top of page

Advertise Here.

Read Full Story Here...
Banner (1).jpg

Southport Lifeboat was called out to a mysterious object floating in the water off Formby Point


ree

Southport Lifeboat was called out yesterday 27th August at 12:13pm after RNLI Lifeguards reported a mysterious object floating in the water off Formby Point.


The crew launched and, with guidance from lifeguards on the shore, located the object near the River Mersey above Taylor’s Bank.


After investigation, the “mystery object” was identified as an unmanned autonomous survey vessel belonging to XOCEAN – a company that uses these high-tech boats to carry out important offshore surveys.

ree

These vessels are fully robotic and can collect data for industries such as offshore wind farms, mapping the seabed, and environmental monitoring. They are designed to work without a crew onboard, which can sometimes lead to reports of “unknown objects” when spotted at sea.


With the situation assessed and no further action required, the lifeboat was stood down and returned safely to station.


👏 A big thank you as always to our local Lifeboat crew and RNLI Lifeguards for keeping a watchful eye on our coastline.

Comments


large-squar-master.jpg
Square Advert.png
Square.jpg
square with Hot Tub.jpg
Square Advert 1.jpg
Logo.png
Large Square Advert.jpg
Square Advert.png
Square.jpg
large-squar-master.jpg

Submit Your News to Formby Bubble

Contact us with your Community News, Business or Sports News. 

Phone our Newsdesk on: 01704 86 30 30 

Email info@formbybubble.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/formbybubble

Twitter  www.twitter.com/formbybubble

Instagram: www.instagram.com/formbybubblenews

 

Please submit your news story to info@formbybubble.com, the biggest news outlet for Formby with over 40,000 individual hits on our website every month and over 500,000 page views!

  • Instagram
  • Facebook App Icon
  • Twitter App Icon
Featured Stories
Banner (1).jpg
Banner Advert.png
Banner.jpg
Born To Order.jpg

Formby Bubble Newsdesk:

01704 86 30 30

CONNECT​ WITH US:​​

  • Instagram
  • Facebook App Icon
  • Twitter App Icon

ADDRESS:

DROP US A LINE:​​

Elm Lodge,

14 Elbow Lane

Formby

L37 4AF

Your details were sent successfully!

Tel: 01704 86 30 30 

If you would like to ADVERTISE ON OUR WEBSITE or our SOCIAL MEDIA pages, please CLICK HERE for more information

Donations To the Bubble:

If you would like to make a donation to help towards the smooth running of the Formby Bubble, please just click the Donate button below to make a donation of your choice. Thankyou.

Sponsor for Formby Bubble:

Formby Bubble is an informative community site which takes a lot of time and effort to run. We are looking for a sponsor. If you are interested please email us at info@formbybubble.com

The sponsor would receive a lot of publicity on our social media sites and on our website.

Square Advert.png

© 2014 - 2025 Copyright and Intellectual Property Owned by Formby Bubble.

All rights reserved - Terms and Conditions


 

bottom of page