Call No.9

14/06/08: Launch to assistance of 35ft fishing vessel Colne Tiger,with 10 pob, drifting close to Black Deep 3 buoy. Towed into Brightlingsea.

Launch: 17: 35                                   RFS: 21: 55

Wind: SW 3/4                                    Sea: Slight

Crew: T Halls, K Bigwood, R Wyatt, C Smith, M Oakes & S Berry.

Call No. 8

9/6/08: Launched to assistance of 32ft yacht Westerly Way, 3 pob with engine failure 1.5 miles south of North East Gunfleet buoy. With no wind the yacht was unable to sail. On arrival of the lifeboat, yacht’s anchor was weighed and yacht towed to Shotley marina.

Launched: 21:35                              RFS: 01:00

Wind: Variable 1                              Sea: Calm

Crew: T Halls, K Bigwood, R Farrance, K Bruce, C Smith, M Oakes and J Cooper

Call No. 7

16/05/08: Launch after mayday from 40ft motor yacht Tanner, 2 pob, aground on Sunk Sand near Barrow No 4 buoy. Rescue helicopter 125 also tasked. Radio contact lost but re-established by helicopter when on scene. On arrival casualty had refloated but had suffered damage to both propellers and was towed to Brightlingsea where it was immediately lifted out of the water.   

Launched: 06:25                                 RFS: 11:00

Wind: NE 4                                        Sea: Slight

Crew: T Halls, R Farrance, K Bigwood, K Bruce, C Smith, M Oakes, S Berry,

Call No. 6

18/04/08: Launched after reports of female entering the sea near the coastguard station. Searched with Rescue Helicopter 125 as far as the Naze until confirmed that female was safe ashore.

Launched: 02:07                                 RFS: 03:30

Wind: E6/7                                        Sea: Moderate

Crew: G Edwards, T Halls, K Bigwood, R Farrance, K Bruce, M Oakes, S Berry & M Rayner

Call No. 5

10/04/08: Launched after reports of man overboard since approximately 0300 from tanker Baltic Sky 1 in Sunk deep-water anchorage. Harwich and Aldeburgh ALB’s also tasked with rescue helicopter 125. Casualty found by helicopter and taken to Ipswich Hospital.

Launch: 10:33                                      RFS:11:45

Wind SW 2                                         Sea: Slight  

Crew:  G Edwards, T Halls, K Bigwood, M Oakes & E Edmonds

Call No. 4

05/04/08: Thames C/G requested the lifeboat to launch after numerous 999 calls were received reporting that a person had fallen into the water from the pier. Whilst crew were proceeding up the pier,  the local beach patrol launched and retrieved the person from the water. They then proceeded back to the shore where the lifeboat crew & coastguards met them. The person was treated for hypothermia & transferred to a waiting ambulance.

Launched: 16:19                                    Recalled: 16:24

Wind: N/W 2-3                                      Sea: Calm

Crew:  G Edwards, K Bigwood, S Berry, M Oakes, J Cooper, M Rayner, S Peters.

Call No. 3

08/02/08: Launched to investigate report of flares seen from Frinton in direction of Gunfleet Sands. Search of Wallet and Gunfleet Sands but nothing found.

Launched: 20:26                                  RFS: 22:10

Wind SSE 2/3                                     Sea: Slight  

Crew:  G Edwards, T Halls, R Bettany, K Bruce, C Smith, S Berry & M Rayner

Call No. 2

27/01/08: Launched to investigate reports of red flares in Dovercourt Bay reported by vessels in Felixstowe and Harwich Channel. Harwich ILB launched and coastguard shore teams also searched the sea walls and shore in Walton Backwaters. The lifeboats searched extensively around Kirby and Landermere Creeks and the Walton Channel up to Titchmarsh marina but nothing was found.

Launched: 21:28                                   RFS: 23:37

Wind: WSW 3                                      Sea: slight

Crew:  G Edwards, R Farrance, K Bruce, R Wyatt, C Smith, S Berry & M Rayner

Call No. 1

09/01/08: Diverted from exercise to assist in search for missing person at the Naze. Lifeboat used night vision equipment and searchlights to illuminate beach and cliffs so as to assist police and coastguards searching on shore. Police on the beach subsequently found a body at 22:30.

Diverted: 20:38                                     RFS: 21:58

Wind: S 5                                             Sea: Moderate

Crew:  T Halls, K Bigwood, R Farrance, K Bruce, R Wyatt, S Berry, M Rayner & K Grant