Yesterday afternoon, 7 December 2025, Teignmouth Lifeboat Crew were paged to reports of a person in the water off Teignmouth seafront. Following the tasking from Solent Coastguard, Teignmouth Lifeboat launched swiftly and made best speed to the scene.
At 1.13pm Teignmouth volunteer crew were paged to assist a swimmer in difficulty, recovering the casualty and safely bringing them to shore, where they were handed over to the care of the ambulance service.
Today’s shout demonstrated excellent teamwork across all agencies, with local coastguard rescue teams also in attendance.
It was also a milestone moment for trainee crew member Will Burton Junior, who completed his first operational shout – well done, Will!
At 1.20pm, Exmouth all-weather, Shannon class lifeboat, R and J Welburn, was launched into rough seas with almost 3.5 metre swells to support our colleagues at RNLI Teignmouth who had already been tasked to a swimmer in difficulty off Teignmouth beach.
The Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew made best speed towards Teignmouth in force 7 winds but were stood down before reaching the incident as, thankfully, the casualty had been successfully brought aboard the RNLI Teignmouth lifeboat.
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