Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn launched at 12.29pm on 15 July to a 27’ motor cruiser in difficulty 2.2 miles south of the lifeboat station. The vessel had become entangled with a pot buoy and couldn’t move. 48 visiting schoolchildren from Exminster Primary...

On 12 July, over one hundred supporters joined volunteers at Exmouth lifeboat station to celebrate those who save lives, work and live by the sea. Exmouth RNLI Chaplain, Reverend James Hutchings led the service. At least 100 people attended the 40 minute service,...

At 11.20am on 7 July, inshore D class lifeboat George Bearman and all-weather Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn were tasked to assist a local fishing trawler taking on water in Exmouth estuary. The inshore lifeboat launched first at 11.20am and was on scene...

Inshore D class lifeboat George Bearman launched at 10.35pm on 1 July following a call to the Coastguard concerning a fishing boat being swept out to sea in the dark, 1.5 miles from the mouth of the river Exe.  The 999 call was made by a concerned member of the...

Both the Exmouth RNLI Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn and D class lifeboat George Bearman were called out to rescue casualties on two separate occasions in the river Exe on 25 June. At 1.30am, inshore lifeboat George Bearman launched to a report of a man stuck...

Both Exmouth lifeboats launched on the afternoon of 22 May to reports of a woman who had fallen overboard from a 21 foot leisure fishing motor boat, two miles south east of the lifeboat station. Exmouth inshore lifeboat George Bearman launched at 4.20pm in calm...

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Young men who had been plucked from the water by crew volunteers after their power boat started sinking, attended the naming ceremony of the lifeboat that helped rescue them, on 9 May at Exmouth lifeboat station. Crew volunteers had been paged to a report of three...

Exactly one year after the state-of-the-art Shannon class lifeboat arrived at Exmouth lifeboat station, R and J Welburn was officially named by the charity’s Chairman on Saturday 9 May. After the early morning rain had stopped and the Exmouth Shanty Men had...

During the first few months of the year, we have been alarmed to discover that in a large proportion of shouts we were called to, casualties had neglected lifejackets to take to the water. Exmouth RNLI's Coastal Safety Officer, Peter Williams comments: 'We take seat...

Both Exmouth lifeboats launched at 3pm yesterday, Sunday 12 April to reports of a broken down motorboat half a mile off Budleigh Salterton. Once on scene, crew volunteers found four casualties in the water. In south-westerly force 3 to 4 conditions, the Exmouth...

Exmouth’s volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew launched yesterday evening (7 April) to rescue two people who had become stuck in the mud in an area on the Exe Estuary known locally as the Duck Pond. The inshore, D Class lifeboat George Bearman was launched at around 6.30pm...

Exmouth’s volunteer RNLI crew launched yesterday evening (6 April) to reports of a person in the water by Exmouth Marina. Both the inshore and all weather lifeboats were launched at around 7.20pm. The inshore, D Class lifeboat George Bearman was first on scene and...

Seven year old Katie Burke has designed a flavour of Italian ice cream (gelato) to be made and sold at Antonio’s in the Strand, Exmouth to raise money to save lives at sea. Katie was announced the winner on 23 March at the café with all five finalists. This is the...