Incident Date24-01-2026Launch Instruct21:18Lifeboat UsedALB Location of CasualtyCorbyn Head area. https://videopress.com/v/AnIDVca3?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FAnIDVca3%2Fwhatsapp-video-2026-01-24-at-09.25.19_mp4_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Force 8 south-easterly winds coinciding with Spring high tide, were blowing seas onshore across much of the Bay and raising 4-metre swells. Launched following a ‘straight-to-launch’ request by Solent Coastguard station, intimating imminent life-threatening urgency.The request followed reports to the police of a vehicle thatContinue reading "ALB SHOUT 04: 24-01-2026"

Incident Date15-01-2026Launch Instruct04:30Lifeboat UsedALB Location of CasualtyLyme Bay area. A fishing vessel with two people on board had alerted HM Coastguard they’d lost power and were drifting in open seas south-east of Exmouth mussel farm. With nearby unexploded ordinance and the resulting exclusion zone around Exmouth preventing the launch of RNLI Exmouth’s All-Weather Lifeboat (ALB),Continue reading "ALB SHOUT 03: 15-01-2026"

Incident Date05-01-2026Launch Instruct13:35Lifeboat UsedALB Location of CasualtyBerry Head area. Respect the Water

3801 Incident Date26-12-2025Launch Instruct10:00Lifeboat UsedALB Location of CasualtyBudleigh Salterton area. Alongside volunteers at Exmouth and Teignmouth RNLI, our volunteer lifeboat crew responded to the tasking by HM Coastguard around 10am on Christmas day to assist in the multi-agency incident involving people in difficulty in the water at Budleigh Salterton.RNLI lifeboat crews were involved in theContinue reading "ALB SHOUT 38: 26-12-2025"