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Key: ILB - Inshore Lifeboat. ALB - All Weather Lifeboat. Times given are when the crew were paged/ tasked, in BST if applicable.

Having initially been called to locate and retrieve a drifting inflatable off Worthing, the crew were tasked to reports of 2 persons in the water, one near the legs of Worthing Pier and one some distance off.

With the lifeboat nearly on scene, both casualties made it ashore and were attended to by local coastguard units and an ambulance.

The ILB crew were then re-tasked to search for the original inflatable, but it could no longer be found and the crew were returned to station.

The man had been missing since early evening, the call being prompted by the discovery of clothing and personal effects on the beach.

After a search lasting more than two hours, and involving both Shoreham lifeboats, Brighton ILB and the police helicopter, the man was located safe and well ashore.

The craft, with 2 persons on board, had suffered engine failure and had called the harbour office for help, who in turn had informed the coastguard.

The boat was towed back to the harbour where she was taken through the locks with the kind assistance of the fishing vessel Jenna D.

On arrival the crew located a 32 year old man who had been attempting to swim to the buoys off the beach. He was brought into the lifeboat and taken ashore.

The water in the area is still extremely cold and as the man had been in it for some time it was decided that examination by a medical professional would be prudent. The Coastguard rescue helicopter, which had been tasked to the incident in the first place, landed on the beach so that the on board Paramedic could examine the man and establish he did not need further treatment.

The ILB crew were then released to return to station.

The disabled vessel was taken under tow and returned to her mooring.

She was taken under tow back to Shoreham but managed to rectify the fault, and resumed her passage back to Brighton.

After escorting the boat from Shoreham the ALB returned to station.

The crew reached the scene quickly with a portable salvage pump, but the vessel was well under water and nothing could be done to save her.

The ILB then stood by while a stores boat was taken to another mooring, to prevent it being dragged under by the sunken boat as the tide rose.

Having reached the given position the casualty was not to be found, so the ALB was then launched to carry out a search. The ILB returned to harbour.

Having located the casualty and taken 2 crew aboard, the ALB commenced a tow back to Shoreham. The crew were then re-tasked to search for an open fishing boat lost, around 2 miles SE of the entrance. The occupants were struggling with a malfunctioning compass and had become disorientated.

The ILB was therefore re-launched to take over the original tow, and the ALB commenced a search for the second missing vessel.

Upon locating the second vessel the lifeboat towed her and her crew back to Shoreham, and the ILB was launched for a third time to take the boat through the locks.

The rescued casualties were suffering from extreme cold and in some cases seasickness, but were otherwise uninjured. pic

The vessel was taken under tow from just outside the harbour entrance and towed to Emerald Quay.

When the crew arrived on scene the surfer had made it to the shore unassisted, but the ILB recovered his kite, and returned to the station.

The crewman was confused and clearly ill, and a Danish doctor had asked for him to be taken to hospital. He was therefore taken aboard the ALB and back to Shoreham to a waiting ambulance.

From there he was taken to Worthing Hospital.

The craft had suffered steering failure and had lost a portion of the drive system. It was taken under tow back to Shoreham and into the locks.

The vessel, which is based at Shoreham, was towed back to the harbour.

The craft, with two persons on board, had lost power. It was taken under tow and returned to the harbour.

The vessel, with three persons on board, had lost power and was adrift between the footbridge and the Norfolk bridge. It was towed back to its mooring at Riverside Marine.

Conditions for the Littlehampton crew were hampered by strong winds, and floating timber from a ship that had sunk the previous week off the Devon Coast.

However, the Atlantic crew managed to pick their way through the debris to the casualty, and Shoreham's crew were stood down and returned to station.

However, shortly after launching the crew were stood down as Brighton ILB had recovered a casualty from the water.