by Caine Streeter | 20 July, 2018 | Callouts 2018, Latest news
Hastings ILB was requested to launch at 1527 yesterday to assist Secamb and Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance with a patient they were treating on the beach just east of Ecclesbourne Glen, Hastings. The ILB and her volunteer crew transported the casualty and the...
by Caine Streeter | 17 July, 2018 | Latest news
In its biggest lifeboat story for a generation, Hastings RNLI lifeboat station this week announced further details about the arrival of the town’s brand new all-weather lifeboat. Building of the new Shannon class lifeboat, which will be named as the Richard and...
by Caine Streeter | 8 July, 2018 | Callouts 2018, Latest news
Hastings ILB was requested to launch at 1528 this afternoon to assist SECAmb HART and SECAmb extricate a patient with a broken leg from the beach at Mare Bay, Fairlight. The ILB and her volunteer crew were quickly on scene and once the patient was secured in a...
by Caine Streeter | 8 July, 2018 | Callouts 2018, Latest news
Hastings ILB was diverted from exercise this morning after Solent Coastguard received reports of a small dingy in difficulty off of St Leonards. The ILB and her volunteer crew were quickly on scene and located the inflatable with one occupant on board which was being...
by Caine Streeter | 20 June, 2018 | Callouts 2018, Latest news
Hastings ALB was requested to launch 1545 this afternoon to assist a broken down motor vessel in Rye Bay! The vessel which was on passage from Brighton to Dover suffered engine failure and despite the crew becoming increasingly sea sick they managed to safely anchor...
by Caine Streeter | 10 June, 2018 | Callouts 2018, Latest news
Hastings ILB was requested to launch at 19:35 tonight after concerned members of the public called the Coastguard when they had seen a yacht apparently struggling to make way on a westerly track just past St Leonards. The ILB and her volunteer crew were quickly on...
