Portland Coastguard requested assistance from Exmouth RNLI’s new all-weather lifeboat at 6.09pm on 31 May after a diver was overdue returning to his party in Lyme Bay. Read more
The new local gig rowing club in town has helped raise £127.75 for Exmouth RNLI on 23 and 24 August, during the charity’s Open Day Weekend. The club organised a rowing competition and sold bottled water to help save lives at sea at the event.Read more
At 7pm on 22 May, Channel Divisional Operations Manager, Richard Weeks placed the first Shannon in the South West, R and J Welburn on service at Exmouth RNLI. Read more
On Saturday 30 August at 8.03pm, inshore lifeboat George Bearman was tasked to locate a man drifting upriver in a toy inflatable. A member of the public had called Brixham Coastguard at 8pm.Read more
On 27 August at 10am, Shannon class lifeboatR and J Welburn launched amid choppy conditions to assist two sailors in difficulty, six miles east of Straight Point.Read more
From Sunday 11 May to Saturday 17 May, our crew volunteers have been training hard on our new state-of-the-art Shannon class lifeboat. Launching at 9am in the morning and recovering at approximately 6pm every day, the dedicated volunteers have learnt…Read more
At 1.03pm on 9 May, R and J Welburn entered the Exe Estuary. Crowds of the charity’s supporters lined the seafront awaiting the first glimpse of the first Shannon class lifeboat in the South West. Read more
Volunteers at Exmouth RNLI are overjoyed at reaching their fundraising target of £150,000 towards the new Shannon Launch and Recovery System, just in time for the arrival of their new Shannon class lifeboat on 9 May. Read more