By Sophie Lewis
A dramatic rescue mission was launched this morning after a man found himself stuck in mud near Frater Lake, Portsmouth Harbour. The Gosport Lifeboat Service was alerted to the situation, where the man was stranded in his small tender after the engine failed.
Due to the man’s location, reaching him safely from the shore was impossible. The UK Coastguard enlisted additional assistance from Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service, South Central Ambulance Service’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), and Coastguard Rescue Teams (CRTs) from Hill Head, Portsmouth, and Lymington. Using Gosport Lifeboat and Gosport ILB, mud rescue crews from the CRTs and Fire Service were transported to the scene where a coordinated joint services rescue was executed.
The man was safely transferred between the boats and brought back to shore at Gosport Marina, where further care was provided by the emergency crews on hand.
