At 15.48hrs, our crews received a request to launch in response to concerns having been raised about a paddleboarder thought to be in difficulty east of Budleigh Salterton beach. Our ILB launched 7 minutes later and arrived on scene at 16.20hrs. Our crew checked...
Our ILB was launched to help a yacht that had run aground.
HM Coastguard requested that our ILB go to help a RIB with a fouled propellor in the estuary some distance from the Marina.
A request was received from HM Coastguard requesting that our ILB go to help an adult and their dog, cut off by the tide at Rodney Point. Both were recovered successfully.
Peter Sparkes (CEO of the RNLI) was at Exmouth, talking to volunteers when crew pagers were activated. Our ILB was launched at the request of HM Coastguard. No further information is available.
At 18.12hrs H.M. Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB in response to a report of an individual in the water. Our crew were on scene with the casualty within 10 minutes, recovered the individual, brought them ashore and handed them over to the care of waiting...
Just before 14.30hrs, H.M. Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB in response to reports received from members of the public suggesting that windsurfers and kitesurfers were in difficulties south of Straight Point. The ILB was launched into challenging sea...
The Exmouth Journal reported that, at 23:04hrs Exmouth and Beer Coastguard Rescue Teams and our ILB responded to calls from witnesses stating that people had been seen in distress. Our ILB headed out to sea and the crew were able to make contact with the person...
At around 05.30hrs a request to launch was received from H.M. Coastguard in order to assist Devon and Cornwall Police with what a statement from the Police described as a search for a missing person. Our ILB was launched less than 10 minutes later and our ALB followed...
Our ILB was tasked by H.M. Coastguard to assist a sailor whose dinghy had capsized off Shelley beach. The sailor was fully equipped and had used their VHF radio to call the Coastguard. Our ILB launched at 13.20hrs. The area was busy with other sailors on the water,...
HM Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB just before 15.00hrs following 999 calls from members of the public concerned about paddleboarders off the beach at Budleigh Salterton. Our crew were on scene very quickly and established that the two paddleboarders had...
At 17.10hrs, our Coxswain, Steve Hockings-Thompson, was working in his day job as Exmouth’s Harbourmaster when saw a kitesurfer who had become tangled in a mooring in Shelly Gut whilst. He called H.M. Coastguard and our ILB was launched. Our crew arrived on scene very...
Our ALB launched at 16.27hrs in response to a request from HM Coastguard to support the crew of the Lyme Regis ILB who were helping a yacht that had got into difficulties near Beer Head. The Lyme Regis crew had been on a regular training exercise when they were...
The Devon Live website reported that “Three people had to be rescued from a boat which caught fire while out at sea off the coast of Devon.” Our ALB was launched along with Brixham ALB and a Coastguard Helicopter. However, our ALB was stood down shortly after being...
Our ILB was launched at 01.40hrs to assist a joint operation involving Devon and Cornwall Police. The ILB was recovered to the lifeboat station at about 04.00hrs. No further information available