Wells Lifeboat Crew Deal With Double Incident

Wells Lifeboat Crew Deal With Double Incident

The Wells lifeboat crew dealt with two incidents on an island off the coast. They firstly helped a family who got cut off by the incoming tide at Scolt Head. Two adults and a child were stuck on a sand bar as the water rose. The trio were helped on board the lifeboat...
Lifeboat Helps Unwell Sailor

Lifeboat Helps Unwell Sailor

Wells Lifeboat crew has helped a woman who felt unwell while on a sailing trip. Along with others, she had headed to the marsh bank at Sluice Creek in Wells Harbour on the afternoon of August 21 but was unable to reboard when they planned to return. The inshore...
Busy Weekend For Wells Lifeboat

Busy Weekend For Wells Lifeboat

The Wells lifeboat team had a busy weekend with three call-outs. The first one saw them searching for an elderly man who had not been seen after launching his dinghy at Blakeney Harbour. They joined forces with coastguards and police to try and locate him, and he was...
Lifeboat Crew Help Stranded Boat

Lifeboat Crew Help Stranded Boat

The Wells lifeboat team have helped a fishing boat which ran aground.. The vessel was travelling from Brightlingsea to Grimsby when it got into difficulties in shallow water in Holkham Bay, After RNLI volunteers headed to the scene, they found the boat on the beach...
First Launch For New Lifeboat

First Launch For New Lifeboat

The brand new Wells Lifeboat has taken to the water for the first time. Named The Duke of Edinburgh in honour of Prince Philip, it was lowered into the water at Poole in Dorset after leaving the factory. In line with tradition, a ceremonial bell was rung eight times...