At just after 0530 on Saturday 10th March 2018, 3 RNLI crew were called to Battersea Bridge for a woman in the water. The lifeboat arrived on scene to find that there were already landside police officers present but they were unable to reach the woman who had floated down between two house barges. The […]
Soaring temperatures have meant more calls for the lifeboat
With June and July’s hotter than average weather this year, we launched to people in need of medical attention on a Class V passenger vessel 19 times. These included a 3 year old child hitting their head on a wooden bench as he fell, people suffering from heatstroke, an epileptic fit and binge drinkers.
A land based rescue for a cyclist
On 5th June A member of the Tower crew was leaving the pier after a day shift when he saw that a cyclist had been injured just the other side of Waterloo Bridge. He rang the station and a couple more of the crew walked up the top with the spare casualty care kit. When […]
Man saved after 5-hour long night rescue
The night shift of 23rd June The crew were launched on service three times. The first of these was to a person threatening to jump from an old pier near the North Woolwich Ferry Terminal. The lifeboat arrived on scene and started trying to talk to the man, before the police arrived and try to […]
A drunk and disorderly rescued by lifeboat and police
Sunday 8th July Crew were called to a person in the water near Millennium Footbridge. The lifeboat arrived on scene to find that the person was holding onto a small rowing boat that just happened to be passing. He was transferred over to the lifeboat crew but resisted being recovered into the boat. He was […]
Life saved near London Eye after man refused all help
At 20.00 on 22nd July Crew were called to a person in the water at the London Eye and we arrived on scene to find that the man was in the river under the pontoon close to the river wall. Some excellent helming got the boat inside the booms, and we collapsed the radar and […]
Crew gave first aid to person in water by HMS Belfast
On 4th January 2019 at 22:39 The crew were called to a person in the water close to HMS Belfast. The man was recovered by officers on board a police boat, and two of our crew went on board to give casualty care as they transported the person back to Lifeboat Pier to await London […]
Commuter casualty
On board a Clipper boat The next day the crew were called to the Monsoon Clipper after a female had collapsed on board at 0935. The lifeboat made its way to Tower Pier where the crew went aboard to treat the casualty. LAS arrived on scene shortly after and the two crews worked to reassure […]
2:30am rescue thanks to the sighting by a member of the public
The early hours of 11th January We launched to a woman in the water outside Tate Modern. They arrived on scene to find the woman holding onto a life-ring that had been thrown from the embankment. They recovered her into the lifeboat before taking her back to Lifeboat Pier to await LAS. It is thought […]
High-speed rib collision in Greenwich leaving multiple (minor) injuries
17:43 on 17th January The crew were called after a RIB (Rigid-Inflatable Boat) on a high speed trip collided with one of the buoys at Greenwich Ship Tier. The RIB was travelling at 30 knots (approx 34mph) at the time and all passengers and crew on board received injuries. When the lifeboat arrived on scene, […]