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Use our online tool to find the precise location of your loved one’s name in the letters and numbers of Exmouth’s Launch a Memory Lifeboat.
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Your Launch a Memory Exmouth updates
Welcome to your updates page for Exmouth lifeboat 13-03. Here you can keep track of the boat, learn about the all-weather Shannon class and much more.
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Guidance on station visits and contact
After your Launch a Memory event, Exmouth RNLI proudly welcomed home their Launch a Memory Shannon - and the much bigger crew it now has. The volunteers at Exmouth lifeboat station are delighted to welcome you and help you find your loved one’s name on the boat. Please read our information on visiting Exmouth RNLI.
As Exmouth is a working lifeboat station, their Launch a Memory Shannon may not be in the station, for example, when she’s out saving lives at sea or undergoing scheduled maintenance. Before travelling to Exmouth, please check the Exmouth RNLI Facebook page or send an email to [email protected].
Launch a Memory launches 2025
During 2025, our Launch a Memory Shannon class lifeboat was launched 20 times in order to save lives at sea.
Wander down on Wednesdays
Wednesday nights are training nights at the station, with the volunteers usually launching around 6.15pm, and recovering around 8pm. The crew would love to see you on the beach and the esplanade. There will, of course, be times when shouts or other commitments force a change of schedule but, with luck, you'll catch sight of your special lifeboat. Please check Exmouth RNLI's Facebook page for updates.
Track your Exmouth Lifeboat
Thanks to a new easy-to-use tracker, you can now see where your Exmouth lifeboat is and where it has been in the last 24 hours. You can also see the lifeboat’s speed and the sea conditions.
The tracker, which is powered by data from the lifeboat’s Automatic Identification System (AIS), is a work-in-progress, and we are constantly looking at ways to improve and develop it. The tracker works best on a mobile phone but can also be used on a tablet or desktop device. If you spot any bugs or have any ideas on how it can be improved, please let us know by using the survey tool within the tracker – thank you.
Up to 50% off Exmouth mementos
Enjoy discounts of up to 50% on Exmouth souvenirs at RNLI Shop from 19 March 2026 (online and selected shops, while stocks last). Each 13-03 keepsake will be a special reminder of your loved one. And remember, every purchase from RNLI Shop helps to support our lifesaving work.
For full terms and conditions on the sale, visit the RNLI Shop website. When purchasing a memento from our shop, don't forget to check the box marked 'YES – email me with news and offers' to make sure you keep hearing from us!
Your Launch a Memory Event
Watch highlights from your Launch a Memory event, which was held at the All-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole, Dorset, over the weekends (Friday-Sunday) of 4-6 and 11-13 July 2025.
It was an absolute honour to welcome so many of you and to hear your reasons for adding a loved one’s name to the Exmouth Shannon.
If you couldn’t make it, this video is especially for you, because you and your loved one were as much a part of this special event as those who were there in person.
Disclaimer: The video contains content some viewers may find upsettingPrevious updates
Read more about the rescue
RNLI crews carry out a coordinated rescue with H.M. Coastguard
Your Launch a Memory lifeboat R and J Welburn and Exmouth's inshore lifeboat were both involved in a multi-agency rescue when two people got cut off by the tide at Sandy Bay. Arriving on scene, the Exmouth RNLI volunteer crews spotted the two casualties – one male and one female – below a Ministry of Defence firing range. The casualties had managed to clamber onto the rocks, but weren't yet out of danger.
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Read Will's Story
Remembering the one we lost
On Christmas Day 1956, Volunteer Crew Member Will Carder made the ultimate sacrifice after being swept overboard by a 6m-wave in a ferocious south-easterly gale. It was the first and last time an Exmouth lifeboat volunteer was lost to the sea in the town’s 222-year lifesaving history.
As a tribute to Will, who was the landlord of local pub The Volunteer, Whitbread had a new pub sign painted depicting Exmouth’s lifeboat Maria Noble and a portrait of Will. When the pub was later demolished, the sign was moved to the lifeboat station, where it proudly hangs today, right next to your Launch a Memory lifeboat.
Will’s memory will also live on through the Shannon because his name is also on the lifeboat, alongside the name/s of your loved one/s.
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Visit RNLI Photostore
Exeter artist creates a drawing of Exmouth Lifeboat
This coloured pencil drawing called 'Shannon on the Beach' was created by artist Nick Langdon. It depicts the Exmouth lifeboat 13-03 driving up onto Exmouth Beach, ready to be returned to the boathouse by the Shannon launch and recovery system (SLARS).
You can buy the drawing from the RNLI Photostore, where you can choose to have it as a print, canvas, card, jigsaw puzzle and more. The money raised from the sale of this artwork will go towards saving lives at sea.
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Meet Riley: Exmouth’s very own station dog
This handsome chap is Riley, and he belongs to one of the Exmouth crew. Riley likes to be close to the action and is always interested in what’s going on. He loves the water – in fact, the team have a job to keep him out of it!
He’s also a bit of a therapy dog. When the crew get called out to some tough shouts, Riley is always at the other end to lend a listening ear and provide the crew with the comfort they need.
Riley is proud to have his name on Exmouth’s Shannon, alongside the names of many other beloved pets.
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Get the most from Launch a Memory
You can now buy a lifesaving printed keepsake to commemorate the special person you’ve remembered or celebrated on the Exmouth Shannon class lifeboat 13-03. Design-wise, you can choose the individual letter or number that your loved one’s name is in, or the full lifeboat decal.
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Many people have shared heart-warming stories about why they chose to include the name of someone you miss on the lifeboat - as well as celebrating their or their loved one's connection to the RNLI.
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With an RNLI Forever by the Sea tribute fund, you can share treasured memories and help to raise money for the RNLI.
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