Launches & Call Outs
Last year RNLI lifeboats rescued almost 8,000 people, an average of 21 people per day.Service Calls 2010
4 Shouts this year so far
Hyperlinked dates lead to launch stories
20th February B808 Launched to the aid of a 35 foot Cabin cruiser Maid of Unst suffering an electrical failure a mile NE of Sandown Castle. The vessel and 4 crew were towed to Dover.
20th February D663 Launched to assist a small fishing dingy Real Deal with an engine failure 1 mile off north Deal. The vessel and two crew were towed to Kingsdown.
19th February B808 Launched to the aid of the fishing vessel Garry Anne. The vessel had broken down 3.5 miles SE of Walmer lifeboat station. A tow was secured and the boat was returned to Deal beach.
8th February B808 Launched to investigate the occupancy of a stranded digger that had been driven below the high water mark at Sandwich Bay. The driver was assumed to have abandoned the digger earlier before the tide rose.
Service calls from previous years
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