THE new St Ives lifeboat has been on its first rescue mission.

Both St Ives RNLI craft were launched on Thursday to help a person stuck on the rocks between Godrevy and Portreath.

Just hours after returning to St Ives, and half way through being refuelled, the brand new Shannon class Nora Stachura, along with the inshore Colin Bramley Parker, were tasked by Falmouth Coastguard to search for and recover a walker who had become stuck on a ledge in the Bassets Cove area.

The man was recovered by the Coastguard Cliff Rescue Team while both lifeboats boats stood by in case of difficulties.

Nora Stachura had just returned from the boatyard in Dorset after a series of minor repairs.

For its first launch, Nora Stachura was helmed by the new St Ives lifeboat coxswain Robert Cocking with Robin Langford as mechanic.