Incident Summaries

The Total Number of Incidents since we started recording them can be found by selecting '-Year' from the Year filter : 7823
Alternatively select a specific year to see how many Incidents were reported for that Year.

During 2020 all NCI stations closed for two months at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. On re-opening most stations were single-crewed for the rest of the year.


Please note: NCI Canvey Island was previously know as NCI Holehaven and moved location on Monday 18 October 2021. All NCI Canvey Island Incident Summaries before that date will be in respect of NCI Holehaven at its previous location.

Glossary of Terms
FAWGI = False Alarm With Good Intent, MoP = Member of the Public, NFA = No Further Action, HMCG, CG or MCA = Coastguard, MisPer = Missing Person
CRT = Coastguard Rescue Team, CGOC = Coast Guard Operations Centre, ILB/ALB/LB = Lifeboats, MV = Motor Vessel, MB = Motor Boat,
ML = Motor Launch, FV = Fishing Vessel, PB = Power Boat, PWC = Personal Water Craft ("Jet Ski"), RIB = Rigid Inflatable Boat,
VLCC = Very Large Crude Carrier, UKBF = UK Border Force
Incident No. Date of Incident Station Name Incident Summary Initiated by Lifeboat involved MCA MCA No.
7034 27/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. Police attended. Child found. Police No No
7033 27/08/2007 NCI Newhaven Provided accurate position of MC on fire. LB attended. Boat sank. No casualties. NCI Yes Yes 10825
7032 27/08/2007 NCI Worms Head Reported 9 MoPs cut off by tide. ILB attended. NCI Yes Yes 2972
7031 27/08/2007 NCI Folkestone Reported inflatable in danger. ILB and CG Mobile attended. MoPs returned safely. NCI Yes Yes
7030 27/08/2007 NCI Prawle Point Assisted vectoring FV to disabled MB. MCA/HMCG No Yes 3347
7038 26/08/2007 NCI Bass Point Assisting CG with recovery of motor cruiser with engine fire by Lifeboat. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 101661
7037 26/08/2007 NCI St Alban's Head Panpan intercepted. Posit passed to CG and monitored. Casualty towed in by MV NCI No Yes 3977
7036 26/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG, Police and RNLI attended. Child found. Police Yes Yes
7035 26/08/2007 NCI Skegness Protected found children until collected by police. NCI No No
7042 25/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG and Police attended. Child found. Police No Yes
7041 25/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG attended. Child found Police No Yes
7040 25/08/2007 NCI Worms Head Reported MoPs cut off by tide. Other MoPs stopped from crossing. ILB attended. NCI No Yes 2889
7039 25/08/2007 NCI Mundesley Reported injured seabird to RSPCA. Bird collected by beachguard and RSPCA. NCI No No
7043 24/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG, Police, RNLI and RAF attended. Child found. Police Yes Yes
7044 20/08/2007 NCI Prawle Point Monitored and reported yacht in difficulties. HM took in tow. nfa NCI No Yes 2905
7045 18/08/2007 NCI Folkestone Assisted CG Mobile to check abandoned car over cliff. Found to be old wreck.. nfa MCA/HMCG No Yes
7046 18/08/2007 NCI Newhaven CG requested monitoring of possible disabled yacht. Info passed. Yacht continued passage. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7047 14/08/2007 NCI Polruan MoP reported injured walker. MRCC informed. Cliff Rescue recovered man to hospital NCI No Yes 3073
7049 13/08/2007 NCI Hartlepool CG requested observation of disabled yacht. ILB attended. Yacht towed in. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 99665
7048 13/08/2007 NCI Folkestone CG report from MoP of two in trouble on cliffs. Found to be fossil hunting. Nfa MCA/HMCG No Yes
7052 12/08/2007 NCI Newhaven CG requested monitoring of diving incident. ILB attended. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes
7051 12/08/2007 NCI St Alban's Head Reported drifting RIB and assisted recovery to Poole. Yacht had not noticed it had gone ! NCI No Yes
7050 12/08/2007 NCI Rame Head Reported dismasting, provided weather info to CG and monitored recovery NCI No Yes 99404
7054 11/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG and Police attended. Child found Police No Yes
7053 11/08/2007 NCI Folkestone Contact with CG re drifting inflatable. Found to be a kayak. False alarm with good intent MCA/HMCG No Yes
7055 10/08/2007 NCI Folkestone CG requested search for possible lilo in distress. Found to be false alarm with good intent MCA/HMCG No Yes
7056 08/08/2007 NCI Folkestone CG requested and steer for Police RIB to suspected illegals. Found to be a goodwill visit. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7059 06/08/2007 NCI St Alban's Head CG requested watch on two kayaks. Info passed. Kayaks beached safely. nfa MCA/HMCG No Yes 3355
7058 06/08/2007 NCI Prawle Point CG requested info on disabled yacht. Reported and provided details for tow in by Salcombe ILB MCA/HMCG No Yes 2887
7057 06/08/2007 NCI Hartlepool CG requested observation of disabled MC. MCA/HMCG No Yes 2575
7061 05/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG and RNLI attended. Child found NCI Yes Yes
7060 05/08/2007 NCI Newhaven Reported paraglider on cliff. CG, Fire, ambulance attended. Rescued by NCI ladder unhurt NCI No Yes
7063 05/08/2007 NCI Canvey Island Passed info on possible speedboat adrift. Boat restarted engine. nfa NCI No Yes
7062 05/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG attended. Child found by mother. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7065 04/08/2007 NCI Newhaven Reported downed paraglider. Aux CG, LB and helo tasked. Casualty recovered by LB NCI Yes Yes
7064 04/08/2007 NCI Whitstable Mother reports lost child. Police informed and attended. W/Kprs spot child and reunites. NCI No No
7069 03/08/2007 NCI Boscastle CG requested watch on possibly disabled yacht. Info passed to Stepper Pt. LB attended MCA/HMCG Yes Yes
7068 03/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. Police, RNLI and CG attended. Child found Police Yes Yes
7067 03/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for (another) lost child. Police, RNLI and CG attended. Child found Police Yes Yes
7066 03/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for (yet another) lost child. Police attended. Child found Police No Yes

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