1/8/25 – ILB launched to dinghy

1/8/25 – ILB launched to dinghy

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...

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30/7/25 – ALB diverted to Pan Pan

30/7/25 – ALB diverted to Pan Pan

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...

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20/7/25 – ILB launched to swimmer

20/7/25 – ILB launched to swimmer

At 14.44 HM Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB, George Bearman II, to reports of a swimmer being taken out to sea by the tide off Coryton Cove. At 14.52 HM Coastguard also requested the launch of our ALB, R and J Welburn, only for her to be stood down just as...

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20/7/25 – ILB launched to vessel adrift in Estuary

20/7/25 – ILB launched to vessel adrift in Estuary

At 03.22 HM Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB, George Bearman II, to reports of a vessel adrift in the estuary. They also raised the status of our ALB, R and J Welburn, to immediate readiness.  Launching into 20-30 knot south-easterly winds and heavy rain,...

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17/7/25 – ILB launched to assist multiple agencies

17/7/25 – ILB launched to assist multiple agencies

At 22.34 HM Coastguard tasked our ILB, George Bearman II, to assist Dawlish Coastguard, Exmouth Coastguard Rescue Team and the South Western Ambulance Service with an incident at Dawlish Warren. The casualty was safely delivered to the ambulance service.  Thanks to...

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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 to the...

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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...

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2/7/25 – ILB launched to paddle boarder

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...

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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...

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