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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.

In deteriorating weather conditions the ALB was launched to assist her into Shoreham. Due to the low state of the tide the boats waited outside the harbour for around 2 hours before there was enough water for the Jittiwake to enter Shoreham.

She was then towed in and entered the canal via the locks.

The 66 year old sailor had capsized his 14' dinghy in gusty conditions just the the east of the harbour. He was struggling to right the vessel and had become very tired.

When the ILB crew arrived on scene he was in the water clinging to the centreboard. After an unsuccessful attempt to right the vessel by the mast, one of the crew entered the water to assist the gentleman in righting the boat.

The dinghy was then taken under tow back to the Shoreham Sailing Club and recovered.

The ILB was launched first with the ALB close behind. However, with the ILB around half way there and the ALB just clearing the harbour entrance, the casualty was detained by the police and the rescue aborted.

Both boats were sttod down and returned to station.

With the ILB close to being on scene and the ALB around half way there, the casualty was located ashore by Police officers. The lifeboats were therefore stood down to return to station.

On arrival back at Shoreham the tide was too low to facilitate recovery of the ALB onto the slipway. She was therefore moored at the floating pontoon near the locks, and the crew mustered at 8am to re-house.

The disabled vessel was located and towed back the the Sussex Yacht Club where she was moored.

However, as the lifeboat was about to launch with all crew aboard, the vessel freed her anchor and was able to continue her passage. The ALB launch was therefore cancelled.

The 3 casualties had been in a small open dinghy which capsized in the choppy river conditions. One person managed to make it ashore, and the other 2 were rescued from a moored boat to which they were clinging.

They were treated by an ambulance at the scene.

After all the people were ashore, the ILB crew recovered the dinghy and some personal belongings before returning to station.

The deceased was recovered by the crew and brought back to the boathouse where it was put into the care of the Police.

The former pilot cutter had been on passage from Littlehampton to Cherbourg when she had fouled her props and got into distress. Conditions were severe with winds gusting in excess of 50 mph.

The ILB crew provided support to the Selsey crew in managing the tow. Other crew members then joined the ILB crew to assist the disabled vessel throught the locks and into the canal.

Once on scene the ILB took the casulty under tow and placed the vessel on a vacant mooring buoy in the river.

Once secure the casulty was taken off his vessel and landed ashore. Shoreham ILB was then stood down and returned to station.

The casualty vessel was towed back into Shoreham.

The disabled vessel was taken under tow back to the locks at Shoreham.

Once along side the casulty they confirmed he required assistance. One crew member was placed on the vessel and with the aid of the crew of the casulty vessel they righted the Hobie Cat.

The crew member returned to the ILB and the Hobie Cat proceeded on its way back into Shoreham Harbour.

Solent launched Brighton ILB and also tasked Shoreham ILB to proceed at their best speed.

Shoreham ILB reached the site in 7 minutes just after Brighton ILB arrived on scene. The person, a woman in her 30s who appeared to be suffering from the effects of alcohol, had been pulled from the water by a pleasure boat.

She was transferred to Brighton ILB and taken back to the Marina for medical treatment.

Shoreham ILB was released to return to station.

The ILB crew recovered one surfer and his rig from the water. They then recovered a second kite that had been abandoned by its owner, who had swum ashore.

The third casualty had made it ashore with his rig. The rescued surfer was uninjured and dropped off at the beach with his rig.

The ILB was then re-tasked to tow a becalmed dinghy in the river to their slipway. When this was completed the crew were asked to return to sea and perform a search to the west towards Worthing for any further surfers affected by the wind shift.

With nothing further found the crew were stood down to return to station.

The boat had capsized in windy river conditions up to gale force 7, and the four crew plus the coxswain had entered the water. The ILB arrived as the casualties had just made it to the shore. After assessing them for the effects of cold they decided to make their own way back up the river to their rowing club premises.

They therefore relaunched their boat and the ILB escorted them back up the river where the crew assisted them in recovering the craft.

The vessel had been reported missing by the skippers wife having gone missing on passage from the Isle of Wight.

After a short search the boat was located in the Surrey Hard and the ILB crew were stood down.

The 31' wooden vessel had grounded entering Littlehampton on 'the bar' and had lost steerage. Due to the weather conditions the tow was proving difficult even with the power of an Atlantic 75.

She was therefore taken under tow b y the Shoreham ALB and towed to Shoreham for repairs.

Though the vessel was making way, the crew were not confident of being able to safely enter the harbour in the strong force 7 winds. The ALB was therefore tasked to take the vessel under tow back to Shoreham.

The surfer had suffered a failure with his rig. In addition he had been surfing for almost 2 hours and was exhausted and extremely cold.

He was taken back to the lifeboat station and warmed up, to be collected by his family.

As the crew were mustering and preparing to launch the diver was located having surfaced some distance from his dive boat. The search was therefore called off and the launch cancelled.

However, with the crew around halfway there the casualty was recovered ashore and the lifeboat was stood down to return to station.

The casualty had been reported struggling in the water off the beach. As the crew approached the scene the surfer made it ashore on his own and was treated by local coastguard units.

The ILB was stood down and returned to station.

As the lifeboat was about to launch the casualty vessel reported they had regained power and the launch was cancelled.

On arrival it became clear the Sussex police had initiated the call after being contacted by a potentially suicidal male claiming to be near the lifeboat station and threatening to enter the water.

After a short search involving police officers and lifeboat crew the man was detained at the shoreline and taken into custody.

The crew were then stood down, the boat not having been required to launch.

The weather was rough with winds gusting up to gale force 8, and the police were concerned the man may jump from the pier.

However as the boat got approximately half way to Worthing the man surrendered himself to the police and the lifeboat was stood down to return to station.

The vessel, a dutch barge built in 1881 and with 3 persons on board, had lost engine power and had anchored between the piers at Brighton, but had started to drag their anchor. Conditions were bad with 3m seas and winds gusting severe gale force 9.

The Lifeboat reached the vessel in around 15 minutes and established a tow. The boat was then towed into Brighton Marina and moored safely on a pontoon.

Video, courtesy of the Shoreham Herald.

The man had run from the Police for reasons unknown, and had fled into the river. After spending around 20 minutes in the water the man was rescued by the ILB crew. He was extremely cold and disorientated.

He was taken back to the lifeboat station where he was attended initially by the lifeboat crew and then by a paramedic. Suffering from Hypothermia, his body temperature was recorded at just 35 degrees centigrade.

After being warmed up he was transferred to Worthing Hospital for further treatment. However, he fled from the ambulance at Worthing Hospital and headed back towards the seafront.

Suspecting he had potentially suicidal intent, the Coastguard initiated another search involving shore based units, and tasked the ILB to relaunch and perform a beachfront search.

The crew made two passes along the beach before being stood down.

Thankfully the RNLI thermal suit that the man had been loaned to warm him up appeared at the boathouse the following day. It is therefore thought that he returned home after his early morning run unharmed!

Once on scene the ILB proceeded to investigate inflatable's in the area. At 1925 the two boys were found safe and well and shortly after were reunited with the mother on the beach with Shoreham coastguard mobile unit.

Shoreham ILB then departed the scene and returned to station and was made ready for service.

The boat had suffered steering failure and had drifted into the beach due to the prevailing on shore breeze. It was towed back to its berth at Emerald Quay.

The boat was located and taken back to its mooring.

The vessel had broken down off the King Alfred leisure centre. It was towed back to the safety of Shoreham Harbour.

After an extensive search no broken down boat was found and the call was determined to be a false alarm with good intent.

While afloat the crew were alerted to a small speedboat upside down near Emerald Quay. They recovered the boat and secured it for recovery by the harbour office later.

Once on scene the casualties refused assistance. They were not equipped with lifejackets or any means of signalling for help should the need arise.

The ILB escorted them back to the harbour where the local coastguard unit was waiting to offer advice.

Once on scene it became apparent the casualty had lost his rudder. However, he was able to make way with the assistance of a small outboard, so the ILB escorted him back to the safety of the harbour.

The vessel was holed, but the crew had made a makeshift repair with Gaffer tape. The ILB crew escorted the craft and occupants back to the beach before returning to station.

A search was commenced involving boat boats and shore based coastguard units. However, after a short time the lady was located ashore and the search was halted with all units being stood down.

Therefore at 22:27 the ALB was launched and successfully towed the vessel clear of the shore, before towing her back to her base at the Sussex Yacht Club.

Video, courtesy of the Shoreham Herald

As the crews proceeded with a view to searching for a potential casualty in the water, the coastguard units on the beach identified a kite surfer ashore who had lost his rig. The ALB located the lost rig and retrieved it.

Having established there were no persons in danger the boats returned to station.

The vessel had capsized and become wedged against the harbour wall off the spending beach in the harbour entrance. The ILB crew helped the 2 occupants right the boat and then escorted them back to their base at the Sussex Motor Yacht Club.

The crew proceeded along with Littlehampton's Atlantic 75. The Littlehampton boat reached the casualty first and commenced pumping the vessel and established a tow into Littlehampton. When the Shoreham Lifeboat arrived on scene they put a more powerful pump aboard and established there was no further water ingress.

Once the vessel and occupants were safe the ALB returned to station.

Video, courtesy of the Shoreham Herald

The boat had suffered steering failure, and the skipper had suffered a chest injury. Two of the lifeboat crew were transferred to the vessel and it was escorted back to Shoreham.

Video, courtesy of the Shoreham Herald

When the crew reached the casualty, whose rig had broken, he had been in the water for around an hour and was showing early symptoms of hypothermia.

He was taken ashore and transferred to an ambulance for treatment.

The craft, with 2 persons on board, was towed to Emerald Quay up the river.

The had been blown offshore from the Mermaid Cafe and the occupants were signalling for assistance.

The ILB recovered the craft and the two adult occupants, and returned them to the shore. They were then re-tasked to investigate another inflatable blowing offshore.

The empty craft was recovered and returned to the beach, after it was established no persons were in distress. The ILB was then released to return to station.

The boat had suffered electrical failure and the crew were unable to start the engine. They were taken under tow and returned to Shoreham.

The lifeboat then towed the craft into the locks before returning to station.

The ILB arrived on scene first and was soon joined by Brighton ILB which had also been tasked. It was established that the casualty had made it ashore safely and all three boats were released to return to station.

The kayaker had fallen from his craft and was unable to get back on. Having been in the water for some 45 minutes he was extremely cold and displaying early signs of hypothermia.

The crew brought him back to the boathouse where he was warmed up. They then returned to sea to retrieve the kayak.

The casualty made a full recovery at the station and did not require further medical attention.

The craft was towed to Shoreham where it was tied up outside the locks, ready to be taken into the canal at the first available lock.

The vessel was equipped with an outboard engine but it had failed, and there was not enough wind to sail.

She was towed back to the Sussex Yacht Club.

The local coastguard unit was on the beach and had been tracing a number of pieces of timber, and what could possible have been an upturned hull.

The ILB crew investigated the items and found them to be discarded timber, not wreckage. They recovered three pieces which could present a danger to shipping and landed them ashore.

The boat had also been attended by the Brighton ILB but they were unable to get it clear of the shore.

When the ALB crew arrived on scene the boat was almost clear of the waterline and far too aground to be towed off the beach without risking serious damage. She was therefore left to re-float at the next high tide and the ALB returned to station.

The ILB reached the casualty first and checked for any occupants. No-one was aboard and there were signs the boat had been entered by force. The boat was on the shingle, with the bow wedged against a wooden groyne.

The ILB crew attached a line and managed to tow the vessel clear of the beach, while checking to see if she was taking any water. The tow was then handed to the ALB which commenced a tow to Shoreham.

At the locks, the boat was re-united with its owner and the ILB took her into the canal and moored her up awaiting inspection for damage, and as a potential crime scene.

While on route to the casualty he made it ashore unassisted. The crew were then re-tasked to a jetskier who had become separated from his craft. The two had become separated and the jetski had blown away from the rider. Rider and craft were re-united.

Then at 16:30 the boat was launched again to a windsurfer in distress. He had hired the board and by his own admission had chosen a rig too powerful for him. He was taken ashore at Widewater.

The casualty was brought back to Shoreham and transferred to the coroners office.

The boat was struggling with intermittent engine performance and becoming concerned.

The ALB crew located the casualty and towed it back to Shoreham, which had been its planned destination.

On arrival the crew joined the 2 lifeboats from Littlehampton and performed a search of the area.

With the coastguard interviewing people ashore, it was decided that the area had been effectively searched with no result, and the boats were stood down- - the casualty thought to have come ashore unseen.

After examining the craft, which was some three miles west of Shoreham, it was evident no persons had been lost.

The boat was therefore pumped out and towed back to the harbour.

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.

After carrying out a search it was established he had been picked up by his vessel. The crew made their way to the craft and checked the fisherman for injury.

After establishing he needed no further assistance the crew 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.