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Wells-Next-The-Sea: 0415 Launch the 37' Oakley Reserve Lifeboat Calouste Gulbenkian on Temporary Duty at Wells Was Called Out In the Morning of July 10 After a 9

Wells-next-the-Sea: 0415 launch. The 37' Oakley reserve lifeboat, Calouste Gulbenkian, on temporary duty at Wells, was called out in the morning of July 10 after a 999 report of a missing swimmer. Together with Wells ILB and a helicopter, she searched for an hour and a half in fresh to strong winds and a moderate sea. No one was found or subsequently reported missing.

photograph by courtesy of Campbell MacCullum.

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