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Exmouth RNLI volunteers rescue teenager who fell 60’ down cliff face
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 9.48pm on 29 June to reports that a 16-year-old girl had fallen off a cliff at Orcombe Point. Crew volunteers were on scene within eight minutes and found the casualty on a ledge,…
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Exmouth All Weather Lifeboat : Thermal Imaging Binoculars
On Tuesday 19 June 2018, Exmouth RNLI were very pleased to receive their new Thermal Imaging Binoculars for use on their Shannon Class All Weather Lifeboat, R and J Welburn. These sophisticated binoculars target heat emissions, providing excellent vision in…
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Exmouth RNLI volunteers rescue four teenagers cut off by the tide
On 25 June at 5.30pm, Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched following a 999 call from four teenagers cut off by the tide between Orcombe Point and Sandy Bay. Crew volunteers were on scene within four minutes, recovered the…
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Exmouth volunteers called out overnight after sighting of red flare
On 15 June at 10.45pm, Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn was tasked by the UK Coastguard after a sighting of a red flare, four to five miles north east from a vessel in Torbay. Crew volunteers searched for…
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Both Exmouth lifeboats search following concern for person in water
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II and Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn launched on the evening of 11 June following a 999 call to the Coastguard. The call was made from a member of the public who thought they…
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Exmouth RNLI volunteers assist disorientated solo sailor
On 31 May at 1.25pm, Exmouth inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched to assist a man who had been at sea for two days and had become disorientated near Langstone Rock. The skipper of a local passenger boat company had…
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Exmouth RNLI rescue family on Bank Holiday day out to the beach
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 10.44am on 28 May after a family with three young children on board a RIB ran aground on Pole Sands, half a mile west of Exmouth lifeboat station. Crew volunteers were on scene…
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Exmouth RNLI rescue two men on yacht aground as fog rolls in
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 6.57pm on 20 May following a call to the UK Coastguard concerning a yacht aground on Pole Sands, half a mile west of Exmouth lifeboat station. Crew volunteers were on scene within five…
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Exmouth RNLI Crew volunteers called out three times in 24 hours
During the weekend of 28 and 29 April, Exmouth inshore D class lifeboat George Bearman II was tasked three times. On 28 April, at 7.25pm volunteers tasked to investigate something seen floating down the river Exe. Once on scene, an…
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Exmouth RNLI volunteers called out to four people in under 24 hours
Volunteers from Exmouth lifeboat station were called upon to help four people in three incidents in under 24 hours between 13 and 14 April. Crew volunteers located a missing person, tasked to two men in difficulty in the river Exe…
