Launched 16:02, Rehoused 18:10 B-733 was launched to assist a 30’ power boat on passage from Ipswich to London that had suffered a mechanical failure on both engines in the region of the East Swin.  The Lifeboat found the boat with four people on board, lying to her anchor and put a crew member on board for the tow back to…

Burnham on Crouch Lifeboat Station will open its doors to the public FREE OF CHARGE for the annual Open Day on Sunday 26 June 2010 from 11am to 4pm. Both the Atlantic 75 and IB1 Lifeboats will be on display throughout the day and visitors will be able to speak to crew members about the work of the RNLI, it’s crews and support staff. Regular…

Launched 16:35, Rehoused 18:35  D-672 was launched to assist two people who had capsized in a wayfarer dinghy and been swept by the tide under a wharf with two timber ships lying either side of it. The people from the dinghy had got onto the wharf by the time the Lifeboat arrived and were found to be unhurt other than a few cuts and bruises,…

Launched 15:20, Rehoused 15:55   Thames Coastguard requested B-733, the Atlantic 75 Lifeboat to attend an incident where a man had been thrown out of a skiboat that had hit a pontoon.  While the Lifeboat crew were assembling, the Coastguard received information that the man was not hurt and therefore rang the station by landline to…