Callouts Archive

2019 Callouts

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
06-19 05-19	13/07/19	20:45	Assist	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was paged by Solent Coastguard to assist with a reported broken down vessel. On arrival the crew had managed to resolve the engine issue.. On returning, the crew were asked to assist a 4×4 which had become stuck on Port Royal beach while attempting to recover a small boat. Sidmouth Lifeboat’s winch tractor was used to winch it off of the shingle
04-19	12/07/19	15:42	Assist	Salcombe Mouth	Sidmouth 2 launched to 3 kayakers to the east of Sidmouth apparently not making headway against the offshore wind, with one reported capsized and in the water. On arrival the group, had just made shore at Salcombe Mouth. After some discussion with the crew they confirmed that they wanted to to make their own way back to Sidmouth, remaining close to shore out of the wind.
03-19	25/06/19	10:30	Assist	Sidmouth	Lifeboat paged by Solent Coastguard to support Police and Coastguard Cliff Rescue Teams on an incident on cliffs to the east of the town.
02-19	19/04/19	10:46	Assist	Axmouth	Lifeboat launched to a report of a capsized vessel off Seaton / Axmouth, 2 persons in the water. On scene within 10 minutes, 1 casualty safely ashore, the second still in the water, located by the Lifeboat and brought safely aboard.Lyme Lifeboat also tasked, then arrived and dealt with the capsized vessel itself. Both casualties safely ashore with the Coastguard teams.
01-19	22/02/19	12:49	Search	Sidmouth	Lifeboat crew paged to assist in the search for a missing person for whom the police had serious concern. Police, Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat, Beer Coastguard and Exmouth Coastgaurd also involved. Due to the very close inshore nature of the search, and the location, Sidmouth 2 was launched. All units carried out a thorough search of the area in question. Nothing found.

2018

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
15-18	10/10/2018	17:55	Assist	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat was paged by Solent Coastguard to assist the police with an incident on the cliffs near Sidmouth. The police were able to deal with the incident and our assistance was not required.
14-18	12/08/2018	21:50	Rescue	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat was paged by Solent Coastguard alongside Beer Coastguard to reports a person had entered the water on Sidmouth seafront. The Lifeboat promptly made its way to the launch site where it was met by a police officer who confirmed that the person had exited the water and was now at their home address accompanied by police officers. The Lifeboat and Beer Coastguard officers remained at an state of operational readiness until this had been confirmed by Solent Coastguard and we were asked to stand down.
13-18	02/08/2018	12:30	Assist	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat was paged following a call from the public about a person seen struggling on a paddle board, the person was identified as being accompanied by a qualified instructor and in no distress so the Lifeboat did not launch.
12-18	28/07/2018	14:25	Search	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was paged at the request of Beer Coastguard to complete a close inshore search between Big Picket rock and Ladram Bay. Nothing was found and he Lifeboat was stood down and returned to station. Beer Coastguard had been on scene as a member of the public had called the Coastguard raising concerns that they had seen someone who may have been cut off by the tide before they were able to get to Ladram Bay.
11-18	27/07/2018	10:30	Search	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth lifeboat was launched to complete a close inshore search from Hook Ebb (Approx 1.5 miles East of Sidmouth) to Big Picket Rock (1 mile West of Sidmouth) following a member of the public discovering a pile of clothes on the beach this morning. Beer Coastguard team completed a really thorough search alongside the Lifeboat to ensure that no persons were in the water or on the surrounding coastline and the Lifeboat was stood down.
10-18	24/07/2018	15:57	Rescue	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat crew worked alongside Beer Coastguard team, Ambulance crews and Devon Air Ambulance on a callout, this incident unfortunately involved a fatality.
09-18	03/07/2018	22:00	Search	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth lifeboat was tasked to search for what appeared to be a person seen struggling on a board and drifting from Jacobs ladder towards Big Picket rock alongside Beer Coastguard team. The first informant had watched in the fading light and accurately described the location which enabled the lifeboat to locate the incident. Once the lifeboat was on scene they were able to identify that this was a kayak paddling alongside a swimmer in the water undertaking swimming training, they were spoken to and were comfortable in the water and well equipped. This was a false alarm with good intent and the first informant did exactly the right thing and called 999.
08-18	14/06/2018	17:30	Assist	Otterton Ledge	Sidmouth Lifeboat was paged by Solent Coastguard to a report of a Jack Russell having gone over the clifftop at Otterton Ledge, near Budleigh Salterton. The Lifeboat was launched within 8 minutes of being paged, with Coastguard Cliff Rescue Teams also in attendance. The dog was recovered from the rocks at the base of the cliff by the Lifeboat crew however it sadly did not survive the fall.
07-18	03/06/2018	19:30	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth lifeboat were paged by Solent Coastguard to investigate an object spotted in the water, believed to be a possible upturned kayak. The crew launched to investigate and were able to identify the object as a large log, a search of the area was completed and nothing else was found so the crew were stood down.
06-18	31/05/2018	15:30	Search	Budleigh Salterton	Whilst returning from the previous callout the crew were tasked to assist in a search for a missing person and did so along the coastline from Orcombe point to Budleigh Salterton. Nothing was found and the lifeboat was stood down and returned to station whilst land based searches continue. Shortly after returning to Station the missing person was located by Police.
05-18	31/05/2018	11:30	Search	Lyme Bay	Sidmouth lifeboat was tasked by Solent Coastguard to a sailing vessel which had broken down and was drifting. The position of the sailing vessel was unclear as due to the foggy conditions the person on board was unaware of their location and had been at sea for two days, the lifeboat searched from Beer Head to Exmouth with nothing found until the Coastguard released a Pan-Pan radio message requesting all vessels to assist with locating the vessel and the sailing vessel was quickly spotted by another boat who gave the accurate location as Dawlish Warren. Sidmouth Lifeboat were quickly able to get to the scene and assess the vessel and person on board before towing it to the mouth of the river Exe to hand over to the Exmouth Lifeboat crew to take the vessel into a berth.
04-18	05/05/2018	17:30	Assist	Sidmouth Beach	The Lifeboat crew were tasked to assist with the removal of a small plane which had made an emergency landing on Sidmouth Beach near Jacob’s ladder. See the Sidmouth Herald’s write up here.
03-18	25/02/2018	14:05	Search	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth lifeboat was tasked alongside Beer Coastguard teams to two persons detached from their kayaks in the water off Jacobs Ladder beach, the Lifeboat launched and was quickly able to ascertain that these were not kayaks but large pieces of driftwood. The lifeboat then undertook a thorough search of the area to ensure that no persons were in the water and with nothing found were stood down by Solent Coastguard.
02-18	13/02/2018	17:35	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth lifeboat was paged shortly before our routine training evening by Solent Coastguard and were on the water in a matter of minutes. The lifeboat was tasked to investigate what had been reported as a drifting boat approximately 1 mile South East of Sidmouth. Upon arrival on scene the crew identified the object which was a large buoy which had come adrift and were able to get it aboard the lifeboat and recover it to Sidmouth lifeboat station before continuing with routine training.
01-18	17/01/2018	15:30	Rescue	Seaton Beach	Our first callout of 2018 saw Sidmouth Lifeboat Crew paged by Solent Coastguard to a person in difficulty in the water off Seaton beach. Lyme Regis Lifeboat and Beer Coastguard also tasked, however as the Lifeboat was leaving the boathouse they were stood down by Solent Coastguard as the person had made it ashore and they were safe and well.

2017

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
20/17	25/10/17	19:05	Search	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat Crew were paged by Solent Coastguard to assist the police and Coastguard with a suspected missing person. The crew were tasked to perform close inshore search from big picket rock to the Salcombe mouth area providing an extensive search of the sea and shoreline while the coastguard land teams and police searched on land. The Lifeboat Crew used flares, searchlights and night sights to search the area. The person in question was later found safe and well and the Lifeboat was stood down shortly after 21.00.
19/17	15/10/17	16:10	Assist	Salcombe Mouth	Sidmouth lifeboat tasked alongside Beer Coastguard team to assist police with an incident at Salcombe mouth.See the attached herald write up here.
18/17	09/09/17	13:43	Assist	Chiselbury Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat tasked to a female in the water at the foot of a cliff 1 mile West of Ladram Bay. The female had been found by 2 anglers and the lifeboat crew, alongside Beer and Exmouth coastguard teams, assisted police with the recovery operation.
17/17	05/09/17	18:25	Assist	Sidmouth	Whilst preparing for routine training the Sidmouth Lifeboat crew saw a paddle boarder who had been pushed offshore by a deceptively strong wind. The crew prepared Sidmouth 2 for launch and maintained a visual onto the paddle boarder. The paddle boarder was able to use a break in the wind to get within the lee of the shore and with the help of a sea swimmer was able to recover to the beach where the lifeboat crew assisted them up the beach and the Sidmouth 2 Lifeboat was not required.
16/17	02/09/17	10:20	Assist	Littlecombe Shute	Whilst stationed in town for the start of the annual Sidmouth Lifeboat Flag Day the boat was tasked to a male casualty who had broken his leg half way down the cliff path at Littlecombe Shute. The lifeboat put crew ashore and used Entonox, Splints and a stretcher and worked alongside the Beer Coastguard team to get the casualty to shore down the very challenging coastal path and used the Lifeboat to transfer the casualty back to Sidmouth for transfer to hospital via Ambulance. Once again we wish the casualty well.
15/17	01/09/17	18:47	Assist	Exmouth	Lifeboat tasked urgently whilst leaving Exmouth to a child and adult in trouble in the water. The child was accounted for but adult reportedly in cardiac arrest and on a boat receiving CPR. Situation was unclear and adult was confirmed by the lifeboat tonne ashore and with the air ambulance in attendance. We wish the casualties well.
14/17	01/09/17	17:27	Assist	Brandy Head	Lifeboat tasked to a boat in difficulty off of Brandy Head with 2 adults and 2 children aboard. Boat towed to Starcross safely all persons safe and well. Lifeboat was returning to station when urgently retasked to callout 15.
13/17	25/08/17	19:36	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat had just returned from providing safety cover for the RAF red arrows display when they were tasked to search for a potential missing swimmer directly off in front of the Sidmouth Lifeboat station around 150 metres from shore. A member of public had come into the Lifeboat station and called Solent Coastguard as he felt he had seen a swimmer go out but not return. The crew were paged and alongside Beer Coastguard teams completed a thorough search of the area. Nothing was found and the Lifeboat was stood down, no persons at this time have been reported missing.
12/17	19/08/17	18:14	Assist	Budleigh Salterton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Solent Coastguard to search for a boat with engine failure believed to be in the Budleigh Salterton area. Exmouth ILB was also tasked to assist with the search. Both lifeboats worked brilliantly together with Exmouth ILB finding the boat 2 miles East-South-East of Otterton Ledge, it was an 18ft Speed boat with 4 persons on board and required towing into a safe haven. Exmouth was chosen as the most appropriate destination and Sidmouth Lifeboat took them on a stern tow to Exmouth and once inside the estuary Exmouth ILB took on the tow to moor up the vessel whilst Sidmouth Lifeboat took the 4 persons, who were all well but glad to be home, to the slipway for recovery. An excellent example of the two stations working together seamlessly and a brilliant effort from both the independent and RNLI crews.
11/17	15/08/17	10:07	Assist	Littlecombe Shute	Lifeboat tasked to a casualty at Littlecombe Shute with a suspected broken leg. The Lifeboat was quickly on scene and our paramedic dropped ashore to assess a suspected broken tibia and fibula, along with Beer coastguard rescue team members. Due to the inaccessible location with shallow water and rocks, Sidmouth 2 was then also launched in case (with much shallower draft) assistance was required. In the event, the helm of the larger boat was unable to get it to the shore at the casualty location. The main Sidmouth Lifeboat was able to navigate to place the bow on the beach enabling a safe transfer of the casualty thanks to the Beer Coastguard teams. Casualty was splinted, given Entonox and put on a scoop before being recovered to the boat and then back to Sidmouth boathouse for transfer to the land ambulance crews. We wish the casualty a speedy recovery.
08,9,10/17	Various				Sidmouth Lifeboat had various callouts between 30/07/17 and 15/08/17
06/17	27/07/17	17:30	Search	Budleigh Salterton	Solent Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to a report of three paddle boarders who had disappeared from view heading from Budleigh Salterton towards Ladram Bay. The paddle boarders were last seen rounding Otterton ledge and the first informant had not seen them for some time. Solent Coastguard paged Sidmouth Lifeboat to complete a search between Otterton ledge and Ladram Bay. As the lifeboat was due to launch, Solent Coastguard and Sidmouth Lifeboat were informed that three paddle boarders were safe and well as they had been contacted via phone. Sidmouth Lifeboat agreed with Solent Coastguard to continue to launch in case they were not boarders in question. The search of the area was completed and three paddle boarders located by the lifeboat. The lifeboat contacted the paddle boarders and ensured that they were safe and well and that they were indeed the only three on the water at that time. Once it was established that this was the case the lifeboat was stood down and returned to station.
05/17	29/04/17	11:37	Assist	Branscombe	Solent Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to reports of a paraglider that had crashed off the cliffs between Branscombe and Beer Head, tasked to search the area. On route the lifeboat was stood down as the paraglider was found on land injured and taken straight to hospital.
04/17	11/03/17	10:45	Assist	Salcombe Mouth	Sidmouth 2 launched to investigate and then attempt to recover a sailing dingy washed ashore towards Salcombe mouth. Boat was found to be empty. May have come from Lympstone – Coastguard investigating. Lifeboat crew removed the mast to aid stability and managed to tow the badly damaged vessel back to Sidmouth where it was hauled ashore with the help of Beer and Sidmouth Coastguard teams.
03/17	18/02/17	14:03	Search	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched following a report of a swimmer in the water 50m off of seafront who had disappeared from sight. Extensive search carried out with nothing found. A swimmer was confirmed to have exited the water at approx 13:50 who may have been the one in question. Lifeboat crew confident that had anyone been on the water surface during the search they would have been found. Lifeboat stood down by Solent Coastguard.
02/17	08/02/17	09:30	Search	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched again to search for the same person as the night before, again with Police dog units, helicopter and ground units. The Police dive team from Plymouth and Specialist Search units were also involved, working alongside the Beer and Sidmouth Coastguard teams to thoroughly search the area between Weston Mouth and Ladram bay. The Lifeboat crew launched both boats to ensure that a full and complete search was completed and nothing was found. Both boats stood down at 12:40. The Sidmouth Herald article can be found here and the Express and Echo story here.
01/17	07/02/17	23:05	Search	Sidmouth Beach	Search for a high risk missing person off Sidmouth Beach who was believed to have entered the water. The search was coordinated alongside Police Helicopters, Dog units and officers as well as both Beer and Sidmouth Coastguard teams. The search was done thoroughly from Chapmans Rocks to Big Picket rock both in the sea and on the land. The Lifeboat was stood down after thoroughly searching the area at 01:30 and returned to station for a debrief with the Police.

2016

Incident No:	Date	Time	Nature of Call Out	Location
01-16	14/02/2016	13:20	Assist	Budleigh Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched for it’s first callout of the year to a Dog, Monty, who had fallen from the cliff top at Danger Point. Monty was located, fit and well and was assisted by a crew member across the river with assistance from the coastguard team who set up a swimming line. Monty was reunited with his owner and the Lifeboat returned to station.
02-16	19/05/2016	14:40	Assist	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched after being paged by HM Coastguard following reports of a kite surfer who had been struggling for some time 1/4 mile off of Sidmouth. Sidmouth 2 was launched and attended the kite surfer who was determined ok and determined to make it to shore unaided. Sidmouth 2 stood by until the kite surfer had eventually recovered.
03-16	18/06/2016	08:00	Assist	Seaton Hole	Tasked to assist a broken down vessel requiring a tow 2 miles South of Seaton Hole. Up on arrival Sidmouth Lifeboat found the vessel to be already under tow by a local fishing vessel and once established that all on board were ok, were stood down.
04-16	03/07/2016	09:37	Assist	Sidmouth	Whilst on a routine training exercise Solent Coastguard requested the assistance of Sidmouth Lifeboat to verify whether one of the buoys from the local mussel farm had gone missing. The location of the buoy was attended by the Lifeboat but nothing was found, this was reported to Solent GC and the Lifeboat was then stood down.
05-16	17/07/2016	08:00	Assist	Beer	Sidmouth lifeboat was tasked at 8am to assist emergency services with an incident on the cliffs at Beer. All was well in the end and after the lifeboat provided safety cover for coast guard the police attained the casualty. Lifeboat remained on the sea after the call out to resume scheduled training.
06-16	22/07/2016	14:30	Assist	Budleigh Salterton	Tasked to a broken down fishing vessel at anchor close to rocks off Budleigh river mouth. The crew were with them within 22 minutes from moment alarm was raised. They were towed to the river Exe and taken along side up the estuary to marina and placed onto a pontoon. All three casualties were fine and thankful.
07-16	02/08/2016	14:45	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth lifeboat was paged to assist two children who had been cut off by the tide on a rock stack and heavy sea at Ladram Bay. Due to conditions the boat as unable to get alongside the rock stack so it was decided that two crew would swim from the boat to the stack to talk down and recover the children. Once recovered to the boat they were transported to Sidmouth beach where they were taken back to the boathouse and reunited with their family at 15:45.
08-16	07/08/2016	14:39	Rescue	Salcombe Mouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat paged by HM Coastguard to assist a 6’ dingy, 2 person on board, 0.5 miles south-east of Sidmouth. They had been seen blowing downwind for some time, and were clearly not going to make shore safely. Lifeboat at sea and quickly on scene. Casualties, by now off of Salcombe Mouth, were at first determined to continue trying to make shore without assistance. Once it became clear to them that they would be carried onto rocks before making Salcombe Beach, they were recovered to the lifeboat and dropped safely at Salcombe, wishing to return to Sidmouth via the cliff path. Dingy brought back by the lifeboat.
09-16	08/08/2016	17:14	Rescue	Littlecombe Shoot	Sidmouth lifeboat was paged by Solent coastguard to a casualty with leg injuries at Littlecombe shoot. Both boats were launched to assist the causally from the beach and recovered her and her mother to the boat. The lifeboat recovered to Sidmouth beach where they were met by the ambulance team who took the causality onwards in their care.
10-16	11/08/2016	12:16	Search & Assist	Budleigh Beach	Sidmouth lifeboat was tasked to search for a missing dingy with one person believed to be in the water. Both Exmouth Lifeboats were launched as well as the coastguard helicopter. The coastguard helicopter recovered the casualty and the Exmouth ALB recovered the dingy to Budleigh beach with the assistance of the local coastguard teams.
11 & 12-16	15/08/2016	15:10	Search & Assist	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth lifeboat was tasked to 3 persons trapped by tide on the far side of a recent rockfall. Initially there was confusion from first informant over which beach the persons were on. Once the lifeboat identified the persons and the Beer & Sidmouth coastguard teams were able to establish that no further assistance was required as they had climbed back over the rocks. Whilst this was going on, the shore crew on beach dealt with an incident involving 2 male swimmers where one had got into trouble and had been washed dangerously close to the rocks. The shore crew were able to assist the casualty and help him across the rocks to safety.
13-16	16/08/2016	19:55	Assist	Beer Head	The Sidmouth lifeboat crew were in the station going through their training exercises for the evening when over the VHF they heard Lyme Regis lifeboat being tasked to one job, followed swiftly by another. The lifeboat crew contacted Solent coastguard to offer their assistance and were requested to launch. Lyme Regis Lifeboat station was contacted for the details and the tasking was to assist a fishing vessel which had engine problems at anchor 0.5nm south of Branscombe beach. The lifeboat identified the casualty vessel and set up a tow to recover the vessel to Lyme Regis harbour. Lifeboat recovered at 22:00.
14-16	14/09/2016	15:25	Rescue	Seaton Hole	Sidmouth lifeboat has just returned from service to a dog ‘Benjee’ who had been separated from his owners at Beer Beach and had been washed onto the beach which is inaccessible due to the tide. With the tide rising Sidmouth Lifeboat worked alongside Sidmouth and Beer Coastguard rescue teams to locate Benjee. A crewman was sent ashore and spent sometime coaxing a very scared Benjee to him to enable him to be attached to a lead and swam back to the boat with the assistance of another crewman. The lifeboat then placed Benjee, safe and well if a little wet, with his crewman ashore on Beer Beach to reunite him with his grateful owners and the coastguard teams. Lifeboat returned to station at 17:05.
15-16	27/10/2016	17:45	Search	Beer Head	Sidmouth lifeboat was tasked to search between Weston Mouth and Beer Head for a missing person alongside the local coastguard teams. Both boats were launched and proceeded to complete their close inshore searches in the fading light, using equipment such as night vision goggles and search lights. The area was well covered and nothing was found. Sidmouth lifeboat stood down just after 20:00 with coastguard and police teams continuing with their searching/enquiries.
16-16	03/11/2016	11:25	Search & Assist	Budleigh Salterton	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched to assist Exmouth Coastguard CRT in the rescue of a Labrador, Star, who had gone over sheer cliff to the east of the River Otter, Budleigh Salterton. Star was located by the lifeboat crew, and lifeboat made its way through the rocks towards the shore. 2 crew went ashore with a stretcher. Crew and CRT placed Star, still conscious but injured, on a stretcher and got her aboard the lifeboat. She was then taken to Budleigh by sea, and onwards to a vets where is receiving treatment at the time of writing. We wish Star and her owners well and hope for a speedy recovery. Lifeboat stood down and returned to station 12:50.A special mention to the Crewman who was enjoying his birthday as he responded to the pager today.

2015

Incident No:	Date	Time	Nature of Call Out	Location
01-15	23/01/2015	10:30	Assist	Sidmouth Beach	Assist with Royal Navy Bomb disposal team to remove an old Gas cylinder from Sidmouth Beach using the Lifeboat’s tractor.
02-15	15/02/2015	17:01	Search	Beer Head	Launched to aid Beer coastguard teams with a search between Branscombe Mouth and Beer Head after a handbag was found unattended at the top of the cliff. As Sidmouth Lifeboat completed it’s search a Beer coastguard team located the casualties with the assistance of police at Seaton Hole. Returned to station at 17:44.
03-15	10/03/2015	18:19	Assist	Beer Head	Paged by Solent coastguard to a person spotted on the cliff top of Beer Head, the person in question turned out to be completing some form of base jumping and we were stood down prior to launch. A false alarm with good intent.
04-15	18/04/2015	08:10	Assist	Sidmouth Beach	Crew members were made aware of a member of the public whose dog had unfortunately gone over the cliff top of Salcombe Hill. The crew were able to use a tandem kayak to assist the owner in recovering the body of the dog and recover it to Sidmouth Beach.
05-15	19/05/2015	07:11	Search	Beer	Sidmouth Lifeboat paged by Solent Coastguard to search between Beer and Seaton for a missing person. Once on scene Sidmouth Lifeboat worked alongside Beer and Sidmouth Coastguard teams to thoroughly search the area for the missing person. The search was extended to Culverhole Point however, after a thorough search of this area did not yield any results, Sidmouth Lifeboat and the Coastguard teams were stood down by Solent Coastguard and returned to their stations at 9:30am whilst Police enquiries continue. The person was located later that day, safe and well.
06-15	22/05/2015	16:01	Assist	Exmouth	Lifeboat launched on service to casualty in the water towards Exmouth area, stood down on launch by Solent Coastguard as Rescue Helicopter 106 was able to locate and assist the casualty alongside Exmouth RNLI.
07-15	09/06/2015	13:20	Search	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to search for two persons who had departed Ladram Bay on an inflatable kayak a earlier that day and had not made it to their final destination point by the agreed time. The Lifeboat proceeded towards Ladram completing a close inshore search along the way, the kayakers were located on the isolated beach at Sandy Cove, between Ladram and Sidmouth, and a crewman was put ashore to assess the situation. The persons were both safe and well and were given advice by the crewman on how to exit their location safely in the worsening conditions after they refused assistance. The Lifeboat stood by until the kayakers had made it safely back to shore at Ladram Bay before standing down.
08-15	05/07/2015	16:30	Assist	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat’s new Launch Vehicle was in action today for it’s first callout. The crew were paged by Solent Coastguard to respond to a windsurfer 1/4 miles off Sidmouth who was in difficulty with insufficient wind to make it to shore. One of the Lifeboat crew who was surfing in the area at the time was able to paddle out to the windsurfer and made sure he was comfortable in his self recovery. The crew proceeded to the launch site as the windsurfer was swimming alongside his board to shore, they stood by until he made it safely to shore.
09-15	12/07/2015	13:00	Assist	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist several people who had become stranded on the Eastern beach due to the rising tide. They were making their way back to safety and the Lifeboat was placed on the beach ready to launch if required. The persons made it safely to the seafront area and were given a safety brief for future reference.
10-15	18/07/2015	16:20	Assist	Weston Mouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched by Solent Coastguard to assist the Devon Air Ambulance with the recovery of an unconscious casualty at Weston Mouth. Lifeboat arrived on scene and put a crewman ashore to assess the situation and liaise with the Air Ambulance crew. The casualty was conscious and talking upon arrival, in the excellent care of the Air Ambulance, and the Lifeboat stayed on scene until the Air Ambulance had extracted the casualty from the area.
11-15	19/07/2015	14:30	Assist	Littlecombe Shoot	Tasked to assist Beer and Sidmouth Coastguard teams, to a casualty with back injuries, with a casualty extraction from the coastal path at Littlecombe Shoot. The Lifeboat put two crew ashore, one a of whom is a paramedic, to assess the situation. 104 Rescue Helicopter was tasked by Solent Coastguard and once the Coastguard and Lifeboat teams had got the casualty onto the stretcher he was winched up into the helicopter for a transfer to hospital.
12-15	29/07/2015	14:45	Assist	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched to a kayak towing a small dinghy towards Weston Mouth in an offshore wind. Lifeboat located the vessels and made sure they were safe, well and reached their destination. A safety brief was given to all of those onboard to ensure their safety on their return leg.
13-15	27/09/2015	15:05	Rescue	Sidmouth	Lifeboat launched to a swimmer in difficulty off Sidmouth Beach. Lifeboat proceeded to launch site where the casualty had been recovered to the beach by another swimmer. Lifeboat crew provided first aid treatment to the casualty and recovered the life buoy used in the rescue before standing down.
14-15	31/12/2015	15:40	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth lifeboat was launched to search for a missing bodyboarder, last seen 30 minutes before being tasked and had been heading east from the beach at the eastern end of Sidmouth seafront. The lifeboat launched and searched, close inshore, between Sidmouth Beach and Salcombe mouth with nothing found. The attending coastguard teams from Sidmouth and Beer were able, following conversations with a number of them to identify which had been spotted and were able to account for everyone. The Lifeboat and Search & Rescue helicopter 106 completed a final search of the area and were stood down at 16:45. A special mention to the crewman whose birthday it was.

2014

Incident No:	Date	Time	Nature of Call Out	Location
01-14	25-01-14	14:58	Rescue	Branscombe Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat crew were tasked to reports of a person in distress in the water who had become detached from their kayak. Sidmouth Lifeboat crew were stood down prior to launch as the person has made it to shore, Beer Coastguard team working alongside the Portland Rescue helicopter 106 were then able to ensure the wellbeing of the casualty who had suffered no significant injuries requiring attention.
02-14	16-02-14	09:15	Assist	Seaton Hole	Whilst out on routine training Sidmouth Lifeboat was asked by Portland Coastguard to assist in the recovery of a partially submerged vessel, spotted just minutes before by a local working vessel roughly 2 miles off Culverhole Point. Sidmouth Lifeboat contacted the local vessel and identified the vessel to be a 7 foot tender which, upon the request of the coastguard, was then towed into the beach for later collection.
03-14	23-02-14	18:45	Assist	Seaton Beach	At the request of Portland coastguard a team from Sidmouth Lifeboat attended Seaton Beach, where a container had washed ashore and needed to be emptied of 3,000 boxes ahead of the rising tide. The container is believed to be one of several washed off of a ship in the South West Approaches during recent storms. The crew assisted coastguard teams from across the disctrict (who had been working throughout the day) completing the task and returning to Sidmouth at 21:30.
04-14	12-03-14	17:33	Recovery	Otterton Ledge	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to reports of a dog reportedly having gone over the top of a cliff near the mouth of the river Otter. Sidmouth Lifeboat performed a close inshore search, with the assistance of Exmouth Coastguard from the cliff top and with a Lifeboat crewman ashore were able to identify the body of a young dog at the foot of the cliff. The dog was taken to the boat and returned to the Lifeboat station to await collection from the owners. Our thoughts are with them at this time.
05-14	07-04-14	13:00	Search	Ladram Bay to Axemouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to search for a missing 59 year old man following discovery of his boat washed up at West Bay. Lyme Regis lifeboat, Exmouth ALB and ILB as well as Coastguard helo 106 were all involved in the search. Search completed with nothing found and the Lifeboat was stood down at 14:00, sadly the deceased was found shortly afterwards at West Bay. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
06-14	16-04-14	16:05	Search	Beer beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to reports of two people in difficulty in the water after being cut off by the tide between Beer and Seaton. On arrival Sidmouth Lifeboat worked with coastguard helicopter 106 and both Beer and Sidmouth coastguard teams to search the area, nothing was found after several searches and everyone involved was confident that there were no persons in trouble in the area. All units were stood down and returned to their stations.
07-14	23-04-14	10:30	Recovery	Salcombe mouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist with the search for a missing person. Alongside the well drilled teams of Beer and Sidmouth Coastguard and Portland coastguard helicopter 106, Sidmouth Lifeboat searched from Sidmouth Beach to Littlecombe shoot and returned no results. On arrival on the scene, Rescue 106 having completed their own search with their aerial vantage point were able to locate the deceased casualty at the foot of Salcombe hill. They were then able to guide Sidmouth Lifeboat to the scene and, after deploying two Lifeboat crew to the shore they were able to recover the deceased through the building surf to the Lifeboat and then return to station where the paramedics and police were waiting. The family have been informed and our thoughts are with them all at this difficult time.
08-14	11-05-14	11:40	Assist	Sidmouth	Whilst out on a routine training exercise, Sidmouth Lifeboat were alerted to a tandem kayak crew who had found themselves in difficulty on the seaward side of the rock islands. The kayak had capsized and it’s crew were struggling, due to the conditions, to get back on board and were nearing exhaustion. The Lifeboat then took them aboard and assessed them, they were found to be fit and well. The crew and the kayak were then both recovered to the beach.
09-14	29-06-14	11:35	Assist	Sidmouth	Tasked, along with Exmouth Lifeboat and Rescue 106 Helicopter to a Mayday from a 12m fishing vessel taking on water. On arrival the skipper of the vessel confirmed they had cleared the water and resolved the issue. Sidmouth Lifeboat remained on-scence until the arrival of Exmouth Lifeboat and Rescue 106. As the skipper of the vessel was content and happy to carry on fishing, all Emergency Services were stood down.
10-14	17-07-14	14:00	Assist	Sidmouth	While about to launch the new “Sidmouth 2” Searider RIB for her maiden training exercise, a member of the public alerted Sidmouth Lifeboat crew to a small fishing boat, 200m off of Sidmouth, which was possibly having engine trouble. “Sidmouth 2” had arrived on station earlier that day, following a fundraising Tour of Britain cycle ride by several members of the crew which also raised awareness of other Independent (non-RNLI) Stations. She was launched and was able to quickly ascertain that the fishing boat in question was in fact not in trouble. She then continued her training exercise.
11-14	20-07-14	13:29	Assist	Sidmouth	Tasked to a 3m Rigid Inflatable (RIB) vessel with 2 persons onboard, broken down 0.5 miles off of Salcombe Mouth. Casualty vessel taken in tow, and returned to Clifton Beach, Sidmouth, safe and well.
12-14	29-07-14	19:04	Assist	Budleigh	During routine training Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to a report of a Windsurfer believed to be in difficulty around the DZ Buoys off Budleigh Beach. Sidmouth Lifeboat arrived on scene and established that the Windsurfer was not in any difficulty and was happy to continue.
13-14	12-08-14	23:30	Search	Seaton Hole	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to a report of a white light spotted at sea level between Kings Aisle Rock and Seaton Hole. Beer coastguard teams were already on scene having been tasked to investigate the light. Sidmouth Lifeboat arrived on scene and commenced a number of close inshore searches of the area between Beer Beach and Seaton Hole. A passing Fisherman approached Beer Coastguard to confirm he had been at the location and it was established that his was the light that had been spotted. All units were then stood down and returned to station.
14-14	28-09-14	10:12	Search	Sidmouth	During routine training Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist Beer Coastguard team in the search for a person following the discovery of a pile of clothes on the beach that morning. Sidmouth Lifeboat and the new Sidmouth 2 carried out a close inshore search along Sidmouth beach and beyond. Nothing was found and all units were stood down.
15-14	07-10-14	16:39	Rescue	Otterton Ledge	Lifeboat launched to the assistance of a father and son in trouble while kayaking in quickly deteriorating sea conditions at Budleigh Salterton. It quickly became apparent that the son had made Budleigh Beach safely, but the adult was out of the kayak and being carried over the rocks at Otterton Ledge. Casualty spotted by the lifeboat crew and brought aboard the lifeboat safe and well. He was then taken to Budleigh Beach and handed over to Exmouth Coastguard who were waiting ashore.
16-14	11-10-14	11:39	Assist	Salcombe mouth	Tasked to 5 persons cut off by tide on the beach underneath Salcombe hill. The 5 persons were located between the recent rock falls and advised to be taken aboard the lifeboat and returned to Sidmouth due to the danger of their position but chose instead to walk back along the beach. The lifeboat crew gave them a safety briefing and supervised them, from the boat, until they made it back to the seafront.
17-14	17-10-14	11:52	Search	Seaton Bay	Tasked to a search for the crew of a 25ft yacht which had run aground East of Axmouth Harbour. No crew were on board although there were clothes and food supplies, the yacht was last seen near Teignmouth have previous evening. Sidmouth Lifeboat worked alongside Lyme Regis lifeboat, Portland Rescue helicopter 106 and Lyme, Beer and Sidmouth Coastguard teams, as well as Police, to conduct thorough searches of the shorelines and seas between Lyme Regis and Exmouth. Aside from a sailing jacket, which was found near the scene and recovered from the water, nothing else of significance had been seen by any team. After several hours of searching all areas the search was suspended until further investigation has taken place.

2013

Incident No:	Date	Time	Nature of Call Out	Location
01-13	24-01-13	18.51	Assist	Beer Head	Tasked by Portland to reports of an incident at Beer Head, stood down as Lifeboat made it’s way to launch site.
02-13	09-04-13	12.29	Rescue	Branscombe	Tasked by Portland after reports of several persons cut off by tide in the Branscombe/Beer Head area. Stood down as the Lifeboat was entering the water.
03-13	29-06-13	18:30	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Tasked to a Kayaker being blown offshore 0.5 miles off of Ladram Bay. The Kayaker was located 2 miles offshore and being rapdily blown further out. The kayaker was taken on board and returned safely to Sidmouth.
04-13	01-07-13	14:19	Assist	Weston Mouth	Tasked to assist an inflatable reported to be in trouble. On arrival the 2 men in the inflatable were both fit and well and not in any distress. An offer to assist them back to shore was made but declined by the men who made their own way safely back to Sidmouth.
05-13	09-07-13	13:51	Recovery	Sidmouth	Tasked to reports of a person collapsed on the rocks under Peak Hill. Lifeboat crew located the individual and helped transport Police & Coastguard officers to the scene. Sadly the person was pronounced dead at the scene and recovered to hospital by Police helicopter. Our thoughts and sympathies go out to the friends and family of the deceased.
06-13	20-07-13	12:20	Search	Ladram Bay	Tasked to search for an orange kayak with 2 teenagers reported missing between Jacobs Ladder and Ladram Bay. Several close in-shore searches were carried out as far as Otterton Ledge. The 2 teenagers were found safe and well on the beach at Ladram Bay.
07-13	05-09-13	17:30	Assist	Sidmouth Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to reports of a jet-ski and two persons in distress approximately 1 mile south of Sidmouth beach. Sidmouth crew members quickly identified and confirmed the jet-ski to be that which was in trouble, took the two persons on board and rigged an astern tow. They then proceeded to tow the jet-ski into Sidmouth beach where waiting crew members were able to pull it up onto the beach for the owners to collect at a later time.
08-13	23-09-13	20:45	Assist	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard following reports of a yacht adrift very close to Sidmouth Beach and not responding to calls on VHF radio.Once alongside the casualty vessel the Skipper stated that they did not require assistance and were waiting for low tide in order to come ashore.Sidmouth Lifeboat Coxswain explained that they would not be able to get ashore at low tide and suggested that it may be more prudent to return to Exmouth. The Skipper of the vessel declined any assistance, and instead continued down the coast in an Easterly direction.
09-13	26-09-13	19:28	Assist	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist a person who had fallen from the cliff, half-way along Jacobs Ladder Beach. Paramedics, police helicopter and a cliff coastguard crew were also on scene.Weather, wave, and surf conditions were not suitable for recovery of the casualty by lifeboat, who had suspected spinal injuries and had suffered considerable trauma. Portland Coastguard helicopter was tasked to complete a winched stretcher casualty recovery.Sidmouth Lifeboat was retained on standby during the exercise. The casualty was then airlifted to hospital and Sidmouth Lifeboat was stood down along with other units.
10-13	03-10-13	14:39	Assist	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist with the recovery of a body which had been located on the beach between Ladram Bay and Sandy Cove. The coastguard were unable to access the area via a cliff rescue and although two crewmen were put ashore, they were unable to recover the deceased to the boat through the increasingly worsening sea conditions and the rising tide. The two crewmen returned to the Lifeboat as the SAR Helicopter was tasked to assess the scene and the decision was made to stand down and for the coastguard team to recover the deceased later that evening on a low tide. For the Express and Echo report of the callout click here.
11-13	16-10-13	20:50	Assist	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked at 8.50 to a search for a missing Kayaker off of Budleigh Salterton to assist Exmouth ALB and ILB who were on scene. Sidmouth Lifeboat commenced a search from Black Head to Otteron Ledge. During this search the Portland Coastguard helicopter identified the location of the casualty along Budleigh beach at 21:09. CPR was carried out on scene and transported the Dorchester hospital. Unfortunately the casualty passed away. To read the Sidmouth Herald report, please click here
12-13	23-11-13	14:40	Recovery	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to reports of a Dog having gone over the cliff top near Ladram bay, in Sandy Cove. Exmouth Coastguard were at the cliff top and requested the Lifeboat’s assistance. Sidmouth located the deceased animal at the foot of the cliff and recovered it to the boat and then boathouse for later collection by the Owners.
13-13	23-11-13	14:40	Assist	Sidmouth Beach	Whilst responding to the previous callout Sidmouth Lifeboat were made aware by concerned members of the public of a windsurfer in difficulty off of Sidmouth, Sidmouth Lifeboat reached the windsurfer and confirmed that he was not in too much difficulty in the strong offshore winds and were in scene to ensure that he was able to recover to the beach safely.

2012

Incident No:	Date	Time	Nature of Call Out	Location
01-12	05-02-12	15.38	Search	Ladram Bay	Launched to a report of a dog, Charlie, who has gone over the cliff near Ladram Bay. Sadly he had not survived the fall, but was taken aboard the Lifeboat ready for return to his owners.
02-12	16-03-12	09.18	Rescue	Jacobs Ladder	Launched to assist a female swimmer in distress at Jacobs Ladder. Additional Lifeboat crew in attendance on the beach, along with Police officers and Ambulance crew. The casualty was assisted offshore safe and well.
03-12	05-05-12	16.15	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Launched to reports of 5 persons being cut off by the tide near Ladram Bay. In fact, 7 persons were found to be coming into danger, and a Lifeboat crewman was put ashore to give advice regarding the rising tide and a safe course of action.
04-12	13-05-12	13.07	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Launched to a broken down motorboat at Ladram Bay with 4 persons on board. Vessel taken in tow by Sidmouth Lifeboat towards Axmouth. Conditions found to be unsuitable for entry into the Axe and towed continued to Lyme Regis.
05-12	19-07-12	19.04	Search	Sidmouth Beach	The retirement dinner for outgoing Senior Coxswain Simon Sparrow was delayed when Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to reports of a body floating in the water off of Sidmouth. The object was found to be a coat.
06-12	07-08-12	04.24	Rescue	Sidmouth Beach	Launched in the early hours of the morning to search for a missing swimmer off of Sidmouth Beach. Nightsights and Searchlights were utilised in quickly finding the confused swimmer 50m offshore and swimming away from land. He was taken aboard and returned safely to shore.
07-12	09-08-12	20.52	Assist	Beer Head	Launched to assist with an incident off of Beer Head. Stood down by Police.
08-12	15-08-12	18.09	Rescue	Seaton	Paged by Portland Coastguard following reports of a swimmer in trouble in heavy seas at Seaton. Conditions would have meant the 7 miles transit to Seaton would have taken an hour (as opposed to the usual 10 minutes) and assistance in breaking surf would have been impossible. A team was about to be dispatched by road to render assistance directly from the beach, when the casualty was reported safely washed ashore.
09-12	23-09-12	17.01	Rescue	Sidmouth Beach	Paged following a surfer reported to be in difficulty in large waves at Clifton Beach, Sidmouth. Lifeboat exiting boathouse for launch was stood down when surfer safely made it ashore.
10-12	26-12-12	10.30	Rescue	Sidmouth Beach	While providing safety cover for the annual Boxing Day swim at Sidmouth, a number of casualties were washed onto rocks by rapidly increasing wind and sea conditions. Assistance was given by Lifeboat crew and members of the public, with treatment given in the boathouse for minor grazes.

2011

Incident No:	Date	Time	Nature of Call Out	Location
01-11 02-11	09/01/11	14:27	Investigation	Axmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched at the request of Portland Coastguard to investigate a raft adrift off of Axmouth.It was confirmed that the raft had broken free from Axmouth Harbour , and was unmanned. It was towed to waiting Coastguards on the beach at Seaton. While returning to Sidmouth the lifeboat was re-tasked to assist Coastguard cliff-top teams who were winching a team member down the cliff at Jacobs Ladder to rescue a dog. The dog was recovered alive and well to the cliff top. Lifeboat stood down and returned to Sidmouth
03-11	09/02/11	20:21	Investigation	Branscombe	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched at the request of Portland Coastguard, to investigate an object floating in the water 2 miles south of Branscombe/Beer Head.Sidmouth Lifeboat was guided to the last sighted location by local Coastguard teams on Beer Head.Coastguard Helicopter Rescue 106 and Sidmouth Lifeboat completed an extensive search of the area in failing light. Searches complete and nothing found, Sidmouth Lifeboat and Rescue 106 were stood down by Portland Coastguard.
04-11	08/04/11	20:21	Search	Beer Head	Launched to assist with a search for an object reported to be seen floating approximately 2 nm off of Beer Head. Sidmouth Lifeboat, working on scene with the Coastguard Helicopter, performed an expanding box search. Nothing was found and the Lifeboat was stood down at 21.21.
05-11	12/04/11	19:15	Assist	Exmouth	While on routine training off of Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist Exmouth Coastguard team in dealing with a cliff top incident at Orcombe Point, Exmouth.Lifeboat stood down to returned to station at 20:25
06-11	21/04/11	17:55	Search	Lyme Regis	Launched to assist in the search for a missing diver 3 miles off Lyme Regis. Search also involved Lyme and Weymouth Lifeboats, Coastguard Helos 104 and 106, RFA Gold Rover and a number of smaller vessels.Sidmouth Lifeboat and other units progressively stood down with fading daylight. Missing diver sadly not found.Whilst en route to Sidmouth a new search was commenced following sighting of (unrelated) possible red flare in the area offshore Sidmouth. Crew change & refuel; search continued using radar, searchlights and night sights. Nothing was found.
07-11	31/05/11	17:15	Assist	Branscombe	Launched to assist an 18ft yacht adrift of Branscombe. On arrival found that the vessel had been anchored 10m off Branscombe beach. Towed the vessel to a safe anchorage in Beer.
08-11	26/06/11	11:40	Assist	Axmouth	While on routine training, Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to a fishing vessel, beached and taking on water at the mouth of the River Axe, near Seaton. The vessel was found breached to the waves and full of water. Two fishing boats had attempted to tow the vessel into the waves – to enable bailing. Sidmouth Lifeboat put a crewman and pump aboard the stricken vessel and attempted to turn the vessel’s bow into the waves, but the vessel continued to take on water. The vessel was towed to a point on the shingle bar opposite the harbour entrance to facilitate a tractor winch recovery.
09-11	26/06/11	23:57	Search	Ladram Bay	Lifeboat launched at the request of Portland Coastguard to search for a small vessel between Ladram Bay and Budleigh Salterton. The vessel was reported to be without lights, lifejackets, etc and overdue .Search commenced at Big Picket Rock heading West. A boat ashore at Ladram Bay was confirmed as being the vessel in question.
10-11	30/07/11	16:37	Assist	Ladram Bay	Lifeboat launched at the request of Portland Coastguard to search for a 21 foot motor, boat broken down, ½ mile South of Ladram Bay. The vessel was taken under tow to Axmouth Harbour (Seaton) and moored on an offshore buoy at the request of the skipper
11-11	01/08/11	19:43	Search	Weston	Lifeboat launched at the request of Portland Coastguard to search for a small rubber dinghy with three persons on board. The vessel was out of Seaton and overdue for arrival at Sidmouth. The crew were reported in difficulties 300metres south of Weston Mouth, without appropriate clothing, lights or lifejackets. The crew and vessel were found and taken aboard the lifeboat with one casualty suffering from mild hypothermia. Casualties were taken to Sidmouth to recover and safety briefed by HM Coastguard.
12-11	03/08/11	15:58	Search	Sidmouth	Lifeboat launched at the request of Portland Coastguard to search for missing 10-year old girl on Sidmouth Beach. Several close inshore searches were performed with nothing found. The 10 year old girl was reported to be found ashore safe and well. A member of the public raised the alarm that several children were in difficulty on the rock groin outside the boathouse. Sidmouth Lifeboat aided by shore crew in drysuits, and members of the public, pulled two children and one adult to safety. Casualties were treated for cuts and bruises, and shock in the lifeboat station.
13-11	10/08/11	03:43	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat Launched to 2 reports of red flares sighted off Sidmouth. After several searches using night nights and illuminants nothing was found and Sidmouth Lifeboat was stood down by Portland Coastguard. Sidmouth lifeboat returned to station at 04:54
14-11	15/08/11	15:56	Rescue	Branscombe	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist a 19 foot fishing vessel that had been washed onto rocks near Beer Head with two persons on board.A crew member swam to the fishing boat with a line and the boat was towed off the rocks and recovered to Beer Beach.Sidmouth Lifeboat returned to station at 18:04
15-11	18/08/11	11:43	Search	Sidmouth	The Lifeboat was launched to assist in the search for a missing male, whose car had been abandoned on Sidmouth Sea Front the previous evening. Police, Coastguard Units and RAF SAR Helo were also involved. Having confirmed the foreshore and cliff face were clear from Brandy head to Branscombe Sidmouth Lifeboat was stood down and completed a net recovery.
16-11	21/08/11	21:34	Rescue	Sidmouth	Lifeboat launched to the assistance of a 29’ Yacht with damaged mast and engine failure 6 miles south west of Lyme Regis. Sidmouth lifeboat took the yacht under tow and handed the tow over to Exmouth lifeboat 4 miles south of Sidmouth at 23:17 for them to complete the tow to Exmouth.
17-11	24/09/11	16:55	Assist	Seaton	Lifeboat launched to the assistance of a small vessel in difficulty on the Eastern part of Seaton beach.
18-11	25/10/11	15:05	Assist	Littlecombe Shoot	Launched to possible shipping container floating in the sea just off of Littlecombe Shoot. Beer coastguard were on scene and from the cliff tops were able to direct the Lifeboat to the location of the object. The object was discovered to be a container door, no ID marks were identified and the position was recorded before towing the door to Branscombe beach where it was winched ashore. Returned to complete a search of the datum area and to confirm nothing else in the water.
19-11	04/11/11	08:34	Investigation	Seaton	Lifeboat launched after reports of a body off of Seaton Hole, on arrival Police had recovered the body after it had washed ashore. Crew members went ashore to provide assistance and returned to station shortly afterwards

2010

Incident No:

Date

Time

Nature of Call Out

Location

Incident Report

01-10	08/02/10	11:55	Search	Brandy Head	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist the Police in dealing with a cliff top incident. Coastguard Cliff Teams and Coastguard Helicopter were also in attendance and one individual was helped to safety by the Police.
02-10	04/04/10	12:20	Rescue	Seaton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard along with the Coastguard Helicopter to assist Kayakers in difficulty. The Kayakers were helped to safety by a local fishing vessel.
03-10	04/040/10	21:41	Rescue	High Peak	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched to assist cliff-top teams in locating a casualty who had fallen off High Peak. Spotlights, white parachute flares and voice communications were used to locate the casualty who was winched to safety by Coastguard Helicopter Rescue 106.
04-10	12/05/10	14:42	Rescue	Budleigh Salterton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist a swimmer in difficulty near Budleigh Salterton. Upon arrival the crew noted that the swimmer was ashore, safe and well.
05-10	16/05/10	10:05	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Whilst on Sunday training Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist a motor yacht taking on water. ILB picked up the salvage pump from the boathouse and used the pump to decant the stricken vessel. The vessel was then towed to Exmouth dock, where the casualty vessel was handed over to Exmouth Lifeboat to complete it’s journey. Sidmouth ILB stood down and returned to training.
06-10	26/05/10	17:50	Search	Budleigh Salterton	Sidmouth Lifeboat and Exmouth Coastguard team were tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist in a search for a Spear Fisherman thought to be swept out to sea at Budleigh Salterton. The Spear Fisherman was reported safe and well but on the East side of the River Otter mouth. ILB stood down prior to launch.
07-10	06/06/10	16:33	Search	Budleigh Salterton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to search for a 12ft RIB with 2 persons on board thought to be out of fuel and drifting SE of Budleigh Salterton. A coordinated search was organised with Exmouth Lifeboat and the casualty vessel was located 3.2 nm ESE of Budleigh Salterton. The crew were transferred safe and well back to Budleigh Salterton by Exmouth Lifeboat.
08-10	28/06/10	17:18	Rescue	Budleigh Salterton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to search for a speedboat with 1 person on board thought to be drifting SE of Budleigh Salterton. The vessel was located on rocks and taking in water. Due to rocks and sea conditions the lifeboat could only approach to with 20m of the stricken vessel. A crewman entered the water on a swimming line and recovered the skipper to the Lifeboat. The skipper was then returned to his family on Budleigh beach. The Lifeboat then returned and made several attempts to recover the vessel, but to no avail.
09-10	03/07/10	12:30	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist a 7m vessel with 4 persons on board broken down in Ladram bay. The vessel was towed back to Teignmouth, put on a pontoon.
10-10	05/07/10	20:24	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist a small fishing vessel with 2 persons on board. The vessel had engine trouble and was drifting offshore 1nm SE of Sidmouth. The vessel and crew were safe and well and towed back to Clifton Beach at Sidmouth.
11-10	24/07/10	16:58	Recovery	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist the Ambulance Service in the recovery of a casualty from Jacobs Ladder Beach. Unfortunately the casualty did not respond to Paramedic CPR and was sadly declared deceased at the scene. Sidmouth Lifeboat recovered the casualty to the Boathouse on behalf of the Police and Coroner.
12-10	26/07/10	15:30	Rescue	Branscombe	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist an outboard powered Mirror dinghy, with no sails or mast, which had broken down near Branscombe. The vessel was sighted approximately 1.5nm offshore and drifting in strong offshore winds. The 2 casualties were found without lifejackets, flares or a VHF radio, taken on board Sidmouth Lifeboat and returned to Port Royal beach along with their vessel.
13-10	21/08/10	14:16	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist a 34ft yacht in trouble in heavy seas approximately 7nm south of Sidmouth. The yacht was taken in tow towards Lyme Regis (at the request of HM Coastguard). The vessel was handed over to Lyme Regis ILB for the remainder of the tow to Lyme Regis.
14-10	23/08/10	17:36	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to rescue 3 children aged 11, 12 and 13 who were stranded by the tide on the rock islands at Sidmouth. The 3 children were taken aboard the lifeboat and returned safely to their parents on Clifton Beach.
15-10	28/08/10	09:58	Search	Beer	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to search for a 77 year old female missing from the Seaton area since 07:00hrs. The lifeboat completed 2 close inshore searches between Beer Head and the mouth of the River Axe. The missing person was located safe and well on Beer High Street by Beer Coastguard.
16-10	31/08/10	19:23	Search	Sidmouth	During routine training Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to search for an 80 year old couple and their daughter reported as lost or possibly cut off by the tide at Weston Beach. The lifeboat conducted a close inshore search between Hook Ebb and Branscombe Ebb, putting a crewman ashore to talk to beach users. With no confirmed sightings and a lack of light the lifeboat was stood down. Coastguard teams continued the search inland.
17-10	25/09/10	12:07	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard, to search between Jacobs Ladder Beach and Ladram Bay for 2 young children blown offshore in a dinghy. Sidmouth Lifeboat conducted a close inshore search between Jacobs Ladder and Ladram and quickly located the casualties half a mile offshore. The children were recovered safe and well to their grandparents on Jacobs Ladder Beach and the lifeboat was stood down.
18-10	10/10/10	15:46	Rescue	Branscombe	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard, to search for one Laser dinghy and one catamaran in trouble south of Sherborne Rocks (east of Branscombe). Boats crewed by a son and father respectively. Boats were located one mile south of Branscombe. The Laser had capsized and was holed (sinking). Crew confirmed that no-one else was in trouble, took the boy on board towed the Laser to Beer Beach , where the boy was reunited with his mother, safe and well. Lifeboat returned to escort the father and his catamaran to Beer Beach .
19-10	23/10/10	08:42	Recovery	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard, to investigate a small fishing boat drifting half a mile south of Sidmouth. Coastguard was concerned that crew had been lost overboard. Lifeboat arrived on scene and established that engine was down and no crew in the vicinity. Coastguard confirmed that a 999 call had been received from a Ladram Bay fisherman to report a boat missing from Ladram Bay Beach .Crew confirmed that the fuel supply was disconnected and completed a tow to Ladram Bay where the boat was safely put ashore and winched up the beach to safety. Owner present.
20-10	25/10/10	10:23	Search	Seaton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard, to search for a person missing from Beer.An extensive 3 hour close inshore search was conducted between the River Sid and Seaton seafront, along with Lyme Regis Lifeboat. Nothing found. (Missing person was later located landward safe and well.)
21-10	07/11/10	15:27	Search	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched at the request of Portland Coastguard, to search for a Spaniel which was believed to have gone over the cliff between Ladram Bay and High Peak. A crewman was put ashore at Big Picket, to walk the shoreline towards Sandy Cove while the Lifeboat conducted a close inshore search. The dog was found on the shore at the eastern end of Sandy Cove. Sadly it had not survived the fall. It was taken aboard the lifeboat and returned to the owners, in company with Coastguard Officers, at Ladram Bay

2009

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001/09	15/03/09	16:34	Rescue	Sandy Cove	Following a call from Portland Coastguard Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist two people cut off by the tide between Sandy cove and Ladram Bay West of Sidmouth. Exmouth Coastguard were in attendance at Hern point rock, and helped to walk the casualties round to a safe pick up point in Sandy cove. The casualties were taken aboard the lifeboat and ferried to a safe place in Ladram Bay
002/09	04/05/09	15:39	Rescue	Seaton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to search for an inflatable dinghy drifting South from Seaton Beach. The dinghy had 3 persons on board waving for assistance. Sidmouth Lifeboat arrived on scene to find that the dinghy had made Seaton Beach safely, with all aboard safe and well.
003/09	04/05/09	21:10	Search	Budleigh Salterton	SIdmouth Lifeboat was tasked to search for a missing elderly female from Budleigh Salterton. Sidmouth Lifeboat performed a search for the missing person, with nothing found. Lifeboat returned to station at 22:12.
004/09	23/05/09	19:50	Rescue	Western Mouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to search to the East of Sidmouth for 2 people aboard a dinghy with suspected engine failure. The dinghy was located about 200 meters off the shore at Weston Mouth. The occupants were unharmed, and taken aboard Sidmouth lifeboat. The dinghy was towed back to Sidmouth. The 2 people and vessel were put safely ashore at Port Royal beach.
005/09	23/05/09	23:41	Search	Seaton Hole	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist the police in a search for a missing woman in the area between Beer beach and Seaton . A close inshore search was conducted between Beer Head, Seaton Hole and the mouth of the River Axe. At 01:04 The missing person was reported to be safe and well ashore. Sidmouth lifeboat was stood down to return to station
006/09	26/05/09	15:53	Rescue	Sidmouth Area	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to recover a kayak drifting out to sea after the kayaker had got into difficulties and swam safely ashore.
007/09	30/05/09	15:25	Rescue	Sidmouth Area	Sidmouth Lifeboat was paged to assist a Canoeist in difficulty in The Sidmouth Area. The Canoeist was escorted to the beach by 2 Kayakers in the area. Sidmouth Lifeboat were stood down before launch.
008/09	31/05/09	19:39	Rescue	Seaton Hole	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to assist a male in difficulty approx 1nm off of Seaton Hole. Sidmouth Lifeboat arrived on scene and were then stood down by Portland Coastguard.
009/09	14/06/09	17:13	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat were paged to assist 2 persons cut off by the tide between Ladram Bay & Budleigh Salterton. The Lifeboat was stood down before launch as the people had made it to safety.
010/09	09/06/09	19:49	Search	Sidmouth Area	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to search for a missing Mirror dinghy with one person aboard in the area between Sidmouth and Seaton. The Missing person was located safely ashore. Lyme Regis Lifeboat was also tasked to the search and was sent to Charmouth to locate the Dinghy.
011/09	25/06/09	11:06	Rescue	Otterton Ledge	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to a report of a swimmer in trouble off of Otterton Ledge, near Budleigh Salterton. Coastguard Helicopter R106, from Portland was also scrambled to the scene. Sidmouth Lifeboat and R106 on scene at 11:12. Casualty recovered from the water safe and well, and taken by helicopter to coastguard’s at Budleigh. ILB then stood down to return to Station at 11:29.
012/09	08/07/09	16:37	Search	Sidmouth Area	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to to search for a missing person in the Salcombe Hill area. The Lifeboat performed a close inshore search from Sidmouth to Beer Head, with nothing found. The Lifeboat was then stood down at 17:50 by Portland Coastguard.
013/09	09/07/09	12:04	Search	Sidmouth Area	Lifeboat launched at the request of Portland Coastguard to assist in the search for a missing person.The Sidmouth lifeboat searched the area of sea, beach and cliffs west of Sidmouth toward Brandy head . A search was then made to the East of Sidmouth along to Weston Mouth. Nothing untoward was found and the lifeboat was returned to station.
014/09	12/07/09	13:22	Rescue	High Peak	Sidmouth Lifeboat was taked by Portland Coastguard to investigate a report of clothing sighted on the cliffs near Big Picket Rock. The Coastguard helicopter then reported a body on the beach below High Peak, but was unable to recover the body. Sidmouth 2 was also launched and both Lifeboats stood by while Police and Coastguards assesed the situation. Sidmouth 2 was tasked to marshal people away from the scene on the beach. The Coastguard helicopter then recovered the body and both Lifeboats recovered to station.
015/09	23/07/09	12:18	Rescue	Weston Mouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched at the request of Portland Coastguard to investigate a tent on the beach at Weston Mouth. One crewman was put ashore to ascertain that all was well with the occupant of the tent. He was informed regarding spring tides and the fact that the cliffs are unstable. Also attending were three coastguard cliff team from Beer.
016/09	26/07/09	12:13	Rescue	Beer	Lifeboat launched, at the request of Portland Coastguard, in response to 4 persons suspected to be cut-off by the tide between Beer and Seaton beaches. A close in-shore search was conducted between Beer Beach (Kings Hole Rock) and Seaton Beach. All persons were found safe and well on Beer Pier.
017/09	01/08/09	19:04	Search	Beer Area	Lifeboat launched, at the request of Portland Coastguard, to search for a missing person. A close inshore search was conducted between Beer Head and the mouth of the River Axe (East of Seaton). Nothing found. Person was consequently found safe and well in Bridport.
018/09	01/08/09	19:58	Search		Whilst on 1st callout as below, Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to investigate reports of an object in the water at Big Picket Rock. An extensive search completed between Ladram Bay and Chit Rocks, nothing found. Possible false alert
018/09	01/08/09	19:58	Search	Big Picket	Whilst on 1st callout as below, Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland Coastguard to investigate reports of an object in the water at Big Picket Rock. An extensive search completed between Ladram Bay and Chit Rocks, nothing found. Possible false alert

2008

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
01-08	27/01/08	11:10	Rescue	Sidmouth	Following a call from Portland Coastguard Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to attend a person reported to be on the edge of the cliffs at Connaught Gardens. The situation was resolved safely and the Lifeboat was immediately re-tasked by Portland Coastguard.
02-08	27/01/08	11:18	Search	Budleigh Salterton	At the request of the Police a shoreline search was carried out from Otterton ledge to Littleham Cove, West of Budleigh Salterton. A young male had been reported missing last night. Coastguard teams and police helicopter also carried out a search of the area in the morning. The missing Person was found safe and well and the search stood down.
03-08	21/03/08	18:00	Search	Beer Head	ILB tasked to perform a close inshore search of the Beer Head area including the cliff tops, for a reported missing person. ILB performed search and was then stood down due to failing daylight. The Missing person was later located safe and well. Also involved were Lyme Regis Lifeboat, Beer Coast Guard & the Coast Guard Helicopter.
04-08	14/05/08	18:21	Rescue	Danger Point	Following a call from Portland Coastguard Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to attend a kayaker who had capsized and was unable to get back into his craft. The lifeboat was on scene at the base of the cliffs at Danger Point, just east of Budleigh Salterton, at 1827The casualty was brought on board the lifeboat and found to be hypothermic and vomiting. It was therefore decided that he should be winched from the lifeboat onto Coastguard helicopter R107, which was en route, for immediate transfer to Dorchester hospital. This accomplished, the lifeboat was back at station at 18:58.
05-08	19/05/08	12:20	Search	Sidmouth	Following a call from Portland Coastguard Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to search the area between Ladram Bay and Weston mouth for missing female. Nothing found.The Lifeboat was stood down at 1324 hrs and was ready for service at 1410 hrs.
06-08	26/06/08	13:00	Search	Sidmouth	Portland Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to search the beach East of Sidmouth between the river Sid and Salcombe Mouth.A party of five people were reported to have been cut off by the tide. On arriving at the scene the crew made sure the group were not in any danger and they returned to Sidmouth by Coast path from Salcombe Mouth. The Lifeboat was stood down at 13.17 hrs and was ready for service at 13.30hrs.
07-08	01/07/08	16:10	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Portland Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to attend a dinghy, 2 persons on board, reported in difficulty off Ladram bay, West of Sidmouth. The dinghy with two lads aboard was towed ashore by another vessel in the area just before the lifeboat arrived on scene. A crew member went ashore to establish all was well and the lifeboat returned to station. The Lifeboat was stood down at 16.25 hrs and was turned around and ready for service at 16.55hrs.
08-08	12/07/08	08:10	Rescue	High Peak	Portland Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to assist Devon and Cornwall Police in recovering a body from the beach west of Picket Rock.Beer Coastguard Team, Sidmouth Coastguard team, Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopter and Police helicopter were also in attendance.
09-08	23/07/08	15:50	Search	River Sid	Portland Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to check out a recent landslide to the East of the River Sid. Nothing untoward reported. The Lifeboat returned to station and was ready for service at 16:26 hours.
10-08	24/07/08	12:53	Rescue	Sidmouth	Portland Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to assist in recovering four people from Chit Rocks. The casualties had already been recovered and the lifeboat was asked to complete a sweep of the beach to make sure no-one else was in difficulty. Due to the South-Easterly wind, the current around Chit Rocks and the rock islands was stronger than usual.
11-08	24/07/08	15:00	Rescue	Sidmouth	Portland Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to assist in recovering six people from Chit Rocks. The casualties had made it back to shore, and were being treated by an ambulance crew.Due to the South-Easterly wind, the current around Chit Rocks and the rock islands was stronger than usual. Portland coastguard rescue helicopter and members of the local coastguard team were also in attendance. The MCGA press release of this incident can be found here
12-08	05/08/08	02:05	Search	Ladram Bay	Portland Coastguard tasked Sidmouth Lifeboat to investigate 2 red flares reported seen out at sea South of Ladram Bay. Beer and Exmouth Coastguard teams were also on scene and searched the shore around the area of Ladram Bay. Sidmouth Lifeboat searched the sea area from Ladram Bay towards Brandy Head widening the area to the South. Nothing untoward was found, Lifeboat and coastguards were stood down at 03:23.
13-08	08/08/08	21:13	Rescue	Sidmouth	Police on the seafront alerted the Boathouse to a woman who had swum some distance offshore and was in difficulty. The lifeboat was launched and immediately proceeded toward the casualty’s reported position. She had in the meantime been swept toward the vessel Pride of the Exe which was anchored offshore. The lifeboat crew went aboard and assessed the casualty before moving her to the lifeboat and returning to the shore and transferring her to the waiting ambulance.
14-08	12/08/08	16:08	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched by Portland Coastguard following a report of two people clinging to rocks near Ladram Bay. On arriving on scene the crew spotted the casualties, who had been at sea in an inflatable dinghy, on the southern end of a rock stack, just clear of the water. Due to the sea conditions it was necessary to put a crewman on a swimming line to recover the casualties to the lifeboat. The boat then returned to Sidmouth where the casualties were transferred to an ambulance. At the request of the coastguard a second launch was carried out to recover the damaged dinghy which had been separated from the 2 casualties.
15-08	13/08/08	Search	Lyme Regis		Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to proceed to Culver hole point, near Lyme Regis, to assist Lyme Regis Lifeboat in an on-going search for two kayakers reported overdue. 02:00 a relief crew were driven to Lyme Regis for a crew change and to refuel the lifeboat. The original crew rested in Lyme Regis boat house for another 3 hours. 05:30 The crew was changed again and the lifeboats refuelled. An RAF Search and rescue helicopter from RMB Chivenor and Weymouth all weather lifeboat joined the search at first light. Lyme Regis and West Bay Coastguard teams carried out shore line searches of the area along with the Dorset Police. The MCGA press release of this incident can be found here08:30 the reported missing persons were located safe and well and the search stood down.
16-08	22/08/08	14:43	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to recover a small inflatable dinghy, which due to the offshore wind, was being blown out to sea about 100 metres off Sidmouth. 1 person reported to be aboard. As Sidmouth lifeboat was launching from Clifton beach two canoeists helped in the rescue by towing the casualty toward the shore, the lifeboat crew then assisted the casualty onto the lifeboat and brought her ashore. The casualty was extremely cold from being in the water so was suspected to be suffering from hypothermia. An ambulance was called to transfer her to Exeter hospital for a check-up. She was released later
17-08	01/09/08	14:45	Search	Beer Head	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to search for a 14′ sailing yacht missing in Lyme Bay. The yacht had departed Exmouth Marina and was heading for Lyme Regis in 2-3m seas. Sidmouth Lifeboat searched from Sidmouth to Beer Head where the yacht was found to have made it safely to Lyme Regis. The lifeboat then returned to station and was ready for service at 15:46. The MCGA press release of this callout can be found here
18-08	23/12/08	15:00	Investigation	Beer Head	Lifeboat was requested by Portland Coastguard, to investigate Beer Head and ascertain if the parachute left behind during the rescue of a base jumper the previous day, was still present. ILB searched the area and located the parachute still stuck on the cliffs approx. mid way down. Information was passed to the Coastguard and ILB then returned to station.
19-08	23/11/08	23:05	Search	Sidmouth Area	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist the police in a shoreline search for an elderly male missing in the Sidmouth area. The area covered was from Big Picket rock to the West of Sidmouth up to Weston Mouth in the East. Beer coastguard search and rescue teams and the police were involved in the search. After a thorough search of the area using white para Illuminants nothing untoward was found. The lifeboat returned to station and was ready for service at 01:40

2007

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001-07	21-01-07	13:54	Search	Branscombe	Pride of Sidmouth was launched on service to assist the Coastguard in the search for containers washed from the MSC Napoli. The search discovered 9 containers drifting along with a large amount of debris. The position of each container along with it’s identity number was passed to the Coastguard.
002-07	11-02-07	11:45	Search	Seaton	Whilst on a training exercise 2 miles off Seaton Pride of Sidmouth came across 5 metal 45 gallon barrels drifting, the contents were not known. The position was logged and passed by radio to Portland Coastguard. The crew were asked to standby until a recovery vessel with a crane could get to the scene. The recovery vessel “Valour” arrived on scene and Pride of Sidmouth was stood down.
003-07	25-03-07	07:00	Search	Peak Hill	Pride of Sidmouth was launched on service to assist Devon & Cornwall police in searching for a missing person. ILB searched from Sidmouth to Big Picket Rock and back to Sidmouth. ILB was then tasked to search from Ladram Bay to Salcombe Hill. ILB was then stood down after nothing found.
004-07	04-05-07	08:40	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat crew were paged following the discovery of a small boat washed up on the rock groynes at the western end of the beach. 08:50 Sidmouth Lifeboat on scene. Sidmouth Lifeboat recovered the vessel to the beach. Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to conduct a close inshore search of the local area. Nothing untoward found. 09:27 Portland Coastguard stood down Sidmouth Lifeboat and Coastguard teams
005-07	16-06-07	13:16	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat crew were called to assist a group of children reported in difficulty on the Rock Islands at Sidmouth. ILB Rig proceeded along the sea front to the beach. The children were recovered to a safe position and first aid was administered to several children with cuts and grazes.
006-07	23-06-07	00:31	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat crew were called to assist a man reported to be on Chit Rocks.Police located the man on the rock groyne opposite the boathouse before the boat was launched. Lifeboat crew got the casualty off the rocks and onto a stretcher. He was then taken to the waiting ambulance and on to hospital.
007-07	30-06-07	18:08	Investigation	Branscombe	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked by Portland coastguard to investigate reports of an oil slick in the vicinity of Littlecombe shoot, to the East of Sidmouth. The lifeboat reported the position of the slick of light fuel oil from the wreck of MSC Napoli toward Branscombe. After discussion with the salvage team on the Napoli and the Coastguard no further action was deemed necessary.
008-07	10-07-07	20:25	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked along with Beer and Sidmouth Coastguard to search for a missing person. A close inshore search was carried out between Ladram Bay and Weston Mouth. The Police Helicopter performed a search along the cliff tops. The missing person was found in Connaught Gardens.
009-07	31-07-07	19:27	Search	River Axe	ILB tasked by Portland Coastguard to investigate a person possibly cut off by the tide at the land slip East of the River Axe. ILB put 1 crew member ashore and spoke to person. No assistance required.
010-07	02-08-07	20:37	Rescue	River Otter	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to look for 2 persons cut off on the East side of the River Otter. ILB arrived on scene. 1 crewman put ashore 2 persons recovered to lifeboat and transferred to Police and Coastguards on Budleigh Beach .
011-07	02-08-07	21:03	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth lifeboat then further tasked to perform a close inshore search for a missing person between Lade Foot and Sidmouth beach. Lifeboat searched from Lade Foot to Sidmouth – nothing found. Missing person located by Police, safe and well on Sidmouth Seafront.
012-07	06-08-07	14:30	First Aid	Sidmouth	Report received at Lifeboat Station, of an elderly person on Sidmouth Beach, not breathing and no pulse. 2 Crew attended and administered Oxygen, Defibrillation and CPR. Casualty taken to Hospital via road ambulance.
013-07	01-09-07	09:32	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist Beer coastguard team to search the area around beer head to the East of Sidmouth. A double Kayak had been found earlier and the lifeboat made a shoreline search of the area between Beer roads and Weston mouth. Nothing untoward was found, and the Kayak was taken ashore at Branscombe beach.
014-07	02-09-07	12:35	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to look for an open inflatable dinghy off Sidmouth Beach. one person aboard reported to be in trouble due to the offshore breeze. Sidmouth Lifeboat made its way to the launch site at Clifton Beach, to the East of the esplanade, and as the crew prepared to launch the inflatable was towed to safety by a local Kayaker, who had seen the situation developing.
015-07	22-09-07	20:05	Rescue	Branscombe	Following a 999 call to Portland Coastguard, Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to a reported fire aboard the Dutch support tug from the MSC Napoli. The Vessel was located at anchor approx 1 ½ nautical miles South of Seaton. The crew aboard had been having a barbeque in a large oil drum on the stern deck. The flames were seen in Seaton, and reported by concerned members of the public. Nothing untoward was found and Pride of Sidmouth returned to Station
016-07	25-09-07	18:45	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Following a distress call to Portland Coastguard from a local fishing vessel, Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to a rowing boat in difficulties off Ladram Bay with 2 persons on board. The boat was located approx ½ mile off Ladram Bay. The crew aboard had been attempting to row ashore against a strong northerly wind after their engine had failed. The crew were taken on board the lifeboat, and the boat towed to Ladram Bay. They were put ashore and passed to Beer Coastguard – who also attended the scene.
017-07	30-09-07	16:08	Rescue	Ladram Bay	Following a call from Portland Coastguard Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to a swamped dinghy off Ladram Bay, to the west of Sidmouth. No persons on board. The boat was located approx ¼ mile south west from Ladram Bay and towed back to the beach where it was winched ashore. Exmouth Coastguard also attended the
018-07	21-10-07	09:07	Rescue	Jacobs Ladder	During Sunday morning training, Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to investigate a small dinghy, floating 50m off Jacobs Ladder. The dinghy was located and did not appear to have had any people onboard recently. Dinghy was then towed back to Port Royal, Sidmouth and recovered ashore.
019-07	27-11-07	10:00	Search	Sidmouth Area	Following a call from Portland Coastguard Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist the police in a search for an elderly missing Person. A shoreline search was carried out from Beer Head, East of Sidmouth, to Otterton ledge in the West. 3 Coastguard teams, the police and Coastguard helicopter Victor Alpha were also involved. The missing Person was found safe and well about ½ a mile from the sea front.

2006

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001-06	01-01-06	13:06	Search	Sidmouth Area	ILB launched to search for a missing woman in the Sidmouth area. ILB searched from Otterton Point to Beer Head, with nothing found. ILB returned to station at 14:36
002-06	22-04-06	18:49	Rescue	Beer Beach	Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched following a 999 call by a member of the public to HM Coastguard. Tasked to search and recover a windsurf board reported drifting between Beer & Seaton. The board was recovered and returned to shore at Beer. After a shoreline search of the area for a possible casualty, nothing untoward was found. Sidmouth Lifeboat was then stood down and returned to station. Refueled and ready for service at 19:58.
003-06	04-06-06	12:15	Rescue	Jacobs Ladder	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist 2 people on Jacobs Ladder Beach. Sidmouth Lifeboat found the people on the beach 300m west of Jacobs Ladder. Both required medical assistance and were evacuated by the Lifeboat to Clifton Beach.01:24 Lifeboat refueled and ready for service.
004-06	09-06-06	18:26	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat launched after a report to the Coastguard that 2 swimmers were in difficulty at the entrance to Clifton Beach. As the lifeboat was launching the 2 swimmers made their way to shore and informed the lifeboat crew that they were un harmed.18:46 Lifeboat refueled& ready for service
005-06	17-06-06	15:37	Rescue	Sidmouth	Following a Call from Portland Coastguard the Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to assist a becalmed 25 foot yacht 4 nautical miles off Sidmouth.The yacht, on passage from Brixham to Weymouth with 2 persons onboard, had run out of fuel and Sidmouth lifeboat provided 25 litres of petrol to enable them to get to an anchorage for the night off Seaton. Lifeboat refueled and ready for service 16:52.
006-06	19-06-06	20.39	Search	Ladram Bay	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist the police helicopter in a search for a missing person. A shoreline and cliff search between Ladram bay, to the west, and Littlecombe shoot, to the east, was carried out.Beer coastguard teams searched the cliff areas and coast footpaths.Nothing untoward was found. 21:40 The Pride of Sidmouth was stood down by Portland Coastguard 22:00 Lifeboat refueled and ready for service
007-06	02-07-06	09:32	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist a number of sailing dinghies in trouble east of Sidmouth, off Weston. The group of 14 dinghies, with young crew on a sailing camp, had been scattered by a sudden thunder squall and a number capsized. Two escorting safety boats, and escort Yacht, were able to give immediate assistance to the main group, but the unpredictable winds separated the boats.Sidmouth lifeboat took two youngsters aboard from their dinghy and returned them to Sidmouth.The Dinghy was towed back later. The remaining youngsters made their way to Weston beach and were ferried in the safety boats and lifeboat back to Sidmouth. The remaining dinghies were towed back by the safety boats. Beer Coastguard team and Lyme Regis lifeboat were in attendance.
008-06	04-07-06	16:14	Rescue	Salcombe Regis	Following a 999 Call from Portland Coastguard Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to assist a speedboat with engine failure. 3 persons aboard, reported to be 1 ½ miles out at sea, south of Salcombe Regis.A tow line was rigged and the speedboat was towed back to Port Royal beach, Sidmouth. Sidmouth lifeboat shore crew helped to pull the boat up the beach, using the tractor from the lifeboat station. Lifeboat refueled and ready for service 17:33
009-06	09-07-06	19:24	Search	Seaton Hole	Following a Call from Portland Coastguard Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to search for a missing person after a windsurf board was reported floating off shore at Seaton hole.Portland Coastguard rescue helicopter made a search of the area, and Sidmouth lifeboat made a shoreline search from Seaton beach to Beer. Lyme Regis Lifeboat recovered the board to the coastguard unit on Beer beach. Nothing untoward was found. Lifeboat refueled and ready for service 20:47
010-06	11-07-06	23:40	Fire	Weston Mouth.	Following a Call from Portland Coastguard the Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to assist Sidmouth fire brigade and transport 4 fire-fighters, a portable pump and equipment to a fire at a chalet on the beach at Weston Mouth.Due to the remote location of the chalet it is impossible to get a fire appliance to the scene. 01:46 Fire damped down and all personnel returned to Sidmouth.02:25 Lifeboat refueled and ready for service
011-06	17-07-06	22:05	Rescue	Seaton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was called out by Portland coastguard to assist 2 persons drifting in a dinghy 100 metes off the beach at Fisherman’s Gap, Seaton.As Sidmouth Rescue arrived on scene the situation was resolved, and the two persons returned to shore. Sidmouth Lifeboat was stood down and returned to station.
012-06	18-07-06	21:06	Rescue	Budleigh Salterton	Sidmouth Lifeboat was called out by Portland coastguard following a 999 call by a member of the public.The was task to assist 2 persons reported to be drifting in a dinghy 800 meters off the Mouth of the River Otter, south of Budleigh Salterton. 21:10 arrived on scene. The occupants of the dinghy confirmed that they were not in trouble, and could row back ashore. 21:16 Lifeboat stood down and returned to station. 21:40 Lifeboat refueled and ready for service.
013-06	25-07-06	20:54	Rescue	Budleigh Salterton	Following a 999 call by a member of the public Sidmouth Lifeboat was called out by Portland coastguard, to assist a swimmer reported to be in difficulties 300 meters off the Mouth of the River Otter, south of Budleigh Salterton.21:00 Pride of Sidmouth arrived on scene, and the swimmer taken aboard. 21:15 The casualty was taken safely ashore and handed over to Exmouth Coastguard team on the beach. Portland Coastguard Rescue helicopter also arrived on scene, but not required to carry the casualty to hospital. 21:17 Lifeboat stood down and returned to station. 21:39 Lifeboat refueled and ready for service.
014-06	29-07-06	19:10	Medivac	Littlecombe Shoot	Following a 999 call Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to Medivac a male casualty with a suspected broken ankle from the cliff path at Littlecombe Shoot. East of Sidmouth.19:20 Pride of Sidmouth arrived on scene. 2 crewmen put ashore with first aid kit, Crew applied inflatable splint and administered oxygen to the casualty and prepared him for helicopter evacuation. 20:07 Royal Navy Rescue Helicopter 193 from RNAS Culdrose arrived on scene. 20:38 Casualty winched aboard on stretcher and flown to Exeter Hospital. 20:55 Lifeboat stood down and returned to station. Click Here For The BBC Report
015-06	12-08-06	01:47	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth Lifeboat were paged by Portland Coastguard to search for a missing swimmer, following reports from a member of a group of swimmers that one of their group was missing. ILB was stood down prior to launch when the missing swimmer was found safe and well.
016-06	13-08-06	08:23	Search	Sidmouth	During a training exercise a member of the public discovered two abandoned piles of clothing on the beach and reported this to the crew of Sidmouth Lifeboat. Portland Coastguard were informed and Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to perform a close inshore search to the East of the Sidmouth area. One crew member was put ashore to investigate the clothing and found that it belonged to residents of a nearby hotel. The two persons were found to be safe and well in their hotel, their clothing having been left on the beach the previous evening.ILB stood down at 09:10
017-06	27-08-06	10:11	Rescue	Weston Mouth.	Pride of Sidmouth was launched on service to assist in the recovery of a dinghy brought ashore at Weston beach, to the East of Sidmouth. A search of the sea area confirmed that there were not any missing persons, and the dinghy was towed back to Sidmouth
018-06	05-11-06		Rescue	Sidmouth	Pride of Sidmouth was launched on service to a vessel with steering failure.
019-06	13-11-06	12:03	Rescue	Beer Head	Pride of Sidmouth was launched on service to assist the Police and Coastguard and stand by as a member of the public was helped from the cliff edge at Beer head , to the East of Sidmouth.The casualty was safely lifted by helicopter to Exeter hospital, and the lifeboat was returned to station.
020-06	14-11-06	15:51	Search	Sidmouth Area	Pride of Sidmouth was launched on service to assist the Police and Coastguard in the search for a missing person between chit rocks and Budleigh Salterton, to the West of Sidmouth.Exmouth all weather lifeboat and Exmouth inshore lifeboat were also involved in the search.17:09 The search was called off and Sidmouth Lifeboat returned to station. Portland Coastguard rescue helicopter “Whisky Bravo” was tasked to make an aerial search of the area. 19:12 Pride of Sidmouth was re-launched on service to assist the Police and Coastguard to resume the search for a missing person between chit rocks and Budleigh Salterton, to the West of Sidmouth. 20:45 Search called off and Lifeboat returned to station. Click Here for the Sidmouth Herald Report
021-06	15-11-06	09:25	Search	Otterton Ledge	Pride of Sidmouth was launched on service to assist the Police and Coastguard in the search for a missing person between sidmouth and Otterton ledge, to the West of Sidmouth.10:54 The Lifeboat was re tasked to continue the search to the East of Sidmouth towards Branscombe. Coastguard rescue helicopter Whisky bravo made an aerial search of the same area, while Coastguard teams searched the cliffs. Nothing untoward was found.
022-06	18-11-06	12:25	Search	Ladram Bay	Pride of Sidmouth was launched on service in continuation of the search for missing female. ILB searched from Ladram Bay to Otterton Point, placing a crew member ashore at accessible locations to search the base of the cliffs. Search then moved 1/2 m out to sea and repeated. Nothing found.
023-06	19-11-06	08:32	Search	Budleigh	Pride of Sidmouth was launched in continuation of search for missing female. ILB searched from Budleigh Salterton to Sandy Bay, Crew member again placed ashore to search the base of the cliffs. ILB then returned to Sidmouth for a crew change.10:49 ILB requested by Portland Coastguard, to break off search for missing female and assist in search for a missing dog at Axemouth. Nothing found during search and ILB stood down at 11:00,

2005

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001-05	08-04-05	14:42	Search	Sidmouth	ILB tasked to assist Police Helicopter in search for a missing person. ILB searched base of the cliffs & beach from Sidmouth to Big Picket Rocks, Nothing found. MIssing person was later found safe and well at home.
002-05	08-04-05	15:25	Rescue	River Axe	During recovery of ILB from previous incident, the ILB was re-tasked to assist a Lazer Dinghy in difficulty off of The River Axe. ILB arrived on scene and took the occupant of the Lazer Dinghy onboard. ILB then towed the Lazer Dinghy to Axmouth Beach and transfered occupant to waiting ambulance onshore.
003-05	07-05-05	11:08	Rescue	Lyme Bay	ILB tasked to assist dive boat ” Blue Turtle” approximately 16m ESE of Sidmouth. Dive boat had tangled a line in it’s propeller and had an injured diver onboard. 2 Divers were still in the water at the time. ILB arrived on scene and transferred 2 divers from vessel “Seaquest” to the “Blue Turtle”. The Injured diver was transferred by Coastguard helicopter to Dorchester Hospital. Divers then cleared the fouled propeller and “Blue Turtle” was escorted back to port. Click here for the BBC News Report Click here for the Coastguard Incident Report
004-05	30-05-05	21:19	Rescue	Straight Point	ILB launched to assist a 22ft motor cruiser with engine failure, approx 1m south of Ladram Bay. ILB arrived on scene and took the vessel under tow towards Exmouth Docks. The motor cruiser was then docked at the Exmouth Marina Entrance Pontoon.
005-05	09-07-05	21:19	Rescue	Straight Point	ILB launched to assist Motor Cruiser MV Newman that had broken down off Straight Point. ILB located MV Newman and assisted vessel.
006-05	10-07-05	08:00	Rescue	Beer	Continuation of incident no 005-05. ILB launched to tow MV Newman from Beer to Axmouth Harbour. MV Newman was towed into Axmouth Harbour and secured to mooring at the slipway.
007-05	10-07-05	14:02	Rescue	Ladram Bay	ILB launched to assist a Blue & White Bayliner vessel, unable to re-start it’s engine approx 600m South of Ladram Bay. ILB towed vessel to Exmouth Fairway Buoy, where tow was passed to a smaller craft for towing to Cockwood.
008-05	03-08-05	15:18	Search	Seaton Bay	ILB launched to search for 2 person being blown offshore in 2 inflatables, Seaton Bay. ILB was stood down at 15:28 after owners of the inflatables informed Coastguards that no persons were onboard.
009-05	13-08-05	16:14	Rescue	Beer Head	ILB launched to assist a lady & her dog stuck on rocks at the base of Beer Head. Casuatlies was located at at 16:35 and a crew member placed ashore. Coastguard Helicopter Whiskey Bravo on scene 10 minutes later and winched both the lady and her dog on board. Casualtieswere then landed at the top of Beer Head and assisted by Beer Coastguard.
010-05	15-08-05	14:26	Search/Rescue	Peak Hill	ILB launched to assist 4 persons in a dinghy 0.5nm south of Peak Hill. ILB searched the area and located a small dinghy being towed by two swimmers. Swimmers were taken aboard ILB and dinghy towed back to Port Royal and landed ashore. ILB then re-tasked by Portland Coastguard to check on another vessel reported being towed towards Ladram Bay. Crew member was placed ashore at Ladram Bay and determined all persons in broken down vessel were un-injured. ILB returned to station at 15:30.
011-05	18-08-05	19:50	Rescue	Lyme Bay	ILB launched to assist a yacht in position 50 36.03N 003 10.00W. Vessel had lost steering and had gear box problems. Exmouth Lifeboat arrived on scene and rigged tow, for recovery of vessel back to Exmouth.
012-05	09-10-05	09:21	Rescue	Beer Head	A routine training session for Sidmouth Lifeboat was diverted by Portland Coastguard to help search for a lost dog last Sunday morning. Members of Beer Coastguard team Naomi Truell, Aiden Winder and Alan Phillips had been tasked to search for the missing black and white collie dog, named Jasper, on the cliffs and beach between Beer head and Branscombe. Sidmouth Lifeboat- Pride of Sidmouth searched the coastline, and using binoculars crewman Mike Vittles located the dog in a small cave beneath Beer head.The dog made off along the beach and crewman Grant Smith was put ashore to catch the dog and hand him over to members of the coastguard team. The dog was returned to the owners on holiday at Beer Head Caravan Park

2004

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001-04	04/01/2004	14:06	Search	Budleigh Salterton	ILB launched to assist in search for a missing diver off of Budleigh Salterton. ILB arrived on scene along with Exmouth ILB & All Weather Lifeboat and Coatguard Rescue Helicopter. A search was commenced during which the missing diver surfaced safe & well. Diver was checked for any medical attention by Exmouth Coastguard. ILB returnd to station at 14:48
002-04	15/02/2004	13:27	Search	Budleigh Salterton	ILB launched to assist in search for a reported missing woman. ILB searched between Sidmouth & Budleigh Salterton, nothing found. ILB was then joined by Exmouth ILB and searched inshore area around Budleigh Salterton. Both ILB’s then joined by Exmouth Lifeboat and proceeded to Dawlish Warren to commence a search at Dawlish. All Lifeboats were then informed that the woman had been located safe & well. ILB then returned to station.
003-04	03/03/2004	02:06	Search	Ladram Bay	ILB launched to search for a missing elderly gentleman between Salcombe Mouth and Ladram Bay. ILB performed a close in shore search from Sidmouth to Ladram Bay, with nothing found. ILB then launched a white illuminating flare at Ladram Bay and commenced a visual search of the area, nothing found. ILB then commenced the return leg of the inshore search and shouting was heard from the top of High Peak. ILB crew determined location of the gentleman and guided Coastguards to the scene. Coastguard teams then recovered the Gentleman to the top of the cliffs, from where he was taken by Coastguard helicopter to hospital. ILB returned to station at 05:30. Click here for the BBC news report of the incident.
004-04	17/03/2004	14:20	Search / Rescue	Weston Mouth	ILB tasked to proceed to a point midway between Littlecombe Shoot & Weston Mouth after a report of a pile of clothes on the beach. After locating the clothes a crew member was put ashore to search the beach. Coastguard helicopter Whiskey Bravo then spotted a body 200m east of the clothes. A second crew member was then put ashore to assist recovering the body to the beach. Crew remained on scene until SOC officers arrived. ILB returned to station at 18:30.
005-04	03/05/2004	14:53	Rescue	Beer Head	ILB launched following a report of a capsized dinghy off of Beer Head. ILB was proceeding to scene, when stood down by Portland Coastguard after dinghy was recovered by Beer Sailing Club Rescue Boat.
006-04	14/06/2004	22:18	Search	Straight Point	ILB launched in service after a report of a missing Kite Surfer between Straight Point & Exmouth. ILB tasked by Exmouth Lifeboat to search area from Pole Sands To Shaldon . Nothing seen. ILB then performed close inshore search with Exmouth ILB from Pole Sands to Otterton Ledge. ILB then performed a crew change at Sidmouth. ILB rendezvoused with Exmouth Lifeboat and searched 1.3n m offshore Start Point. Nothing seen. Lifeboats then informed that person was found safe & well. ILB returned to station and ready for service at 03:05. Click here for the BBC news report of the incident
007-04	27/06/2004	09:28	Rescue	Branscombe	ILB launched in service after report of a dinghy on the beach at Sherborne Rocks. ILB arrived on scene & put a crew member ashore to recover the dinghy. ILB informed by Portland Coastguard that no one was missing & ILB tasked to recover dinghy to Beer Beach. ILB then returned to station.
008-04	12/07/2004	18:14	Search	Lyme Regis	ILB launched in service after a report of a missing yachtsman off of Lyme Regis. ILB stood down at 18:38 after yachtsman was found. On return to station ILB was re-tasked to a new situation.
009-04	12/07/2004	1842	Search	Sidmouth	ILB retuned from a callout when re-tasked to search for a missing 8 year old on a inflatable. ILB performed search with Exmouth Lifeboat, Lyme Regis ILB, Exmouth ILB, Sidmouth 2 & Whiskey Bravo, nothing found. ILB then crew changed at 21:35 and returned to station at 21:54 after nothing found.
010-04	15/07/2004	20:59	Search	Sidmouth	ILB tasked to search for a missing male between Sidmouth & Seaton. ILB performed a close inshore search and was then stood down at 21:25 after the male was found by the Police
011-04	07/08/2004	17:15	Rescue	Pound Beach	ILB launched in service to assist 3 children reported as being cut off by the tide at Pound Beach. ILB put 1 crewman ashore to search the caves and beach area, nothing found. ILB then searched cliffs & beach to Beer, again with nothing found. ILB then searched the Sherborne Rocks area and put 1 crewman ashore to search beach area. Nothing found. ILB then stood down. ILB returned to station at 18:16
012-04	31/08/2004	18:25	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched in service to collect 2 youths trapped on the rock islands at Sidmouth.
013-04	06/09/2004	13:37	Rescue	Branscombe Mouth	ILB launched to assist a dinghy drifting off of Branscombe Mouth. ILB located and recovered 1 person from the dinghy. Person did not require medical attention and was delivered back to Branscombe Mouth beach.
014-04	07/09/2004	18:00	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB crew paged by Portland Coastguard and requested to standby to recover 4 persons from the rock islands at Sidmouth. Persons made their own way ashore and were attended by ambulance personnel

2003

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001-03	29/03/2003	17:36	Rescue	Branscombe	ILB paged after a report of a dingy drifting off Branscombe. ILB was stood down before launch after a report from the Coastguard that the dingy was empty and have been bought ashore by a local fisherman.
002-03	05/04/2003	15:45	Rescue	Smallstones Point	ILB launched to assist a small fishing vessel taking in water off of Smallstones Point. ILB arrived on scene with Coastguard Helicopter Whisky Bravo and transferred one crew member to the vessel and assisted with pumping. Vessel then started making its way back Exmouth with the ILB in attendance. The vessel was then taken under tow due to her slow speed and towed into Exmouth Marina. ILB then returned to station at 18:10
003-03	17/06/2003	14:46	Rescue	Ladram Bay	ILB launched to assist a capsized kayak off of Ladram Bay. ILB arrived on scene where the casualty had been recovered onto a nearby boat. The ILB crew assessed the casualty and transferred him to a waiting ambulance at Ladram Bay. Casualty was suffering from the effects of the cold and returned home after being given a medical check by the Ambulance crew. ILB returned to station at 15:20. Exmouth ILB also attended.
004-03	12/07/2003	16:23	Search	Ladram Bay	ILB launched to search for 5 people reported cut off by the tide East of Ladram Bay. ILB performed a close in search from Lade Foot to Ladram Bay with nothing being found. ILB then performed a return search to Jacobs Ladder Beach. Nothing was found and ILB stood down at 17:07
005-03	03/08/2003	12:10	First Aid	Boathouse	Lifeboat crew gave first aid assistance to a 12 year old boy who had been hit on the head by a stone, opposite the boathouse. The wound was treated and the family advised to have a full check up at hospital as soon as possible.
006-03	28/08/2003	19:55	Search	Sidmouth Beach	ILB launched in service to investigate an upturned boat off of Clifton Beach. ILB searched the area for persons in the water but nothing was found.

2002

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001-02	12/01/2002	04:29	Standby	River Sid	ILB launched in service following a report of person threatening to jump off of bridge at Sid Park Road. ILB stationed 200m South of Mouth of River Sid, in case the person was carried out to sea. ILB stood down at 05:05 after person was apprehended by the police.
002-02	19/01/2002	21:01	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched to investigate a report of a red flare sighted off of Sidmouth. ILB searched from the Lifeboat Station to Tortoiseshell Rock. A white parachute flare was launched and a visual search commenced. Nothing was found and so a parallel track search was performed from the Lifeboat Station to Tortoiseshell Rock. Again nothing was found. It was subsequently discovered that children had launched the red flare from Connaught Gardens. ILB returned to station at 21:53.
003-02	27/03/2002	16:46	Rescue	Sidmouth to Western Mouth	ILB launched in service, after a report from a member of the public that seven people were about to be cut off by the incoming tide. The ILB proceeded to the position, where the people had managed to reach safety after realizing their situation. ILB was then stood down and returned to station.
004-02	07/04/2002	10:41	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched after a report of a swimmer in difficulty off of the Rock Islands, South of Clifton Beach. ILB proceeded to the scene and recovered one casualty who was in difficulty. The casualty was given first aid by the Lifeboat crew for minor injuries received on rocks and for cold. The casualty was then taken to the ILB recovery site at Clifton Beach where the casualty was transferred to an ambulance.
005-02	08/04/2002	19:24	Search / Rescue	Seaton Hole	ILB launched to assist Coastguard teams searching for a missing person between Beer Beach and Seaton Hole. ILB arrived on scene and commenced an inshore search from Beer to Seaton. The casualty was then located by the Coastguard team and the Coastguard helicopter was called the scene to winch the casualty out and transfer to the awaiting ambulance at Beer Football pitch. ILB then transferred the Coastguard team from the scene to Beer Beach. ILB then returned to station.
006-02	18/05/2002	13:15	Rescue	River Axe	ILB launched to assist a sinking speed boat close to the mouth of the River Axe. ILB was proceeding to the incident scene and was subsequently stood down by Portland Coastguard.
007-02	03/06/2002	13:36	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched after a report of a missing sailing dinghy from Sidmouth Sailing Club. ILB located the casualty approx. 1 mile SSE of the River Sid, with 2 persons in the water hanging on to the upturned dinghy. The ILB crew recovered the persons from the water and commenced towing the dinghy back to the Sidmouth Sailing Club. The ILB then passed the tow to a safety boat and returned the casualties to shore. ILB returned to station at 14:10
008-02	06/06/2002	19:10	Rescue	Jacobs Ladder	ILB launched after a report of a person in the water off of Jacobs Ladder Beach. ILB located the casualty at the western end of the beach and recovered the casualty to the ILB after the casualty had refused winching aboard Coastguard helicopter Whiskey Bravo. ILB returned to the Lifeboat Station with casualty at 19:45.
009-02	12/06/2002	19:09	Rescue	Salcome Hill	ILB launched in service after a report from Portland Coastguard that 3 persons had fallen off of the cliff at Salcome Hill. ILB proceeded to the scene where 2 persons were spotted on the beach at the foot of the cliff. 2 crew were then sent ashore to attend and ILB stood off. ILB was then directed by the Devon & Cornwall Police Helicopter, to the location of the third person, who was spotted in the water at this time. ILB recovered this person and then proceeded back to Clifton Beach, where it was recovered, and the casualty transferred to an ambulance. ILB was then re-launched and proceeded back to the incident scene, where the second person was taken aboard the ILB, for transfer back to land. The Coastguard Helicopter was also in attendance at this time and it was decided to winch the third person aboard the helicopter for transfer to land. ILB stood by during the winching operation and then proceeded to Clifton Beach for recovery and transfer of the person aboard to an ambulance. ILB returned to station at 20:20
010-02	19/06/2002	13:58	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched in service after a report of a small yellow inflatable dinghy approximately 100 yards offshore. ILB proceeded to the location of the Sidmouth Sewer Buoy, where it was confirmed from the shore that this was the object reported. ILB then stood down.
011-02	20/06/2002	16:40	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched to investigate a report of a swimmer possibly in difficulties approx. 100 yards off the Kingswood Hotel, Sidmouth. ILB started a search to the east and soon located the swimmer who was not in difficulty. ILB remained with the swimmer while it was confirmed with the first informant that this was the person seen in difficulty. ILB was then returning to station when requested to check another swimmer between the rock islands. The swimmer was confirmed as the same swimmer spoken to previously again he was in no difficulty.
012-02	07/07/2002	13:55	Rescue	Ladram Bay	ILB tasked while on training exercise, to assist a broken down power boat, 1 mile east of Ladram Bay. ILB arrived on scene and took vessel under tow towards Exmouth. ILB then handed tow over to Exmouth Lifeboat. ILB then released by Portland Coastguard.
013-02	10/07/2002	19:00	Rescue / Standby	Jacobs Ladder	ILB paged after report of an attempted suicide at Jacobs Ladder. ILB crew were held by the Coastguard initially and then requested to launch and standby out of sight. Casualty was then persuaded to come down from the cliffs by a Police Negotiator.
014-02	19/07/2002	21:23	Search / Rescue	Salcome Hill	ILB launched in service to a suspected suicide attempt. ILB carried out an inshore search between the River Sid and Salcome Mouth. ILB then asked to standby at the mouth of the River SId. Casualty was then persuaded to come down from the cliffs by a Police Negotiator.
015-02	21/07/2002	20:12	Search	Salcome Hill	ILB launched in service after a report of a suspected suicide at Salcome Hill. ILB proceeded to the scene and carried out an inshore search at the base of the cliffs. An object was spotted at the base of the cliffs and a Cliff Rescue team called to investigate. The Cliff Rescue team searched the base of the cliffs, with only a floral tribute to 3 casualties who were recovered from the location earlier in the year. ILB then stood down.
016-02	04/08/2002	15:42	Search	Salcome Hill	ILB launched in service after a report of a cliff fall and persons heard shouting, East of the River Sid. ILB searched the area and nothing was found. ILB then stood down.
017-02	06/08/2002	12:59	Standby	High Peak to Salcome Hill	ILB launched in service after a report of a person on High Peak threatening to commit suicide. ILB performed a slow search from High Peak to Ladram Bay. Following more information from the Police, ILB was relocated to the mouth of the River Sid. ILB was then stood down at 14:12
018-02	06/08/2002	17:20	Search	Ladram Bay	ILB launched in service after a report of an inflatable dinghy with 2 children on board, approximately 300m south of Ladram Bay. ILB proceeded to the scene and commenced an inshore search of the area. Sidmouth 2 was also launched and proceeded to the scene where they rendezvoused with the Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat. The three lifeboats then performed a thorough search of the area from Chit Rock to Otterton Ledge. ILB’s released from the search at 19:30.
019-02	12/08/2002	17:10	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched in service to investigate an inflatable blowing away from the shore at Sidmouth Beach. ILB located an inflatable fish, approximately 1 mile south of the Lifeboat Station and recovered if from the water. No persons were found in distress. ILB returned to station at 17:35, where the inflatable fish was reunited with it’s owners.
020-02	15/08/2002	18:39	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched in service after a report of an upturned boat off of the Royal York Hotel. A small dinghy was recovered 3/4 of a mile South of Sidmouth and returned to it’s owner.
021-02	15/08/2002	20:39	Search	Sidmouth to Lyme Regis	ILB launched in service after a report of a missing walker between Sidmouth and Lyme Regis. ILB searched as far as Branscombe Mouth when the person was located a Rousden Caravan Park. ILB the returned to Station.
022-02	27/08/2002	17:10	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched in service after a report of an inflatable boat being blown out to sea. ILB was informed by the lifeguard at Clifton beach that the inflatable boat that had been reported was in fact the sewer buoy. ILB crew informed Portland Coastguard and were then stood down.
023-02	28/08/2002	18:30	Search	Beer	ILB launched in service after a report of a windsurfer in difficulties between Beer and Seaton. ILB proceeded to Beer Head and made contact with 2 yachts in the area, Consultation with the yacht revealed that they had not seen anyone in difficulty and were not in difficulty them selves. Beer Coastguards spoke the the first informant who had mistaken the yacht for a windsurfer. ILB was then stood down returned to station.
024-02	06/09/2002	20:37	Search	Salcome Mouth	ILB launched in service to investigate a fire between Sidmouth and Salcome Mouth. The remains of a fire were found on the beach, but no persons in the area. The ILB was then re – tasked by Portland coastguard to investigate a flashing light between Ladram Bay and Smallstones Point. ILB carried out an inshore search at the location, but nothing was found. ILB then returned to station at 21:33
025-02	08/09/2002	19:52	Search	Branscombe	ILB launched in service following a report of a windsurfer in difficulties off of Branscombe Mouth. ILB proceeded to the location where it was found that the navigation lights of a moored tanker were in direct line of sight with a flag marker buoy. This created the appearance of a windsurfer in difficulty. ILB the stood down.
026-02	22/12/2002	11:08	Rescue	River Axe	ILB launched in service, after a report of a capsized kayak, 1/4 of a mile south of the River Axe. ILB proceeded to the scene, where the casualty had been recovered from the water by the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter ” Whiskey Bravo”, and returned to shore. ILB then performed a Box Search and located the casualtie’s kayak, which was then returned to Beer Beach. ILB returned to station at 12:55.

2001

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001-01	20/01/01	22:07	Search	Budleigh	ILB launched to search for a missing person. ILB proceeded to Budleigh Beach and R/V with Exmouth Lifeboat & Exmouth ILB. Sidmouth ILB searched East to Straight Point and back to Budleigh Beach. India Juliet joined the search from Lee on Solent. Nothing found & ILB stood down at 23:28.
002-01	18/02/01	01:55	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched to search for vessel in distress after a report of a red flare 5 nautical miles off Sidmouth. ILB R/V with Exmouth Lifeboat. ILB commenced shoreline search from Clifton Beach westward. Performed a Parallel Track Search with Exmouth Lifeboat. Nothing found & ILB stood down at 04:35.
003-01	07/05/01	16:22	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched to rescue 2 persons cut off by tide on large rock island off Sidmouth Beach. Casualties were recovered and ILB returned to station at 16:33. ILB was refueled and ready for service by 17:06.
004-01	21/05/01	22:28	Search / Rescue	Branscombe	ILB launched to rescue 3 persons who had gone toward Sherbourne Rocks, overtaken by darkness and had no torches. ILB was guided to bonfire where casualties had been by Beer Coastguard, and one crewman was put ashore. ILB proceeded to search eastward and located the 3 persons. They were retrieved from the rocks and returned to their main group. ILB returned to station.
005-01	20/06/01	19:05	Search	Seaton Bay	ILB launched to search for possible missing wind surfer, after discovery of a sail board washed up at Kings Isle Rock. ILB performed parallel track search from Beer Head to River Axe. 19:45 Sidmouth 2 launched and joined Sidmouth Rescue at 20:05, with both lifeboats performing a return leg parallel track search, back to Beer Head. ILB & Sidmouth 2 returned to station at 21:15
006-01	22/06/01	09:34	Rescue	Sidmouth	Sidmouth 2 launched after a report of a sinking dinghy, with 4 persons onboard, 1/2 a mile south of Sidmouth Beach. Sidmouth 2 arrived on scene and found the dinghy not to be in difficulty. Sidmouth 2 then returned to station at 09:55.
007-01	23/06/01	15:45	Search	Beer Head	ILB launched after report of a missing vessel off Beer Head. ILB proceeded to Beer Head, when small vessel matching description given was sighted off Western Ebb. Vessel checked over, all occupants found to be safe and well. ILB returned to station.
008-01	25/06/01	13:57	Search / Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched to search for possible trapped persons after a report of a large cliff fall between Sidmouth and Salcome Regis. One Crewman placed on shore to check cliff fall for possible casualties. No casualties or persons trapped. ILB returned to station at 15:15. Further small cliff falls during the afternoon, but ILB not called out.
009-01	30/06/01	12:57	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB paged after a report of small boat with 3 persons & 1 dog sinking 75 meters south of the River Sid. All persons and dog managed to swim ashore prior to lifeboat launch and crew stood down.
010-01	18/07/01	16:12	Hazardous Substance	Salcome Mouth	ILB launched to investigate a report of 4 green drums at Salcome Mouth. Sidmouth 2 launched and discovered 4 green lobster pots. Sidmouth 2 returned to station at 17:12.
011-01	22/07/01	15:47	Search	Ladram Bay	ILB launched to assist two adults and a child who were suspected to be cut off by the tide. ILB proceeded to Ladram Bay and searched the coastline towards the mouth of the river Otter where the casualties were located. They were not any any immediate danger and were told to proceed to Ladram Bay on foot. ILB escorted them and returned to station at 16:35.
012-01	27/07/01	13:55	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched after a report of of a potential Suicide Attempt 100 meters east of the River Sid. ILB located the casualty and stood off whilst Helicopter Whiskey Bravo winched the man off the cliff and transported him to Torbay hospital. ILB returned to station at 14:33.
013-01	28/07/01	18:05	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched to search from Salcombe Mouth to Chit Rocks for a missing person after reports of items found on the beach which had been there for 3 hours. 18:30 there person was located safe and well and ILB returned to station at 18:46.
014-01	29/07/01	09:44	Rescue	Branscombe	ILB launched to go to the assistance of a lady with a broken leg on the coastal path west of Branscombe. Casualty was located at Littlecombe Shoot where the crew administered first aid and then transported the casualty to Branscombe Beach to a waiting ambulance. ILB stood down and returned to station at 11:55.
015-01	31/07/01	17:05	Rescue	Western Mouth	ILB launched called to person suffering from suspected heat exhaustion. Casualty had rested for a short time and was then taken back to Sidmouth and care handed over to ambulance crew.
016-01	07/08/01	19:20	Search	Jacobs Ladder	ILB launched by Police request to search for possible trapped persons after cliff fall at Jacobs Ladder Beach. 1 crewmember placed ashore to search the area. No casualties found. ILB returned to station at 20:20
017-01	04/09/01	17:55	Rescue	River Axe	ILB launched to assist a broken down speed boat, with 2 occupants, reported 1/2 mile south Beer Head. ILB located speedboat 3/4 mile south of River Axe and took speed boat under tow to the River Axe, having ascertained that the speed boat had run out of fuel. The lifeboat was met by a local fisherman who bought fuel out to the speed boat and was then refueled and escorted to the slipway in River Axe by the lifeboat. ILB returned to station at 19:20.
018-01	18/09/01	1834	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched to search for missing person. ILB proceeded to Ladram Bay and searched towards Beer Head. Sidmouth 2 launched at 19:02 and rendezvoused with Sidmouth Herald. One crewman was transferred to Sidmouth 2 and both lifeboats searched towards Beer Head. Missing person was then located safe and well at home at 19:49. Sidmouth 2 returned to station at dusk and Sidmouth Herald returned to station a short time later.
019-01	28/10/01	11:03	Search	Sidmouth	Sidmouth 2 launched to investigate a large rock fall east of Sidmouth. The rock fall was searched and no persons were found. Sidmouth 2 returned to station at 11:55.
020-01	28/10/01	10:50	Search	Ladram Bay	ILB tasked by Portland Coastguard while on exercise to search for a missing person between Otterton Point and Ladram Bay. An inshore search was carried out and nothing was found. ILB stood down at 11:45.
021-01	28/10/01	11:54	Warning	High Peak	ILB returning from incident No 020-0, when the crew spotted 2 persons in danger of being cut off by rising tide. 1 crew member swam ashore and warned them of the rising tide. The 2 people then made their way back to Jacobs Ladder beach, with the ILB following. ILB returned to station at 12:11
022-01	30/11/01	21:47	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB crew were paged, after a possible suicide attempt on the cliffs East of the River Sid. The ILB crew were stood down before launch, as the Police had managed to talk the person out of their proposed action.

2000

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001/00	16/01/00	10:45	Search	Budleigh Salterton	ILB launched on training. Portland Coastguard tasked SIRS to search coast along Budleigh Beach & River mouth for Grey liferaft. 3 Persons found using Grey windbreak while fishing. ILB returned to training exercise.
	02/04/00	11:05	Standby	Western Mouth	ILB launched to provide safety cover for the ” Grizzly Run “. 2 crew members were placed ashore with water for competitors.
002/00	11/05/00	09:50	Search	Budleigh Beach	ILB launched to search for a missing elderly lady. ILB proceeded to Otterton Point and R/V with Exmouth Lifeboat & Exmouth ILB. Sidmouth ILB searched East to Jacobs Ladder and back to Otterton Point. Hotel Lima recovered body 2 miles West of the River Exe. 10:50 Sidmouth ILB stood down and returned to station.
003/00	23/06/00	23:30	Rescue	Salcome Mouth	ILB launched to collect person from Salcome Mouth. Person recovered into ILB and bought back to Clifton Beach. Ambulance crew then attended.
004/00	29/07/00	15:40	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched after report of person in a canoe in difficulties. ILB searched from River Sid to Salcome Mouth. Nothing found & ILB stood down at 16:20
005/00	30/07/00	17:43	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB launched to recover a drifting Dingy 1 mile east of Sidmouth. Dingy towed back to Port Royal.
006/00	30/06/00	19:14	Rescue / Tow	Beer Head	ILB launched to assist a Lugger with engine failure. 19:38 ILB arrived on scene. Lugger was already under tow & ILB escorted both vessels to Beer Beach.
007/00	01/08/00	19:29	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched after report of person being washed off end of the slipway at Port Royal. ILB searched from River Sid to Salcome Mouth and then on to Chit Rocks and then Chapman Rocks. 21:08 person was found safe & well. ILB returned to station.
008/00	04/08/00	11:50	Rescue	Jacobs Ladder	ILB called to report of inflatable seen drifting off of Jacobs Ladder. Inflatable found 1/4 mile South Clifton Beach. 12:10 ILB stood down.
009/00	13/08/00	13:39	Rescue	Sidmouth	2 persons reported in difficulties in canoes, 2 miles east of Sidmouth. Casualties were located and escorted to the shore safe and well.
010/00	20/08/00	21:47	Search	Beer Head	ILB launched to search for missing elderly female. ILB search from Beer Head to Seaton Hole. Due to poor light white flare launched. 22:30 person found and ILB stood down.
011/00	04/09/00	19:06	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched to search for missing windsurfer Last Known Position 3/4 mile south of Sewer Outfall. Search performed and nothing found. 20:40 ILB stood down.
012/00	24/12/00	04:25	Search	Sidmouth	ILB launched to search for vessel in distress after a report of a red flare off Sidmouth. ILB searched area, nothing found. 06:30 ILB stood down. It was later reported that the red flare was a firework set off in the town.

1999

Incident No:	Date	Time	Type	Location	Incident Report
001/99	01/07/99	12:01	Search	Jacobs Ladder	No casualties in distress. Lifeboat returned to station.
002/99	11/07/99	12:17	Rescue	Sidmouth	ILB Stood down during launch
003/99	17/07/99	22:00	Search	Beer Head	ILB Stood down before search commenced.
004/99	27/07/99	22:51	Search	Seaton to Beer Head	Missing Person
005/99	29/07/99	23:10	Rescue	Seaton Hole	ILB stood down 2 miles from Sidmouth. All persons safe.
006/99	31/07/99	02:02	Rescue	Seaton to Lyme Regis	Fishing vessel in difficulties. All persons safe. Vessel abandoned on rocks.
007/99	07/08/99	17:05	Rescue	Jacobs Ladder Beach	3 Persons in difficulty in an inflatable boat. ILB stood down before launch. All persons Safe
008/99	11/08/99	10:00	Standby	3 Miles South Sidmouth	ILB on standby for Total Eclipse of the Sun. No Callouts.
009/99	25/08/99	17:49	Rescue	Ladram Bay	3 Boys reported cut off on large rock. All swam ashore safely
010/99	28/08/99	16:50	Search	Beer Head to Straight Point	Search for a yacht, with one elderly occupant, after report of a mayday. Searched as far as Lade Foot. R/V with Exmouth ILB 1/4 mile off Lade Foot. Parallel Track search to Straight Point & on to Sidmouth. 20:14 returned to Clifton Beach – Refuel & Crew change. Then stood down.
011/99	26/09/99	19:47	Search	East of River Sid	Light reported being washed out to sea. ILB launched to investigate & search coastline. Nothing found. Hotel Lima in support.
012/99	03/10/99	13:08	Search	East of River Sid	Cliff fall east of River Sid. ILB launched to search for people cut off by cliff fall. ILB then provided support / cover for Coast Guard searching for possible trapped persons. No casualties.
013/99	11/12/99	16:55	Rescue	Salcome Mouth	17:07 ILB launched, after report of a vessel in difficulty off Salcome Mouth. ILB searched Salcome Mouth to Sidmouth. No vessel in distress. ILB returned to station 19:20

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