100th shout of the year for Sheerness RNLI volunteers

The volunteer crew of the station's inshore lifeboat Buster launched at 3.13pm on Wednesday 6 December after a call from the UK Coastguard stated that a vulnerable man had been reported as missing in the area of Sun Pier, Chatham, and it was thought he may have entered the water.

The ILB was on the scene at 3.42pm and along with shore based teams from the Medway and Sheppey Coastguard, plus a team from Kent Police, a thorough search of the area from Gashouse Point down to St Marys Island was carried out.

With nothing untoward being found and with no further information having been given, the ILB was stood down at 5.09pm and arrived back on station at 5.48pm

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Vic Booth RNLI Lifeboat Press Officer (Sheerness) 07926904453 / 01795 880544 [email protected] / [email protected]

Paul Dunt RNLI Press Officer S.E. [email protected] 07785296252

For enquiries outside normal business hours, contact the RNLI duty press officer on 01202 336789

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