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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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Shouts During 2008

Dungeness Lifeboat Shouts - 2008

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18 January - more info

  • Dungeness RNLI lifeboat launches to 10 metre fishing vessel broken down in gale force winds with four persons aboard.

2 May - more info

  • Dungeness RNLI lifeboat rescues four people from their 36' yacht broken down in the shipping lane of the English Channel.

28 May - more info

  • Dungeness RNLI lifeboat launched to woman taken ill on 47' Swedish yacht.

6 June - more info

  • Lone yachtsman with power failure calls Dungeness RNLI lifeboat for assistance.

1 July - more info

  • Demasted Yacht with engine failure calls for assistance from Dungeness RNLI lifeboat.

16 August - more info

  • Dungeness RNLI lifeboat is launched in the early hours of Saturday 16th August, 2008 to a 12 metre yacht on passage from Ipswich to Cardiff.

21 September - more info

  • Dungeness RNLI lifeboat launches to fishing vessel broken down with machine failure.

3 December - more info

  • Dungeness RNLI lifeboat responds to fishermans may-day call.