24/8/25 – ALB launched to assist RIB with engine failure

24/8/25 – ALB launched to assist RIB with engine failure

At 11:10am on Sunday, 24 August 2025, Exmouth RNLI was tasked to assist a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) experiencing engine trouble near Sandy Bay. The Exmouth RNLI all-weather Shannon lifeboat, 13-03 R and J Welburn, was launched promptly to the 5-metre vessel drifting...
24/8/25 – ALB launched to assist RIB with engine failure

15/8/25 – ALB launched to assist drifting speedboat

At 15.04, while returning from an excercise, the volunteer crew of Exmouth RNLI were tasked by H.M. Coastguard following multiple 999 calls from the public with concerns for a vessel drifting off the coast. The crew aboard the speedboat had been seen waving to attract...
24/8/25 – ALB launched to assist RIB with engine failure

14/8/25 – ALB launched to assist fishing vessel

At 11.01 HM Coastguard requested the launch of our All Weather Boat, R and J Welburn, to assist a fishing vessel of Sidmouth with a log jamming the propeller. Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat also attended and, after assessing the situation, managed to extract the log....
16/8/25 – ILB launched to assist police

11/8/25 – ILB launches to paddle boarder

At 20.31 HM Coastguard requested our D Class lifeboat, George Bearman II, to a paddle boarder ‘waving’ for help off Sandy Bay. The crew were soon on scene and quickly located the reported casualty who confirmed that they were not in difficulty.  Satisfied...