Dungeness RNLI lifeboat assists 40' ketch to re-float two miles west of Dungeness

In the early hours of Saturday morning 22 August, 2009 a 40' ketch on passage from Plymouth to Holland with two persons on board un-expectantly went ashore two miles west of Dungeness Point onto the beach.

The Dungeness RNLI lifeboat launched to assist casualty to re-float. Coxswain Stuart Adams put two of his crew aboard the stricken vessel to attach tow rope and successfully re-floated the casualty to continue on its passage to Holland.

RNLI media contacts

For more information please telephone Judith Richardson, RNLI Lifeboat Press Officer on 07925 576569 or 01797 320062 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Coxswain Stuart Adams is available for interview on 01797 320317