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Exmouth RNLI volunteers attended reports of a man stranded on a sandbank on the River Exe last night. Following multiple 999 calls, at 8.44pm on Monday 9th May 2022 the crew of Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II…Read more

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has today released its rescue figures for 2021, which show a total of 408 lives saved by the charity’s lifeboat crews and lifeguards last year – more than one life saved every single day,…Read more

Exmouth RNLI volunteers attended two reports of vessels in distress over the Easter weekend. At 1.30pm on Saturday 16th April 2022, the crew of Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II were on exercise off Exmouth when they diverted…Read more

At 12.08pm today Monday 04th April 2022, the crew of Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to attend to a report of a rigid inflatable boat that was drifting out to sea about…Read more

Exmouth RNLI volunteers were tasked to a report of a fallen walker off the east Devon coast earlier this evening. At 6.25pm today Friday 18th March 2022, the crew of Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II were tasked…Read more

A well respected and long serving Exmouth RNLI crew volunteer took on a exciting tasking recently when he got married last weekend. Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Helm, Henry Mock, tied a different knot when he got married to Romy Langley…Read more

Throughout the year, the Ministry of Defence operate a live firing range from Straight Point, at the coast just east of Exmouth. Public safety in the vicinity of the danger area out to sea is a priority and is managed…Read more

By 2020 the significant sand movement at the bottom of Exmouth lifeboat station’s ramp meant the Shannon class all-weather lifeboat and the inshore D Class lifeboat could no longer be safely launched and recovered directly from the station. There has…Read more

At 2.11pm today Friday 4th March 2022, the volunteer crew of Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to conduct a search in the area off Orcombe Point, Exmouth following a report of an…Read more