Bembridge Lifeboat Launched After Debris Washed Up On Beach
Bembridge Lifeboat Launched After Debris Washed Up On Beach The Bembridge lifeboat has been launched just after 3:30pm this afternoon Wednesday January 4th after reports of debris on the shoreline washing up from the Solent, it is unclear whether a rescue or search operation is taking place, is believed a dingy has been recovered as […]
Five Hundred take chilly swim in The Solent to raise much needed funds for independent lifeboat station
Five Hundred take chilly swim in The Solent to raise much needed funds for independent lifeboat station Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Where’s Wally, a caveman, a Christmas Pudding and countless jockeys joined more than 500 other swimmers taking a chilly plunge in The Solent on New Year’s Day. The Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service […]
Portsmouth Lifeboat Answers Santa Call of Distress
Portsmouth Lifeboat Answers Santa Call of Distress Portsmouth Lifeboat launched to help a very special person on Sunday. Poor Santa had a bit of a wet landing but Well Done Santa – he had a Lifejacket on, a radio and a Life Raft. Don’t worry all is well. After delivering presents to children of the […]
Woman with head injury airlifted to hospital after being rescued by Gosport Lifeboat
Woman with head injury airlifted to hospital after being rescued by Gosport Lifeboat A woman with a head injury was airlifted from Stokes Bay this afternoon after she was evacuated from a sailing vessel by Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS). The 24-year-old was sailing on board a 40ft vessel in the mid-Solent when […]
Late night Lifeboat Launched Proved to Be Hoax on Hayling Island
Late night Lifeboat Launched Proved to Be Hoax on Hayling Island The Hayling Island lifeboat was launched following a faint Mayday call from the vessel on Sunday evening The vessel was reporting that he had a Fire on board which was now out and was now under tow of a small RIB called JC in […]
11 Year Old Boy Rescued By Portsea Lifeboat after clinging to Eastney Pier
11 Year Old Boy Rescued By Portsea Lifeboat after clinging to Eastney Pier Portsea Rescue 1 was tasked by solent Coastguard, just before 4pm on Sunday afternoon to reports of a boy clinging to the bottom of the pier structure at the outfall at Eastney. Portsea Rescue 1 responded immediately, backed up by Portsea’s rescue […]
Man Rescued By Lifeboat Told to Get a Taxi to Hospital
Man Rescued By Lifeboat Told to Get a Taxi to Hospital A Lifeboat was scrambled on Friday evening after a distress call was made into the UK Coastguard operation centre in Fareham. They then had to transport the sick man by private car after rescuing him as no ambulance was available. The RNLI lifeboat from […]
Lifeboat And Coastguard Called To Speedboat Fire in Lee on the Solent
Lifeboat And Coastguard Called To Speedboat Fire in Lee on the Solent Gosport and Fareham Independent Lifeboat and the Coastguard Rescue team from Hill Head were called to a speedboat fire this afternoon. Rescue crews raced to the aid of the 14 foot speedboat just before 2pm. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000by227KNiHdM” g_name=”Speedboat-Fire” width=”800″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” […]
Bembridge Lifeboat Called out after Anchor gets Stuck
Bembridge Lifeboat Called out after Anchor gets Stuck RNLB Norman Harvey (D-778) was launched at the request of the UK Coastguard at around 5.30pm this afternoon to assist a 20 foot trimaran anchored on the lee shore just to the east of Bembridge Groyne with 2 crew onboard who were unable to get their anchor […]
Lifeboat Called after Persons report clinging to upturned Boat in Portsmouth Harbour
Lifeboat Called after Persons report clinging to upturned Boat in Portsmouth Harbour Emergency services have been scrambled this evening after reports of two people are in the water clinging on to an upturned boat in Busy shipping of Portsmouth Harbour. The Independent Gosport and Fareham and Inshore Rescue lifeboat has been launched along with the […]
Body Recovered by Bembridge Lifeboat
Body Recovered by Bembridge Lifeboat The RNLI Alfred Albert Williams lifeboat from Bembridge was launched just before 6pm today,(Sunday April 24). The lifeboat was launched at the request of Solent Coastguard following a report from the Brittany Ferry Bretagne that a passenger had seen someone in the water about 2 miles south of Bembridge Ledge. […]
Needles Coastguard and Yarmouth Lifeboat tasked to Boat Distress Call
Needles Coastguard and Yarmouth Lifeboat tasked to Boat Distress Call The RNLI’s Yarmouth all weather lifeboat has been called out this morning The crew was launched at just after 11.20 this morning to a distress call in Yarmouth Harbour. The Needles Coastguard rescue have also been tasked to the same incident. A spokeswoman for the […]