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| Endurance tug crewman missing off Eastbourne | Endurance tug crewman missing off Eastbourne |
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| A tug crewman lost overboard in gale force winds and violent seas in the English Channel is still missing after a nine-hour search by lifeboats. | A tug crewman lost overboard in gale force winds and violent seas in the English Channel is still missing after a nine-hour search by lifeboats. |
| The RNLI said Eastbourne all-weather lifeboat was launched at 00:39 GMT after the man fell from the Endurance. | The RNLI said Eastbourne all-weather lifeboat was launched at 00:39 GMT after the man fell from the Endurance. |
| A lifeboat from Newhaven later joined the search, along with a coastguard helicopter, but it was abandoned at 09:10 GMT after nothing was found. | A lifeboat from Newhaven later joined the search, along with a coastguard helicopter, but it was abandoned at 09:10 GMT after nothing was found. |
| Endurance was sailing from Dover to Brighton towing a 60ft motor cruiser. | Endurance was sailing from Dover to Brighton towing a 60ft motor cruiser. |
| The crewman, one of two on board, was trying to re-establish the tow after it was lost when he fell overboard five miles south of Sovereign Harbour on the East Sussex coast. | The crewman, one of two on board, was trying to re-establish the tow after it was lost when he fell overboard five miles south of Sovereign Harbour on the East Sussex coast. |
| Rescue services were alerted when his colleague sent out a mayday distress call. | Rescue services were alerted when his colleague sent out a mayday distress call. |
| The two lifeboats were joined after first light by mobile units from HM Coastguard. | |
| Coastguard spokesman Graham Easton said rescue teams were now searching the beaches between Birling Gap and Eastbourne for signs of anyone coming ashore. | |
| "We are looking for a person in the water so from that point of view time is of the essence," he said. | |
| "We are continuing the search at this time." | |
| The cabin cruiser, which had drifted five miles from the scene, was towed into Sovereign Harbour by the Newhaven lifeboat. | The cabin cruiser, which had drifted five miles from the scene, was towed into Sovereign Harbour by the Newhaven lifeboat. |