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Latest Lifeboat Shout
Launched 3 January in stormforce winds at 05.30 hours to a sail training yacht struggling in the heavy seas, 3 miles NE of Dungeness Point.
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Dover RNLI lifeboat assist Dungeness in rescuing stricken sail training vessel
Footage taken from onboard Dover RNLI lifeboat, who were assisting Dungeness RNLI in rescuing the crew of a sail training vessel in distress on 3 January 2012. The crewman onboard the casuality is Garry Clark from Dungeness lifeboat.
Photograph taken by Dungeness Lifeboat crewman Jeff Henderson during the shout on 3 January 2012
Here is a short video taken by Stuart Richardson of Dungeness Lifeboat coming ashore at around 16.45 after the shout on 3 January 2012.
Dungeness Lifeboat Station in Kent guards the Channel from Folkestone to Rye Bay and today operates a Mersey class 'fast' carriage lifeboat Pride and Spirit which came to Dungeness in 1992, it was a generous gift from Eric and Jean Cass. Shore helpers are required to launch and recover the lifeboat, the station also had the country's last lady launchers.
In 1940 the Dungeness Lifeboat Charles Cooper Henderson was also one of 19 lifeboats that took part in the evacuation of forces from Dunkirk.
Sounds Familiar
It's a bright and sunny autumn day in October 2011..... On the seaward side of the boathouse the great shingle bank stretches out as far as the eye can see in both directions, from north to south, dropping steeply down at a sharp angle to the water's edge...... As you look southwards, you observe sea anglers silhouetted against the skyline, casting their lines out into the sea, then scurrying back under the shelter of their tents and umbrellas, for although it is a bright and sunny day, as is the nature of this particular area, there is also a constant and driving strong wind trying its hardest to blow both them and their equipment away. The more robust and colourful fishing boats lie perched on top of the shingle bank, their nets spread out to dry, patiently awaiting their next mission and tide.