Picture Gallery

The All Weather Lifeboat passes the Cargo Ship (Espada 1 registered Valletta) sheltering from the storm in Eastbourne Bay.

Sunday 11th October

Sunday morning exercise with the Coastguard helicopter.

        photo taken from the shore            photo taken from the helicopter.

click here to see video taken from helicopter

by Richard Larmour using a mobile telephone.

Monday 14th September 2009.

A RAF Chinook helicopter from RAF Odiam in Hampshire visited Eastbourne today to conduct a training exercise with both the Eastbourne Lifeboats.

A series of winching exercises were carried out off the Eastbourne seafront to give both the Lifeboat crews and helicopter crews valuable training in different types of winching operations. Both Lifeboats carried out into wind and downwind transfers using the helicopters winch man as a casualty.

The chinook landed on several occasions at Sovereign harbour to allow for a swap round in pilots and winch man. The exercise lasted for two hours giving everyone the chance to enhance there skills both on the water & in the air.  

The capsize boat.

As part of the on going training for the Inshore Lifeboat Crew,

they have to train in re- righting an upturned ILB.

Sunday mornings exercise:-

Inshore Lifeboat at Airbourne 2007

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Eastbourne inshore lifeboat mud rescue exercise with Eastbourne Coastguard.

(see other pictures in PICTURE GALLERY)

Read about Captain John Banfields award from RNLI on the News and events page.

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The Inshore Lifeboat Crew at 999 weekend

Both Eastbourne lifeboats on exercise

with "Whiskey Bravo" the Coastguard Helicopter

at the 999 show.

Spot the people in the sea

Dan with a new engine

August 2007

Pictures of Eastbourne Lifeboats on exercise with India Juliet the Coastguard Helicoptor.2007

Friday's Airbourne

Each year the crews of the All Weather Lifeboat and the Inshore Lifeboat stand by at sea in case of an emergency.

Mark Sawyer, the Eastbourne Lifeboat Coxswain, has arranged for the Belgian helicopter to exercise with the Eastbourne lifeboat each day of the Airbourne Show.

This weekend will be a busy weekend for boating as a large number of boats from Sovereign Harbour and visitors from Newhaven and Brighton come to see the Airbourne Show.

Picture taken Peter Needham whilst covering the Airbourne

in the Inshore Lifeboat

The Eastbourne All Weather Lifeboat on exercise with a Belgian Search and Rescue Helicopter.

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Pictures from the

999 show

Sunday 30th July.

ILB training exercise setting off parachute flares.  

The Eastbourne Lifeboats

help two Ratton school leavers win first prize for the best transport to

the School Leavers Prom

The ALB arrives at the seafront

    with the celebrities

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The RNLI awards Mathew Brown

of The Eastbourne Herald

On Friday 23rd June at the Eastbourne Lifeboat Station Mathew was presented with a framed award by Mark Sawyer Coxswain of the Eastbourne Lifeboat for his support and coverage in the Eastbourne Herald in 2005.

Photographs of an exercise with Newhaven Lifeboat on sunday 23rd April 2006

The Royal Thames returns from refit

Wednesday 15/3/2006

Saturday 4th February 2006 The Edward Robert being towed into Sovereign Harbour

	Sunday 29th January exercise with India Juliet the Coastguard helicopter

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14TH DECEMBER2005 UPTURNED HULL OF A BELGIAN FISHING VESSEL (NOORDSTER)		14TH DECEMBER 2005 ILB FOLLOWING ALB 11 MILES SOUTH OF BEACHY HEAD

Pictures taken from Royal Sovereign Tower october 2005

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Pictures taken whilst on exercese 17th February 2008

ILB transfering crewmember to ALB at high speed

Picture taken by Mark Chessell

Sunday 9th August 2009.

Following a four week First Aid training program for all Lifeboat Crew members, Mark Sawyer the Coxswain of Eastbourne Lifeboats arranged a first hand exercise with the Coastguard Tug (Anglian Monarch).

Various scenarios were staged, three casualties were put into different parts of the vessel and the Lifeboat Crews had to assist the casualties and give first aid.

Pictures taken at the 999 Emergency Services Display

photo taken by D. Needham ILB Helmsman.

photo taken by Jim Edwards

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A group of RAF personal from RAF Marham in Norfolk were taking part in a force development plan called operation Mary Rose which consisted of walking the south downs way from Winchester to Eastbourne. A group of twenty personal consisting of all ranks and trades concluded the walk with a visit to the Eastbourne lifeboat station where they took part in an exercise afloat with both the all weather and inshore lifeboats in addition an RAF seaking helicopter from RAF Wattisham conducted a winching exercise from both lifeboats.

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