RNLI Volunteers Save Pair in Dramatic Early-Morning Rescue Off Dover
Library image The silence of the early morning was broken by a distress call from HM Coastguard, prompting a rapid response from the Walmer RNLI crew. At 2:20 AM yesterday,…
Library image The silence of the early morning was broken by a distress call from HM Coastguard, prompting a rapid response from the Walmer RNLI crew. At 2:20 AM yesterday,…
Library image – A dramatic joint operation by the RNLI, local coastguard officers, and RNLI lifeguards successfully rescued an elderly man who had fallen in Margate harbour and was in…
Margate RNLI B class lifeboat ‘Colonel Stock’ Image:RNLI Margate In a dramatic joint RNLI, HM Coastguard operation a person has been rescued after being cut off by the tide at…
Jon Morgan Photo: RNLI A remarkable journey of dedication and service culminated last Thursday, March 27th, 2025, as Jon Morgan officially assumed the role of full-time Coxswain at Dungeness Lifeboat…
Whitstable lifeboat (Relief B-Class Martin Frederick Whitehouse) approaches the casualty vessel broken down in the vicinity of the Kentish Flats Wind farm on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Dave Parry – RNLI…
Ramsgate’s all-weather lifeboat, Diamond Jubilee, in action Credit: RNLI/Ramsgate RNLI A major international rescue operation unfolded off the coast of Ramsgate and Dover this week, as a cargo ship battling…
Kent Fire and Rescue Service responded to a fire in an outbuilding on Regent Street in Rolvenden near Tenterden in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Four fire engines arrived…
Crew under the cliffs Credit: RNLI/Christopher Winslade The first call of the New Year for the Walmer RNLI proved a dramatic one as they raced to the rescue of three…
Library image A dangerous blaze broke out at a takeaway shop in Cherry Tree Avenue, Dover on Friday evening, sending plumes of smoke billowing into the night sky. The incident…
On Sunday, 6 October, Clara the cocker spaniel was rescued by the Sheerness inshore lifeboat crew after becoming trapped by the incoming tide on Copperhouse Marsh. The UK Coastguard tasked…
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