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Latest Callout Information for 2026

Details below on our latest callouts for Ralph, Atlantic 85 B-949 and Susan Scott, D-808.

📷 RNLI/Susie (from a training exercise in February)

Callout No. 1

24th March 2026

Today, at 9.04am, RNLI Aldeburgh was tasked by the coastguard to a kite surfer in difficulty off Shingle Street, approximately 6 miles from Aldeburgh lifeboat station.

The crew were paged at 9.09am and the Atlantic 85, Ralph, was launched at 9.23am. There was a fresh breeze with good visibility, and the lifeboat reached the scene at 9.47am.

Arriving on scene, the Aldeburgh volunteers transferred the kite surfer to the lifeboat for a casualty care assessment. It was agreed to transport the casualty to the Coastguard team at Shingle Street for further assessment.

The Aldeburgh Atlantic 85, Ralph, returned to station at 10.29am. The lifeboat was washed down, refuelled and back on service by 11.07am.

Callout No. 1

19th July 2026

On Saturday 18 July at 3.10pm, RNLI Aldeburgh were tasked by the Coastguard to a 5 metre yacht with a broken mast, in the river, approximately 1.5km south of the Aldeburgh Yacht Club.
 
The volunteer lifeboat crew were paged at 3.14pm and the D-class inshore lifeboat, Susan Scott, was launched into the River Alde and Ore at 3.40pm. The crew were on scene at 3.46pm, and confirmed that five people were on a 5 metre yacht with a broken mast. The yacht had been drifting towards the reeds at the side of the river when they alerted the Coastguard, but had since gained control of the boat. The Lifeboat escorted the yacht to the nearest point of safety, Aldeburgh Yacht Club.
The D-class lifeboat, Susan Scott, returned to station, was washed down, refuelled and back on service by 4.41pm.
 
It was the ‘first shout’ for Aldeburgh RNLI crew member Alex, who started volunteering 10 months ago. He had recently passed the Crew Emergency Procedures course at RNLI Headquarters in Poole and, on Thursday 16 July, been formally recognised as ‘safe to go on service’.
 
If you see someone in danger in open water, call 999 and ask for the Coastguard
 
📸 Lizzie
 
 
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