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Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station

News release

Issued by Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

06/01/2008 7 pm    REFERENCE: 080106-1900

UPDATE TO PREVIOUS NEWS RELEASE.

Rye Harbour RNLI lifeboat, B727, currently on service: searching for person(s) in the water.

At 9 pm Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat, B727, was tasked by Dover Coastguard to continue searching the River Rother, from Iden lock to the RNLI lifeboat station at Rye Harbour, for person(s) in the water. A thorough search of the River Rother was conducted. Rye Harbour lifeboat, B727, arrived back at the RNLI station at 9.20 pm. The Coastguard were informed that no person(s) had been found. Rye Harbour lifeboat was stood down at 9.25 pm.

Previously: Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat B727 launched at 6.35 pm to help search for a potential missing canoeist between Monkbretton Bridge and Iden Lock on the River Rother.

Dover Coastguard requested Rye Harbour RNLI lifeboat launch after an empty canoe and paddle were found on the River Rother at Iden

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Notes to editors

  1. There are over 230 lifeboat stations strategically placed around the UK and Republic of Ireland. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews, and since 2001, its lifeguards, have saved over 137,000 lives.
  2. The RNLI is a registered charity and continues to rely on voluntary contributions and legacies for income.

For more information please contact Steve Tollett, the RNLI lifeboat press officer at Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station on email: Press Officer.

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  • The RNLI further saves lives through sea and beach education.
  • The RNLI depends on voluntary contributions and legacies for its income.

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