royal Navy conduct joint sea exercise... Last Friday 10th October, Torbay RNLI's volunteers practised a sea to air casualty transfer with a Royal Navy Merlin helicopter team from RNAS Yeovilton. An RNLI crew member captured this tricky manoeuvre on film, highlighting the intricacies and dangers involved as two skilled teams coordinate their powerful machines at speed to drop a winchman, followed by stretcher, from one to the other before returning back. The whole exercise lasted