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Burnham-On-Sea
RNLI Launch Archive
A
complete archive of every Burnham-On-Sea RNLI call-out and launch is
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breaking news and our station news archive.
 LIFEBOATS
COME TO WINDSURFER'S AID
Posted
16 March, 2008
TWO
Burnham-On-Sea lifeboats came to the rescue of this windsurfer who was
spotted struggling in blustery conditions in Bridgwater Bay on Sunday
afternoon (March 16th). The RNLI crews were quickly on scene. Full
details
 RELIEVED
PAIR RESCUED AT BREAN
Posted
23 October, 2007
A
mother and son who became stranded on rocks at Brean Down by the incoming
tide were rescued by Burnham's Staines Whitfield lifeboat crew on Tuesday
October 23rd. The pair got into difficulty shortly before 4.30pm. Full
details
 TWO
RESCUED FROM ROCKS AT BREAN
Posted
9 September, 2007
A
mother and son who got stranded on rocks at Brean Down by the incoming
tide were rescued by two Burnham-On-Sea lifeboat crews on Sunday September
9th. The pair had been trying to walk around the base of the Down. Full
details
 SEARCH
LAUNCHED FOR 'MISSING' BOAT
Posted
8 September, 2007
Both
Burnham-On-Sea's lifeboats were called out at 7.21pm on Saturday September
8th to help in the search for a speedboat which had been reported missing.
Coastguards issued an appeal after the incident. Full
details
 LIFEBOAT
CALLED TO STRANDED CHILD
Posted
26 August, 2007
Burnham-On-Sea's
D-Class lifeboat, Puffin, was called to Brean on Sunday August 26th
after an autistic teenager became stranded in mud on the mudlfats. The
incident was also attended by Burnham's hovercraft.
Full
details
 STRANDED
SURFER RESCUED BY RNLI
Posted
19 August, 2007
A
windsurfer whose mast broke was rescued by Burnham-On-Sea's lifeboat
crew on Sunday August 19th amid strong winds and heavy seas. The
Staines Whitfield was called to the surfer in Bridgwater Bay. Full
details
 WINDSURFER
SPARKS LIFEBOATS LAUNCH
Posted
18 August, 2007
Two
Burnham-On-Sea lifeboats were launched on Saturday lunchtime (August
18th) after a windsurfer was reported to be in trouble in shallow waters
at Berrow. The two RNLI boats were launched shortly after 1.20pm. Full
details
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 KITE
SURFER RESCUED BY LIFEBOAT CREW
Posted
15 August, 2007
A
kite surfer who got into trouble in high winds off Stert Island was
rescued by Burnham-On-Sea's lifeboat crew on Wednesday (August 15th).
The
RNLI D-Class lifeboat 'Puffin' was already out on training. Full
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 JET
SKIER AND LIFEGUARD BROUGHT TO SHORE
Posted
3 August, 2007
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboat crew was called to help a young jet skier in trouble in the
waters off Stert Island on Friday August 3rd. The
girl, aged 15 from Bridgwater, got into difficulty when her machine
broke down. Full
details
 BUSY
EVENING FOR BURNHAM RNLI CREW
Posted
31 July, 2007
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboat crew had a busy evening on Tuesday (July 31st) when they helped
this speedboat after its engine failed and also responded to a call
requesting help to retrieve a dog in difficulties.
Full
details
 STRANDED
SPEED BOAT TOWED TO SHORE
Posted
22 July, 2007
A
stranded speedboat was towed to shore by Burnham-On-Sea's lifeboat crew
on Sunday (July 22nd) after its engine failed. Burnham-On-Sea's
Staines Whitfield lifeboat crew was called to the scene during their
training. Full
details
 DOUBLE
RESCUE FOR RNLI LIFEBOAT CREW
Posted
20 May, 2007
Burnham-On-Sea's
Staines Whitfield lifeboat helped a jet skier in difficulties and a
yacht in trouble in two separate incidents on Sunday morning, May 20th.
The lifeboat was out on training at the time and was called on at 9.30am
and 10am. Full
details
 SECOND
LAUNCH IN A WEEK FOR PUFFIN
Posted
18 May, 2007
Burnham-On-Sea's
D-Class lifeboat was launched on Friday morning, May 18th, for the second
time in a week after a walker reported that a person was in the sea.The
Puffin lifeboat was launched from the jetty at around 9.00am. Full
details
 LIFEBOATS
LAUNCHED AFTER FLARE SIGHTING
Posted
1 November, 2006
An
RAF helicopter joined Coastguards and lifeboats from Burnham-On-Sea
in a search of several miles of Bridgwater Bay on Wednesday November
1st after a red flare was spotted by members of the public hanging over
the sea.
Full
details here.
 ANGLERS
RESCUED AS BOAT BREAKS DOWN
Posted
4 September, 2006
A
speedboat with two fishermen onboard was towed to safety by Burnham-On-Sea's
RNLI crew after it broke down near Stert Island on an ebbing tide at
around 5pm on Monday evening, September 4th.
The Staines Whitfield lifeboat was called into action. Full
details here.
 LIFEBOATS
LAUNCHED TO YACHT AT GORE BELL
Posted
22 July, 2006
Both
Burnham-On-Sea's RNLI lifeboats - the Staines Whitfield Atlantic 75
and Global Marine D-Class - were called out by Coastguards at 6.22pm
on Saturday (July 22nd)
after a 32ft yacht got into difficulty at Gore Bell near Hinkley Point.
Full
details here.
 UNATTENDED
INFLATABLE TOYS SPARK LAUNCH
Posted
18 July, 2006
Several
unattended inflatable rubber rings floating in the sea off Berrow beach
sparked the third launch of Burnham-On-Sea's RNLI lifeboat crew in just
four days at 3pm on Tuesday afternoon (July 18th).
RNLI asked the public to be more careful about dicarding inflatables.
Full
details here.
 FIVE
SWIMMERS RESCUED FROM STERT ISLAND
Posted
17 July, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea's
D-Class lifeboat was called out on Monday evening after five young boys
swam across to Stert Island at low tide.
The Burnham hovercraft was also called to the scene by Burnham-On-Sea
Coastguards. The children were safely brought back to shore. Full
details here.
 STRANDED
JET SKIER SPARKS LIFEBOAT LAUNCH
Posted
15 July, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboats were both called out on Saturday lunchtime after a jet skier
broke down with one person onboard
at
Brean Down.
Two lifeboats were called to the scene by Burnham-On-Sea Coastguards
to investigate. Full
details here.
 MISSING
DINGHY OCCUPANT SPARKS SEARCH
Posted
13 July, 2006
An
RAF helicopter joined both of Burnham-On-Sea's lifeboats in a major
night-time search of the coastline at Brean on Thursday night, July
13th, after an empty rubber dinghy was found upturned at the water's
edge, sparking fears for the occupant. Full
details here.
 THREE
'TRAPPED' ON ROCKS AT BREAN DOWN
Posted
7 July, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboats were both called out on Friday evening after a beach warden
at Brean Down reported three people may have been cut off by the incoming
tide on the rocks near to the sea.
Both boats were asked by Coastguards to conduct a full search. Full
details here.
 LIFEBOAT
CALLED TO CAPSIZED CATAMARAN
Posted 3 July, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboat was called out at 1pm on Monday after reports that a catamaran
was in difficulty in Bridgwater Bay. The Staines Whitfield was ready
to launch from the town's slipway but was not required in the end when
the catamaran's occupants were deemed to be safe. Full
details here.
 TRAPPED
GIRLS SPARK LIFEBOATS LAUNCH
Posted
30 June, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea's
hovercraft, two RNLI lifeboats and an RAF helicopter were called out
after seven members of a netball team briefly became trapped in treacherous
mud on Brean beach on Friday afternoon (June 30th). Full
details here.
 LOST
DOG PROMPTS LIFEBOAT LAUNCH
Posted 10 June, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboat was called out at 5.30pm on Saturday after reports that a dog
had gone missing in Bridgwater Bay. Global Marine, the D-Class lifeboat,
was launched from the slipway with a crew of two onboard. Full
details here.
 LIFEBOATS
RUSH TO STRANDED SPEEDBOAT
Posted 6 June, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboats rushed to the aid of a stranded speedboat which had run aground
on Stert Island on Tuesday afternoon, June 6th. The speedboat, called
Eclipse, suffered engine problems with four people onboard, sparking
the rescue. Full
details here.
 JET
SKIER HELPED TO SHORE BY LIFEBOAT CREWS
Posted 3 June, 2006
Lifeboats
from Burnham-On-Sea and Weston-super-Mare were called out by Coastguards
at lunchtime on Saturday June 3rd after a jet skier got into difficulties
when his machine broke down near to Brean Down, leaving him stranded
in the sea. Full
details here.
 LIFEBOATS
LAUNCHED AFTER MAYDAY ALERT
Posted 31 May, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboats were called out by Coastguards at 6pm on Wednesday May 31st
after a 20ft sailing yacht issued a Mayday alert after getting into
difficulties on the western side of Stert Island in Bridgwater Bay.
Full
details here.
 RNLI
CREWS RESCUE DINGHY SAILOR AT BREAN
Posted
19 February, 2006
Two
lifeboats from Burnham-On-Sea were scrambled on Sunday morning, February
19th, after a dinghy with one person onboard began sinking at Brean.
23-year-old Tanya Tucker was brought back to shore by the crew of two
Burnham lifeboats. Full
details here.
 BOTH
LIFEBOATS LAUNCH TO HELP MAN AT BERROW
Posted 17 October, 2005
Both
of Burnham's lifeboats were called out at 00.54 hours on Monday October
17th to help a man stuck on mudflats at Berrow. The lifeboats worked
with the Coastguard and hovercraft crews to successfully receue the
man during the incident. Full
details here.
 DRIFTING
POWERBOAT PROMPTS CALL-OUT
Posted 15 October, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea's
Atlantic 75 lifeboat was called out on Saturday October 15th after a
power boat got into difficulties while sailing just off the town's jetty
in Bridgwater Bay. Coastguards called on the Staines Whitfield
lifeboat to assist
in the recovery. Full
details here.
 'DISTRESSED'
WOMAN RESCUED AT BREAN DOWN
Posted 5 September, 2005
Both
of Burnham-On-Sea's lifeboats were called shortly after 19:15 hours
on Monday September 5th amid reports that a woman in a 'distressed state'
had been spotted on rocks at Brean Down. Coastguards from Burnham-On-Sea
co-ordinated the rescue. Full
details here.
 LIFEBOAT
RETURNS STRANDED BOAT TO SHORE
Posted 2 September, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea's
Staines Whitfield lifeboat was called out at 4pm by the town's Coastguard
to escort a speedboat back to shore which had run aground earlier in
the day at Stert Island. The speedboat's crew had earlier been rescued
by the town's hovercraft. Full
details here.
 RNLI
RESPONDS TO FISHING BOAT IN DISTRESS
Posted 26 August, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea's
Staines Whitfield lifeboat was called out at 11:00am by Coastguards
after a phone call from a member of the public reported that a fishing
boat was in distress off the town's beach. The lifeboat crew were quickly
on the scene. Full
details here.
 SINKING
YACHT RESCUED BY LIFEBOAT CREW
Posted 20 August, 2005
A
sinking yacht with a seriously damaged keel was rescued by Burnham-On-Sea
RNLI's Staines Whitfield lifeboat on Saturday August 20th after its
skipper issued a May Day message that was picked up by Coastguards in
Swansea and relayed to Burnham. Full
details here.
 YACHT
RUNS AGROUND ON PASSAGE TO WESTON
Posted 18 August, 2005
Burnham
RNLI's Staines Whitfield lifeboat was called out by Coastguards at 2pm
on Thursday August 18th to help a yacht which had run aground in Bridgwater
Bay while on passage to Weston-super-Mare. The lifeboat crew were able
to help its owners. Full
details here.
 FISHING
BOAT TOWED BACK TO BURNHAM
Posted 12 August, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea
RNLI's Staines Whitfield lifeboat was called out by Swansea Coastguard
at 11:45am on Friday August 12th to help a 14ft fishing boat in the
River Parrett. As the casualty was holding off from a lee shore, it
was necessary for the safety of both vessels to tow the boat clear.
Full details here.
 LIFEBOATS
ASSIST YACHT AGROUND
Posted 7 August, 2005
Both
Burnham-On-Sea's lifeboats were launched on Sunday, August 7th, after
a yacht ran aground in the River Parrett. The D-Class and Atlantic 75
boats were called out to investigate after the yacht ran aground. A
yacht had run aground on a sandbar at East Dunball Point. Full
details here.
 BOAT
ON FIRE TOWED BACK TO SAFETY
Posted 17 July, 2005
A
21-foot motor cruiser was engulfed with smoke off the Burnham-On-Sea
coastline after an electrical fault started a fire on board. The RNLI
was called to the scene and towed the boat to safety. There were concerns
that the occupant of the vessel was in extreme danger. Full
details here.
 LIFEBOAT
LAUNCHED TO ASSIST BEACH WARDEN
Posted 22 June, 2005
Thomas
Jefferson, the Burnham D class lifeboat, was launched on June 22 at
14:35 after a beach warden reported seeing what appeared to be a group
of people at the water’s edge at Brean.
The Coastguard was alerted, and in turn it called out the RNLI to liaise
from the seaward side. Full details here.
 LIFEBOAT
RESCUES STRICKEN POWERBOAT
Posted 14 June, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea's
Staines Whitfield lifeboat was launched on Tuesday June 14 shortly after
1pm when a 16-foot powerboat with a crew of three onboard encountered
engine problems in the River Parrett,
near the Yacht Club. Full details here.
 DISABLED
SPEEDBOAT HELPED BACK TO SHORE
Posted 30 May, 2005
Both
Burnham-On-Sea lifeboats were launched at lunchtime on Bank Monday May
30 to help in the recovery of a disabled speedboat which was drifting
approximately half a mile up the River Parrett after encountering engine
problems.
Full details here.
 21
FOOT SPEEDBOAT RESCUED IN WESTON BAY
Posted 23 May, 2005
The
crew of Burnham-On-Sea's Atlantic 75 lifeboat rescued a 21 foot speedboat
and its crew of three on Monday evening, May 23. The lifeboat was training
south of Brean Down when the incident unfolded in Weston-super-Mare
Bay. Full
details here.
 LIFEBOAT
CREW HELP WITH SPEEDBOAT RECOVERY
Posted 7 May, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea
RNLI's crew helped to recover a partially-sunken speedboat near the
town's jetty on Saturday evening, May 7th. The 18-20 foot Bayliner boat
went down at around 6pm and the RNLI crew were called to help.
Full details here.
 LIFEBOATS
LAUNCHED TO FIND MISSING PERSON
Posted 1 May, 2005
Both
Burnham-On-Sea RNLI's D Class and Atlantic 75 lifeboats were launched
shortly after midnight on Sunday May 1 to help police and Coastguards
search for a 45-year-old male who was reported to be missing at Brean.
Full details here.
 'SUSPICIOUS
OBJECT' RETRIEVED BY LIFEBOAT
Posted 22 April, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea
RNLI's D Class lifeboat was launched at 08:35 hours on Friday (April
22) after a suspicious object was spotted in
the water off Stert Island by
a member of the public walking along Burnham seafront. The crew of three
performed a search of the area. Full
details here.
 RNLI
CREW MEMBERS RETRIEVE DISTRESSED MAN
Posted 12 April, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea
RNLI's Staines Whitfield lifeboat was called out at 10pm on Tuesday
(April 12) after a man was spotted neck-deep in the freezing cold waters
of Bridgwater Bay in the pitch dark.
Full details here.
 LIFEBOAT
SUPPORTS HOVERCRAFT IN RESCUE
Posted 26 March, 2005
Burnham-On-Sea
RNLI's Staines Whitfield lifeboat was called out on Saturday March 26
at 17:58 after a man was reported to be stuck in mud up to his waist
at Stert Point. Burnham hovercraft also joined in the rescue. Full
details here.
D-CLASS
LAUNCHED IN RESCUE OF JET SKIER
Posted 20 March, 2005
 The
crew of the Elsie Francis II, Burnham-On-Sea RNLI's D-Class lifeboat,
were called out on Sunday 20th March to rescue the young female rider
of a jet ski in difficulties, in the sea, near the Burnham lighthouse.
The jet ski, whilst cruising in company with another, suffered an acute
engine failure, and was in danger of sinking. Full
details here.
SIGHTING
OF 'BODY' SPARKS LAUNCH
Posted 25 February, 2005
 Burnham-On-Sea's
D-Class lifeboat was called out on Friday February 25th at 8.42am after
a resident reported to the Coastguard seeing what appeared to be a 'body'
floating in Bridgwater Bay to the north of Stert Island. The lifeboat
was launched and the pbject was found to be a large log of wood. Local
police had been alerted by a walker along the seafront that a suspicious
object had been sighted. Full details here.
 D-CLASS
LIFEBOAT CALLED TO SPEEDBOAT
Posted 9 September, 2004
Burnham's
D-Class lifeboat was called out on Thusday September 9 by HM Coastguard
to help a disabled speedboat approximately 600 yards from the town's
jetty.
Although the crew were paged at 17:13, and the boat launched immediately,
the speedboat owner had managed to reach the shore under his own power
by the time the D-Class reached the jetty. Full
details here.
 DOGS
RESCUED FROM BRIDGWATER BAY
Posted 4 September, 2004
Burnham-On-Sea's D-Class lifeboat was called out on both Friday
September 3 and Saturday September 4 to rescue dogs in Bridgwater Bay
amid concerns that the owners would enter the water to rescue their
pets. On both
occasions the lifeboat was quickly returned to the RNLI station so that
it was ready for any further launches.
Full
details here.
LIFEBOATS
CALLED OUT AFTER SUICIDE THREAT
Posted 24 August, 2004
Both
of Burnham-On-Sea's lifeboats were called out by Coastguards in the
early hours of Tuesday August 24th after a man entered Bridgwater Bay
and threatened to commit suicide.
The 20 year-old male was shoulder-deep in water. Full
details here.
 MUD
RESCUE BID AT BREAN DOWN
Posted 19 August, 2004
Burnham-On-Sea's
lifeboat was launched on Thursday August 19 to help rescue a father
and son who had got into difficulties in dangerous mud on the beach
at Brean Down.
The Staines Whitfield lifeboat was launched. Full
details here.
 LIFEBOAT
HELPS SPEEDBOAT TO SHORE
Posted 17 August, 2004
A speedboat with three crew onboard was helped to shore by Burnham's
Lifeboat on Tuesday night, August 17, after the craft lost power and
began drifting out of Bridgwater Bay with the falling tide. Coastguards
called on Burnham-On-Sea RNLI to assist, and the Staines Whitfield lifeboat
was launched shortly afterwards at 21:40. Full
details here.
 NIGHT
LAUNCH FOR BURNHAM LIFEBOAT
Posted 7 August, 2004
Burnham-On-Sea RNLI's Staines Whitfield lifeboat was launched
to help in the search for two people reported missing in the sea near
the town's old Lighthouse. They were found and returned to the shore
to a waiting ambulance. Full details here.
 FISHERMEN
RESCUED AFTER ENGINE FAILURE
Posted 2 August, 2004
Four fishermen were rescued by Burnham-On-Sea RNLI after
their boat's engine failed in Bridgwater Bay. The lifeboat was launched
at lunchtime on Monday August 2nd after Coastguards called on them to
assist the boat. Full details here.
SPEEDBOAT
HELPED TO SAFETY
Posted 9 July, 2004
Coastguards requested the assistance of Burnham-On-Sea RNLI
after a speedboat was reported to be in difficulties in the River Parrett,
approximately one mile past Combwich. The Staines Whitfield lifeboat
was launched. Full details here.
 RNLI
HELP POLICE IN SEARCH FOR WOMAN
Posted 18 June, 2004
Swansea Coastguard called on Burnham-On-Sea RNLI to assist police
in the search for a woman who was reported missing.
Both lifeboats were launched and conducted searches of the coastline
in both directions. Full details
here.
 LIFEBOAT
HELPS DINGHY IN RIVER BRUE
Posted 11 June, 2004
Burnham-On-Sea RNLI's D class lifeboat was launched on June
11th shortly after 16:15 to aid a dinghy in the River Brue. The sailor,
who was returning to Burnham-On-Sea's Sailing Club, had lost an oar.
Full details here.
 BOTH
LIFEBOATS ASSIST MAN OVERBOARD
Posted 5 June, 2004
The Burnham-on-Sea 'D-Class' lifeboat was launched at approximately
18:55 hrs, followed shortly after by the Staines Whitfield to assist
in the recovery of a man who had fallen overboard from an anchored yacht.
The yacht's owner, a 50 year old male, had apparently slipped over the
side while recovering his anchor, and was unable to clamber back on
board. Full details here.
 SEARCH
FOR MISSING PERSON AT BREAN
Posted 16 May, 2004
Burnham-On-Sea RNLI received a call from Swansea Coastguard at 15:06
on Sunday May 16 to help in the search for a missing person at Brean
Down. Burnham's 'D-Class' lifeboat was launched with a crew of three.
Full details here.
 WALKERS
RESCUED BY RNLI CREW
Posted 3 April, 2004
Burnham-On-Sea RNLI has conducted
its first shout. The B795 lifeboat was on a routine navigational exercise
to Minehead when it was diverted to two adults and two dogs cut off
by the tide on the coastline near Watchet. Full
details here.
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