7/7/25 – ILB launched to drifting RIB

7/7/25 – ILB launched to drifting RIB

At 19.34pm, the pagers sounded for a second time – this time to reports of an unmanned rib drifting in the mouth of the River Exe estuary, not far from Exmouth Marina.  Exmouth RNLI launched the inshore, D-class lifeboat with three volunteer crew members aboard...
7/7/25 – ILB launched to drifting RIB

7/7/25 – ILB launched to person in the water off Budleigh

At 15.47pm, we were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a swimmer reported to be in difficulty off the beach at Budleigh Salterton.  The Exmouth RNLI’s D-class lifeboat, George Bearman II, was launched immediately and was soon on scene.  Following an assessment of the...
5/7/25 – ALB and ILB launched to assist yacht

5/7/25 – ALB and ILB launched to assist yacht

On 5 July 2025 at 16.31, Exmouth RNLI were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a disabled yacht reported to be off the mouth of the River Exe. The Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat, D-805 George Bearman II, was swiftly launched with the charity’s relief all-weather lifeboat, 13...
7/7/25 – ILB launched to drifting RIB

2/7/25 – ILB launched to paddle boarder

At around 4.05pm, Exmouth RNLI responded to a tasking from H.M. Coastguard to a paddleboarder being blown offshore at the east end of Budleigh Salterton beach. The charity’s D-class inshore lifeboat was quickly launched and soon discovered two paddleboarders in...
22/6/25 – All-Weather Boat launched to assist yacht

22/6/25 – All-Weather Boat launched to assist yacht

On Sunday, 22 June 2025 at around 10.40am, the volunteer crew of Exmouth RNLI launched its all-weather Shannon lifeboat, R and J Welburn, to assist a stricken yacht whose mast had collapsed whilst sailing off Dawlish Warren. The Exmouth RNLI crew of seven were tasked...