Tenby all-weather lifeboat on back-to-back shouts on Saturday

The call to the launch to the dinghy at Broadhaven South, came at 3.20pm. It was not known if there was anyone on the dingy at the time of the reports.

The lifeboat was soon on the water in choppy conditions and headed to the last known location of the dinghy.

Search pattern

With nothing sighted, the Coastguard set up a search pattern for the lifeboat to follow.

Around 40 minutes into the search, information was received from the owner that the inflatable dinghy had been empty. At the same time, a local fishing boat a few miles away had picked up the dinghy.

The lifeboat was stood down and returned to station.

Worms Head

As the lifeboat was on the slipway and being hauled up, the Coastguard again requested it to be launched againi.

This followed reports of someone having fallen off cliffs to the east of Worms Head, Rhossili, some 17 miles to the east of Tenby.

Multiple coastguard rescue teams and Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 187 were also dispatched, along with assets from the Welsh Ambulance service.

Airlift

Tenby RNLI said on Facebook: “With just six miles left to run for the lifeboat and with casualty care-trained crew ready to go ashore and assist, news came through that Rescue Helicopter 187 had arrived at scene and along with ambulance crew, they had stabilised and air lifted the casualty from the cliffs.

"The lifeboat was stood down and returned to station, arriving at 6.45pm.”

The lifeboat had also been in action less than 24 hours earlier, when crew members rescued two teenagers cut off by the tide at Trewent Point, Freshwater East.