
Newhaven RNLI crew return to BBC Two’s Saving Lives at Sea
The busy RNLI crew of Newhaven Lifeboat will feature on BBC Two’s ‘Saving Lives at Sea’ for a third time this series at 7pm on Thursday 10 November. Newhaven RNLI are called to a huge variety of ‘shouts’ and are currently recruiting new volunteers to join their existing crew.
- Press Release Yacht aground 25 July 2022: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2022/july/27/newhaven-rnli-called-to-yacht-mayday-below-seven-sister...
- ILB – In-shore lifeboat
- ALB – All-weather lifeboat
- The two-year trial of the D-class ILB will allow the RNLI to assess and evaluate the suitability for a permanent ILB at Newhaven. The ALB will continue to be stationed at Newhaven, the deepest safe water port of refuge between Dover and Portsmouth.
- Newhaven RNLI’s majestic Severn class ALB, the David and Elizabeth Acland, launches to a great variety of search and rescue service calls: into the Channel and along the coast between the station’s boundaries of Belle Tout Lighthouse in the east, to Saltdean in the west. Her volunteer crew will often launch it’s smaller, on board, daughter Y-class boat into the water for the final stages of a rescue.
- Newhaven RNLI welcomes volunteers of 18 years and older. Up to 55 for the ILB and 65 for the ALB.
- Applications to crew on both lifeboats can be made via: https://volunteering.rnli.org/vacancy/volunteer-alb-crew-newhaven-475950.html?_ga=2.167593598.112645... [ALB]
- Or via: https://volunteering.rnli.org/vacancy/volunteer-ilb-crew-newhaven-475352.html?_ga=2.158745082.112645... [ILB]
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.
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