Portaferry RNLI volunteers were called to action late on Monday night, 7 September, following reports of flares being seen from the eastern shores of Strangford Lough.

Portaferry RNLI was launched late on Saturday night (22 August) following concerns that a person may have been cut off by the tide on rocks near Ringbuoy Caravan Park in Cloughey.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew launched their Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat, Blue Peter V, at 7.45pm on Monday evening (17 August) following reports that a yacht had suffered engine failure at the mouth of Strangford Lough.

Portaferry RNLI volunteers launched on Saturday afternoon following a Mayday call from a yacht with two people onboard, which had run aground on Rock Angus at the mouth of Strangford Lough.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer crew were called into action on Friday afternoon after reports were received of a yacht aground in Strangford Lough.

Portaferry RNLI volunteers came to the aid of a lone sailor on Saturday morning (1 August) after an international distress signal was received from a 6m yacht off the coast of Portavogie in the Irish Sea.

Portaferry RNLI volunteers came to the aid of two paddleboarders who became stranded on Salt Island, south of Strangford Lough, after conditions deteriorated.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew responded to two separate emergency call outs on Sunday afternoon

A multi-agency search and rescue operation was launched in the Irish Sea on Thursday evening after a personal watercraft was discovered adrift several miles east of the entrance to Strangford Lough.

Volunteer crew from RNLI’s Portaferry station launched this morning after reports of a swimmer being carried offshore by the tide near Killyleagh on the western shore of Strangford Lough.

Volunteer crew from the RNLI station at Portaferry were tasked to an emergency call after reports of a man overboard near Ringhaddy Sound on the western shore of Strangford Lough.

Volunteers from Portaferry RNLI recently visited Killyleagh to meet members of Belfast Kayak Club, who are taking part in the RNLI Mayday Mile. The initiative encourages participants to cover a mile a day throughout May to raise funds for the lifesaving charity.

Portaferry RNLI were tasked by Belfast Coastguard following a report of a small vessel with one person onboard which had failed to return to Killyleagh.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer Vera Murphy was recently presented with her 30 years of service award in Portaferry RNLI Station by the station's Fundraising President, Mrs. Eveleigh Brownlow.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer crew member Oliver Rogers has recently passed out as helm of the station's inshore lifeboat, Blue Peter V, and has become the third generation of his family to take charge of the Blue Peter lifeboat.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer crew sprang into action following a call for help from a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) with seven people onboard that had suffered engine failure.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer crew were paged at the request of Belfast Coastguard after a Emergency Position Indication Radio Beacon (EPIRB) was activated close to Ardglass.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer crew were tasked to the aid of a 44ft yacht with two persons onboard lost engine power and ran aground hitting rocks close to Ardglass harbour.

Portaferry RNLI volunteer crew pagers sounded at 9.35am this morning (Friday 20 June) when a 999 call was received from two people whose small motorboat had run out of fuel 1 mile from Guns Island just off Ballyhornan, at the entrance to Strangford Lough.