Most of us will never experience what it means to put our lives on the line for strangers at sea.Join RNLI volunteer Dominic Gregory for a gripping account of life aboard the Dungeness lifeboat, at the frontline of one of the UK’s most demanding roles. In Lifeboat at...
Bucket Collection – December 5th
Our volunteers will be at Tesco on Saturday December 5th for a Bucket Collection in aid of Exmouth RNLI Venue: Tesco, Salterton Road, Exmouth Time: 9am until 5pm
7/9/26 – ILB tasked by HM Coastguard at 19:53hrs to assist Devon and Cornwall Police
7/9/26 – ALB tasked by HM Coastguard at 08:44hrs
HM Coastguard tasked our ALB, R and J Welburn, to locate and support a yacht reported overdue at Torquay. The yacht was quickly located and the ALB was stood down and returned to its wet mooring
6/9/26 – ILB tasked by HM Coastguard at 19:11hrs to yacht aground on Pole Sands
29/8/26 – ILB tasked by HM Coastguard at 09:52hrs
At 09.52hrs our ILB was tasked by H.M. Coastguard following a call from NCI Exmouth. Their watchkeepers had been observing a kitesurfer who appeared to be struggling in a heavy swell off the beach at Exmouth. Our ILB was launched, reached the casualty and ensured that...
27/8/26 – ALB tasked by HM Coastguard at 08:50hrs to a vessel taking on water in the river
20/8/26 – Both boats, while on exercise, assisted two vessels
Both boats were on exercise when the ALB was flagged down by a trimaran in difficulties. Our ALB crew assessed the situation and decided that the safest course of action was to tow the boat to a temporary mooring so that the problems could be dealt with. Having...
16/8/26 – ILB tasked by HM Coastguard at 20:59hrs to boat adrift in the river
At 20.59hrs our ILB was launched in response to a request from H.M. Coastguard in response to a report of a boat adrift in the river near Belsher’s slip.
15/8/26 – ALB tasked at 16:27hrs by HM Coastguard to assist in search off Bridport
14/8/26 – ILB tasked by HM Coastguard at 14:26hrs to boat with engine failure
13/8/26 – Both boats tasked by HM Coastguard to assist paddle boarders
At around 21.10hrs, there were reports of two paddleboarders in difficulty at Budleigh Salterton. Exmouth Coastguard team were already on scene when both our ILB and our ALB arrived. Our crew rescued one of the casualties who was stationary and hanging on to a buoy....
12/8/26 – Both boats tasked by HM Coastguard at 19:41hrs
Whilst on exercise in the River Exe on Wednesday,12 August 2026, both our inshore D-Class lifeboat, George Bearman II, and our all weather lifeboat, R & J Welburn, were diverted by H.M. Coastguard to reports of 3 swimmers struggling in the falling tide by the NCI...
11/8/26 – ILB tasked by HM Coastguard at 22:20hrs
Volunteers of Exmouth RNLI heard their the pagers sounding on Tuesday 11 August at 22:20hrs to reports from H.M. Coastguard of 2 boats aground on Bull Hill sand bank in the River Exe. Our inshore, D- class lifeboat, George Bearman II, was quickly launched into a...
1/8/26 – ILB tasked by HM Coastguard at 19:30hrs
Concluding another busy day for the volunteers of Exmouth RNLI, the pagers sounded again at around 19:30hrs on Saturday 1 August. H.M. Coastguard had received a report of a canoe and 2 swimmers in difficulty at Budleigh Salterton. Our inshore, D- class lifeboat,...




