Littlestone-on-sea lifeboat station is one of the RNLI’s 260 country wide facilities to ensure safety in our coastal waters. The crew is formed by local men and women who can, at a moments notice, be prepared to launch and help “Save lives at sea”
The crew are alerted by pagers and mobile phone text messages, and with this alert they assemble at the station, where the details of the incident are passed onto the crew as the boat is launched. From the pagers being activated to the boat being en-route usually takes, on average, around 6-7 minutes, depending on tides and available crew.
RNLI News Releases
22nd August 2020 Life saved as Littlestone RNLI lifeboat races to windsurfer with snapped mast
14th August 2020 Littlestone RNLI lifeboat tasked to two people stuck in mud with a rising tide
26th July 2020 Littlestone RNLI lifeboat tasked to two boat anglers while on training exercise
Local Press Coverage
28th July 2020 Two fisherman saved by RNLI crew after drifting off coast at Littlestone
RNLI News Releases
September 5th 2019 Littlestone Lifeboat two calls and two lives saved in one launch
September 1st 2019 Littlestone volunteers spend 24 hours at sea in a life raft to raise vital funds
August 4th 2019 Littlestone RNLI lifeboat tasked to four teenagers trapped on a rocky groyne
July 21st 2019 Littlestone lifeboat launched to nine metre sailboat with engine failure
Local Press Coverage
June 16th 2019 RNLI teams from Littlestone rescue two men in capsized dinghy