7/8/25 – ILB stops exercise to aid Windsurfer

7/8/25 – ILB stops exercise to aid Windsurfer

by | Aug 9, 2025 | Shouts

At 13.48 HM Coastguard requested our D Class lifeboat, George Bearman II, to assist a windsurfer. The inshore lifeboat and its volunteer crew of four were on exercise at the time on the River Exe.The exercise was halted and the crew proceeded to the reported casualty...
7/8/25 – ILB stops exercise to aid Windsurfer

5/8/25 – ILB launched to assist Lifeguards

by | Aug 6, 2025 | Shouts

At 11.44 HM Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB, George Bearman II, to assist in a search being conducted by lifeguards off Sandy Bay and Exmouth beaches for a missing 10 year old boy in the vicinity of Orcombe Point. Fortunately, by the time the lifeboat had...
7/8/25 – ILB stops exercise to aid Windsurfer

1/8/25 – ILB launched to dinghy

by | Aug 1, 2025 | Shouts

At 13.13 HM Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB, George Bearman II, in response to a request for support from the RNLI Lifeguard team at Budleigh Salterton. A dinghy was reported to have capsized 800 metres south east of the Budleigh lifeguard hut. Our crew...
30/7/25 – ALB diverted to Pan Pan

30/7/25 – ALB diverted to Pan Pan

by | Jul 31, 2025 | Shouts

A routine training exercise between Teignmouth and Exmouth RNLI lifeboat crews turned into a real time rescue on Wednesday 30 July, when a local fishing vessel suffered engine failure off Long Quarry Point. Teignmouth RNLI’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat was taking part in a...