All 150 boats taking part, which will include the royal row barge Gloriana, built for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, will be lit up with white lights, creating a ribbon of light down the river. The Reflections illuminated flotilla will start by Albert bridge, passing Chelsea bridge at 7pm on Saturday 24 September, Westminster bridge at 19:30 and arriving at Tower Bridge around 20.15. Wells' new Shannon-class lifeboat RNLB 13-46 Duke of Edinburgh is to join 150 boats on the River Thames in London this Saturday to commemorate the life and 70-year reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thanks to Chris Taylor for this video of the arrival The new lifeboat will be used for crew training in the coming weeks before finally going into service as Wells' station boat and the Mersey being retired. Brief stops were made on the passage back off Cromer and Sheringham to show neighbouring stations the new boat and both Cromer ILB and Sheringham lifeboat launched to meet up with the Wells crew and run alongside the Shannon. The day started before sunrise for the Wells crew taking relief Shannon lifeboat 13-40, which has been in Wells for training since August, from Wells to Lowestoft before swapping over to 13-46 kindly assisted by Lowestoft lifeboat crew members. The flotilla then made its way up to a crowded quayside for 5pm where the local community, supporters and well-wishers were able to welcome the new boat. All three lifeboats made their way into the harbour where they were joined by the town's historic Oakley class lifeboat Ernest Tom Nethercoat and historic Liverpool-class Lucy Lavers.
The new lifeboat sailed from Lowestoft with a crew from Wells and was met off Wells by the town's current Mersey-class lifeboat RNLB 12-003 Doris M Mann of Ampthill, currently the oldest lifeboat in service with the RNLI and the Wells Inshore Lifeboat. Named in memory of the late HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the new lifeboat also carries the names of 15,000 loved ones in its RNLI 13-46 decals as part of the 'Launch A Memory' scheme. Our new Shannon-class lifeboat RNLB 13-46 Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Wells today, completing the last leg of her voyage home from Poole. Weather Squally and overcast Visibility Moderate Wind N5 Sea Slight-Moderate The boats were ashore by 11:39 and were subsequently washed down, rehoused and refuelled. Though cold and wet, neither required medical treatment. Passed over to the local coastguard team. The casualties were safely landed at the boathouse at 11:25 and North to prevent it moving any further up the sands and then headed back to Wells with the ALB following. At 11:15 the ILB took the two persons off the yacht and laid out the yacht's anchor to the
Would be best to promptly take the crew off the yacht for their own safety. It was quickly determined it would not be possible to tow the yacht off and that it Lifeboat arrived at 11:00 and stood off at sea while the ILB assessed the situation. The inshore lifeboat arrived on scene at 10.49 to find the yacht hard aground on the sand. Launched at 10.42am and the all-weather lifeboat at 10.44. Wells lifeboat was tasked by HM Coastguard to assist two people on a 22-foot yacht Kasonoya which had run aground east of Wells. Weather Fine Visibility Good Wind NNE2 Sea Slight The ILB was recovered, rehoused, refuelled and ready for service again at 20:00.
The fire personnel were all safely back ashore by 19:15 and the ILB was then stoodĭown to return to station. Transport the additional personnel while the ILB stood by to ensure their safety. Two private boats from Brancaster were used to Theyĭetermined that the fire was out but that more personnel were needed to damp down the area to prevent possible reignition. The firemen were collecteed from the hard at Brancaster at 17:09 and dropped off at the island at 17:22. Transporting two firemen across to assess the fire. With the ILB still at Scolt Head, the coastguard then asked the boat to assist the Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service who were attending a fire on the island by They were quickly brought onto the ILB and taken to safety across the Brancaster channel. The ILB arrived on-scene at the south-western end of Scolt Head island at 16:38 and found two adults and a child trapped on a sand bar by the rising tide. The ILB left the boathouse with the Softrak launching vehicle for a low water launch location on Holkham beach and was in the water by 16:14. Humber Coastguard requested Wells Inshore Lifeboat to launch to three persons reported cut off by the incoming tide on the seaward side of
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