RNLI South east and london news
South east and london news
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Rye Harbour RNLI lifeboat 'Hello Herbie' launches to the broken down cabin cruiser 'Smuggler'
Rye Harbour RNLI lifeboat B-842 Hello Herbie launched on service on Saturday 4 September at 5.45pm to the broken down cabin cruiser Smuggler three miles west of Dungeness point...
Eastbourne RNLI lifeboat tows cruiser to safety
Eastbourne RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was launched this afternoon (Sunday 5 September) in response to a request from Dover Coastguard to assist a disabled motor cruiser.
The 28ft vessel, with two people on board, had reported a fuel supply problem and was unable to make way...
Kite boarder reported in difficulties
Selsey RNLI inshore lifeboat (ILB) Betty and Thomas Moore launched at 8:03pm on Thursday 2 September to investigate a report from a member of the public that a kite boarder was in difficulty approximately 400 yards offshore from Pagham Yacht Club.
The ILB arrived on scene at 8:12pm and carried out a search of the reported position and surrounding area but found nothing...
Children in the water in difficulty
Selsey RNLL inshore lifeboat (ILB) Betty and Thomas Moore was paged at 2:03pm after reports were received from members of the public that three children and an adult were in difficulties just offshore from Shore Road, East Wittering.
It transpired that one child had fallen off of an inflatable toy and the other two children went to help, followed by their mother...
Double launch for Eastbourne Lifeboats
Both Eastbourne RNLI’s lifeboats were called into service within an hour of each other following a busy weekend at their successful annual regatta.
Eastbourne all-weather lifeboat was launched at 5...
Selsey RNLI searches for dog
Selsey RNLI inshore lifeboat (ILB) Betty and Thomas Moore was launched at 4.43pm on Monday 30 August after members of the public reported a dog being swept out to sea on the tide...
Eastbourne lifeboats save sinking yacht in dramatic rescue
Both Eastbourne RNLI’s lifeboats were called into service during their annual open day to rescue a sinking yacht with two people aboard four miles offshore from Sovereign Harbour.
The Eastbourne RNLI regatta was well under way on its final day (Monday 30 August) when an emergency call was received...
24 hours at sea for the Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat in the second half of August
The Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat, Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer) spent a total of 24 hours at sea attending to no less than six rescues during one of the busiest Augusts on record.
The tasks included: Restarting a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) which had broken down off Hurst Castle...
RNLI top brass commends Yarmouth RNLI volunteer lifesavers
A pair of lifeboat crew members from Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat station have been officially commended for saving the lives of two people who were found clinging to the rigging of a sinking yacht.
The volunteers from the lifeboat station in Quay Street - Alex Leonard and Paul Coates-Evans - have been commended for their dedication and professionalism in rescuing the pair in April this year, after their yacht started to sink in choppy seas...
Gravesend RNLI lifeboat responds to emergency call to two dinghies stuck in mud
Gravesend RNLI lifeboat were requested to launch by London Coastguard on Saturday evening to five people in two small boats which had been blown ashore in a squall.
Once on scene the Gravesend Sailing Club rescue boat was found aground on a mud bank at the entrance of the canal basin in Gravesend...
Selsey RNLI helps windsurfer
Selsey RNLI inshore lifeboat (ILB) Betty and Thomas Moore was launched at 6.38pm after members of the public reported seeing a windsurfer in the water for a long time approximately half a mile offshore to the west of Shore Road, East Wittering...
Early morning Bank Holiday swim for Lymington RNLI lifeboat crew member
Volunteer crew memebrs at Lymington RNLI lifeboat station were paged at 5:21am on Bank Holiday Monday to assist people onboard a yacht with a rope wrapped around its keel.
With dawn some way off Lymington's RNLI LIfeboat was requested to attend an X119 (40ft) yacht with a rope around its keel three quarters of a mile north east of West Lepe Buoy...
Jetski incident prompts Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat launch
Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat was launched on Sunday evening after reports that a young man had fallen off a jet ski in the nearby harbour.
The station's Atlantic 75 lifeboat, CSMA Frizzell, was launched just after 8pm on Sunday (August 29) after the Coastguard received three seperate 999 calls reporting that a man had been thrown from a jet ski in the entrance to Lansgtone Harbour...
Lymington RNLI lifeboat called out to broken down powerboat
Lymington RNLI lifeboat was launched at 6pm on Sunday (August 29) to go the assistance of an 18ft powerboat with two local men aboard that had broken down in the Needles Channel.
The crew were wearing lifejackets but had no VHF or charts aboard, which emant they had been unable to establish their position, leading to an ever-increasing search towards the Needles...
Rye Harbour offers help to capsized catamaran
Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat Hello Herbie launched at 1.46pm today (29 August) to a capsized catamaran, south of Rye Harbour entrance...
Littlehampton RNLI lifeboat launched to assist sinking ship
Littlehampton’s Atlantic 75 lifeboat, Blue Peter 1, was called out on Saturday afternoon at 5:30pm to assist a boat sinking on its mooring by Nelson’s steps.
The 35ft charter fishing boat began taking in water and, after an initial inspection, the leak was thought to be below the water line...
Temporary home for Margate's RNLI lifeboat crew
Temporary home for Margate’s RNLI lifeboat crew
As progress is made with the construction of the Turner Contemporary art gallery in Margate the town’s lifeboats are about to move to a temporary new home as work to lay the block paving around the building gets under way.
During construction of Turner Contemporary it has been a requirement that the operational readiness of the town’s two lifeboats remain unaffected by the work, the lifeboat station is situated within the perimeter of the construction site...
Selsey RNLI assist 32 foot catamaran after it is run aground
Selsey RNLI inshore lifeboat (ILB) MoorBetty and Thomas Moore was launched at 5:52pm to assist the 32 foot catamaran which was being driven ashore through heavy breaking surf. The catamaran had suffered engine failure when approaching the Looe Channel and the 2-man crew were unable to sail the yacht between the Hound Gate and Street’s reefs south of Selsey Bill...
Chiswick RNLI lifeboat saves drifting boat from bridge collision
At 12:32 on Saturday 21st August London Coastguard requested Chiswick RNLI lifeboat to assist a vessel in trouble.
The report was for a narrow boat, which had lost power and was drifting downstream with the tide...
Rye Harbour lifeboat station Hog Roast
Rye Harbour RNLI lifeboat station is holding a Hog Roast as its 2010 summer fundraising event on Saturday 11 September at Rye Community Primary School.
Richard Tollett, RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager for Rye Harbour RNLI lifeboat station, said: ‘This is the first time that we have hosted a Hog Roast...
