Exmouth RNLI launch in response to distress call

Exmouth RNLI launch in response to distress call

Exmouth RNLI volunteers were tasked today after H.M. Coastguard received an emergency distress transmission. At 11.26am today Wednesday 6 July 2022, H.M. Coastguard tasked Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II to a report of an automated DSC distress...

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Busy Sunday for Exmouth RNLI lifesavers

Busy Sunday for Exmouth RNLI lifesavers

Exmouth RNLI volunteers rescued three from the water in two separate incidents yesterday. At shortly after 2pm yesterday 3 July 2022 the volunteer lifesavers on Exmouth RNLI All Weather Lifeboat 13-03 R & J Welburn were on exercise approximately half a mile off...

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Exmouth RNLI lifesavers help stranded boaters

Exmouth RNLI lifesavers help stranded boaters

At 9:50pm on Friday 17 June 2022 the crew of Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report of two individuals stranded on Dawlish Warren with a broken down 4 metre rib. The volunteer lifesavers, led by Inshore...

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Exmouth RNLI lifesavers help rescue injured man

Exmouth RNLI lifesavers help rescue injured man

Exmouth RNLI volunteers attended reports of a man injured at Sandy Bay this afternoon. Following a call for assistance from their RNLI Lifeguard colleagues, at 3.32pm on Thursday 2nd June 2022 the crew of Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II attended...

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Exmouth RNLI lifesavers rescue man trapped on sandbank

Exmouth RNLI lifesavers rescue man trapped on sandbank

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 were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to...

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Busy Easter for Exmouth RNLI lifesavers

Busy Easter for Exmouth RNLI lifesavers

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 to a 20 foot Arvor...

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Popular Exmouth RNLI lifesaver launches into wedlock!

Popular Exmouth RNLI lifesaver launches into wedlock!

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 at Pratthayes Farm, Maer Lane,...

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Exmouth RNLI lifeboat called to drifting yacht

At 7.45am today Tuesday 15th March 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 drifting yacht. The boat was reported off Exmouth seafront, had apparently slipped its mooring, was out...

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Exmouth Lifeboat Station Ramp update

Exmouth Lifeboat Station Ramp update

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 been significant...

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Exmouth RNLI lifeboat called to rescue paddle boarder

Exmouth RNLI lifeboat called to rescue paddle boarder

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 exhausted paddle boarder drifting out...

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