Busy day for Newhaven Lifeboat with two taskings in one day
The volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew was paged at 12:02am to a beam trawler, 22 nautical miles South West of Newhaven. Later that day it launched to rescue a small boat drifting towards a beach in Seaford.
Newhaven's Severn Class all weather lifeboat (ALB) David & Elizabeth Acland was launched and arrived on scene at 1:15am. Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 was also tasked and arrived on scene shortly after the lifeboat.
On scene RNLI crew transferred casualty care trained crew onto the casualty vessel. The casualty trawler had a total of seven people on board, including the casualty. The coastguard helicopter also lowered a winchman onto the casualty vessel. Once both teams had assessed the casualty’s condition, a course was set for Shoreham Harbour. Three lifeboat crew remained on board the casualty vessel for transit to Shoreham. The lifeboat arrived back at Newhaven Harbour at 9:30am.
Later on that day, David & Elizabeth Acland launched again to a small boat drifting towards the shore off Tide Mills, Seaford. Due to the proximity of the surrounding surf boats, the vessel was at risk of being run aground. The Coxswain deemed it appropriate to conduct a tow of the vessel to safety.
Notes to editors
· Newhaven RNLI was established in 1803, and covers from Beachy Head to Brighton. It’s a modern afloat station and operates an all-weather Severn class lifeboat.
· ALB – All-Weather-Lifeboat
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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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