Tenby’s lifeboat crew and members of the Tenby Coastguard Rescue team were tasked to assist with a report of a person fallen on cliffs near St Govans chapel on Thursday night.

Tenby’s all-weather lifeboat the Haydn Miller was launched at around 7 pm on (September 10), following a call to the Coastguard from climbers reporting one of their party had fallen several metres, suffering injuries at St Govans.

The volunteer crew made best speed to the scene, 11 miles west of Tenby, along with Tenby and St Govans Coastguard Rescue Teams and Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 187.

As the lifeboat arrived on scene, the helicopter paramedic was already attending to the faller, so the lifeboat crew launched the Y-boat with several crew members aboard to go into the rocks to offer assistance.

Once the casualty had been winched into the helicopter, the Y-boat took the two remaining members of the climbing party back to the all-weather lifeboat, before dropping them at an accessible bay, where they were met by Coastguards.

The casualty was flown to Cardiff hospital for further assessment.